Fire near Piauí
Status: ✓ Confirmed
This fire is confirmed by repeated, intense satellite detections (or by official information).
⚠️ The fires shown are automatic satellite heat detections from NASA FIRMS. They are not verified on the ground and are not 100% accurate — they can include false alarms (industrial heat, agricultural burning) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow official sources.
Satellite before & after
High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.
Before · 2026-08-25
After · 2026-09-07
Short-wave infrared: smoke turns transparent and active flames / burnt ground stand out.Normalised Burn Ratio: recently burnt land shown in red / orange.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem
Satellite detections — 19
| Time | Intensity (MW) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 04:25 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 9 Sep 2026 04:25 UTC | 2 | firms |
| 9 Sep 2026 04:25 UTC | 2 | firms |
| 9 Sep 2026 04:25 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 9 Sep 2026 03:49 UTC | 7 | firms |
| 9 Sep 2026 03:49 UTC | 7 | firms |
| 9 Sep 2026 03:49 UTC | 7 | firms |
| 8 Sep 2026 23:07 UTC | 190 | firms |
| 8 Sep 2026 23:07 UTC | 108 | firms |
| 8 Sep 2026 23:07 UTC | 359 | firms |
| 8 Sep 2026 23:07 UTC | 65 | firms |
| 8 Sep 2026 23:07 UTC | 98 | firms |
| 8 Sep 2026 23:07 UTC | 42 | firms |
| 8 Sep 2026 05:04 UTC | 3 | firms |
| 8 Sep 2026 05:04 UTC | 3 | firms |
| 8 Sep 2026 04:08 UTC | 3 | firms |
| 8 Sep 2026 04:08 UTC | 3 | firms |
| 8 Sep 2026 03:21 UTC | 6 | firms |
| 8 Sep 2026 03:21 UTC | 8 | firms |
Official & data sources
INPE — Queimadas Program ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ INPE — Brazil Fire Monitoring (Programa Queimadas) ↗