Fire near Paraibano

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 Paraibano · Maranhão

First detected15 Oct 2026 04:14 UTC

Last detected16 Oct 2026 04:32 UTC

Satellite detections6

Peak intensity672 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 — Paraibano (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-15)

Before — Paraibano (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-10)

Before · 2026-09-10 After · 2026-10-15

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 6

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
16 Oct 2026 04:32 UTC	0	firms
15 Oct 2026 18:06 UTC	672	firms
15 Oct 2026 18:06 UTC	153	firms
15 Oct 2026 11:57 UTC	21	firms
15 Oct 2026 11:57 UTC	17	firms
15 Oct 2026 04:14 UTC	2	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 15 Oct 2026