Fire near Bahia
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 · 2026-09-17
After · 2026-09-22
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 — 15
| Time | Intensity (MW) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2026 04:10 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 18:51 UTC | 21 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 18:51 UTC | 53 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 18:51 UTC | 43 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 18:51 UTC | 12 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 18:51 UTC | 16 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 18:51 UTC | 96 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 18:51 UTC | 306 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 17:02 UTC | 10 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 17:02 UTC | 9 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 17:02 UTC | 5 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 17:02 UTC | 10 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 17:02 UTC | 9 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 17:02 UTC | 9 | firms |
| 23 Sep 2026 16:18 UTC | 39 | firms |
Official & data sources
INPE — Queimadas Program ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ INPE — Brazil Fire Monitoring (Programa Queimadas) ↗