Fire near Aracatu

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.

Where Aracatu · Bahia

First detected1 Oct 2026 16:11 UTC

Last detected2 Oct 2026 16:50 UTC

Satellite detections23

Peak intensity268 MW

Active days2

Satellite before & after

High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.

After — Aracatu (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-01)

Before — Aracatu (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-21)

Before · 2026-09-21 After · 2026-10-01

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 23

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
2 Oct 2026 16:50 UTC	23	firms
2 Oct 2026 16:50 UTC	95	firms
2 Oct 2026 16:30 UTC	180	firms
2 Oct 2026 16:30 UTC	30	firms
1 Oct 2026 19:02 UTC	21	firms
1 Oct 2026 17:07 UTC	99	firms
1 Oct 2026 17:07 UTC	153	firms
1 Oct 2026 17:07 UTC	97	firms
1 Oct 2026 17:07 UTC	97	firms
1 Oct 2026 17:07 UTC	110	firms
1 Oct 2026 17:07 UTC	99	firms
1 Oct 2026 16:48 UTC	268	firms
1 Oct 2026 16:48 UTC	268	firms
1 Oct 2026 16:48 UTC	7	firms
1 Oct 2026 16:48 UTC	90	firms
1 Oct 2026 16:48 UTC	111	firms
1 Oct 2026 16:48 UTC	90	firms
1 Oct 2026 16:48 UTC	111	firms
1 Oct 2026 16:48 UTC	74	firms
1 Oct 2026 16:11 UTC	192	firms
1 Oct 2026 16:11 UTC	192	firms
1 Oct 2026 16:11 UTC	192	firms
1 Oct 2026 16:11 UTC	6	firms

Official & data sources

INPE — Queimadas Program ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ INPE — Brazil Fire Monitoring (Programa Queimadas) ↗

All fires on 1 Oct 2026