Fire near Parnaguá

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 Parnaguá · Piauí

First detected16 Sep 2026 15:54 UTC

Last detected16 Sep 2026 16:50 UTC

Satellite detections7

Peak intensity568 MW

Active days1

Satellite before & after

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

After — Parnaguá (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-15)

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

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

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 7

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
16 Sep 2026 16:50 UTC	168	firms
16 Sep 2026 16:50 UTC	568	firms
16 Sep 2026 16:30 UTC	55	firms
16 Sep 2026 16:30 UTC	55	firms
16 Sep 2026 16:30 UTC	16	firms
16 Sep 2026 15:54 UTC	13	firms
16 Sep 2026 15:54 UTC	13	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 16 Sep 2026