Fire near Santa Quitéria do Maranhão
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 · 2026-08-26
After · 2026-10-05
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 — 48
| Time | Intensity (MW) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 2026 17:58 UTC | 250 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 17:58 UTC | 1,361 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 7 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 7 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 33 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 117 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 7 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 7 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:37 UTC | 15 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:37 UTC | 17 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:37 UTC | 163 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:37 UTC | 32 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:37 UTC | 32 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:37 UTC | 11 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:37 UTC | 14 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:37 UTC | 11 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:37 UTC | 14 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:03 UTC | 25 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:03 UTC | 37 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:03 UTC | 84 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:03 UTC | 84 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 16:03 UTC | 84 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 04:19 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 04:19 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 7 Oct 2026 04:19 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 23:18 UTC | 8 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 19:00 UTC | 73 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 19:00 UTC | 306 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 19:00 UTC | 191 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 19:00 UTC | 213 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 19:00 UTC | 13 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 17:17 UTC | 11 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 17:17 UTC | 11 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 13 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 10 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 10 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 5 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 5 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 10 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC | 10 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 16:22 UTC | 10 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 16:22 UTC | 16 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 16:22 UTC | 10 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 16:22 UTC | 10 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 15:37 UTC | 18 | firms |
| 6 Oct 2026 15:37 UTC | 10 | firms |
Official & data sources
INPE — Queimadas Program ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ INPE — Brazil Fire Monitoring (Programa Queimadas) ↗
Other fires nearby
- Santa Quitéria do MaranhãoPossible21 km47 MW
- Santa Quitéria do Maranhão✓ Confirmed25 km16 MW
- Santa Quitéria do Maranhão✓ Confirmed31 km19 MW
- Maranhão✓ Confirmed32 km25 MW
- Santana do Maranhão✓ Confirmed34 km18 MW
- Paulino Neves✓ Confirmed35 km32 MW
- São Bernardo✓ Confirmed44 km18 MW
- Belágua✓ Confirmed45 km41 MW