Fire near Minas Gerais
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 · 2026-08-28
After · 2026-09-02
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 — 42
| Time | Intensity (MW) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep 2026 18:43 UTC | 14 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 18:43 UTC | 933 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 18:43 UTC | 401 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 18:43 UTC | 25 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 18:43 UTC | 42 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 18:43 UTC | 9 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 18:43 UTC | 26 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 17:32 UTC | 10 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 17:32 UTC | 4 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 17:32 UTC | 19 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 17:32 UTC | 23 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 17:32 UTC | 19 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:56 UTC | 9 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:56 UTC | 9 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:56 UTC | 6 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:56 UTC | 59 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:09 UTC | 11 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:09 UTC | 11 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:09 UTC | 3 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:09 UTC | 18 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:09 UTC | 18 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:09 UTC | 18 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:09 UTC | 21 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:09 UTC | 21 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:09 UTC | 11 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 16:09 UTC | 50 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 44 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 16 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 33 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 35 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 88 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 12 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 88 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 88 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 27 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 33 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 32 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 33 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 32 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 32 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 28 | firms |
| 2 Sep 2026 15:52 UTC | 16 | firms |
Official & data sources
INPE — Queimadas Program ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ INPE — Brazil Fire Monitoring (Programa Queimadas) ↗