Fire near Vichuquén

Status: ✓ Confirmed

This fire is confirmed by CONAF (or by repeated, intense satellite detections).

⚠️ The fires shown are automatic satellite heat detections from NASA FIRMS, augmented with CONAF official information where available. Satellite detections are not verified on the ground and are not 100% accurate — they can include false alarms (industrial heat, burn-offs) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow official sources.

Where Vichuquén · Maule

First detected9 Oct 2026 02:06 UTC

Last detected9 Oct 2026 05:31 UTC

Satellite detections6

Peak intensity24 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 — Vichuquén (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-09)

Before — Vichuquén (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-14)

Before · 2026-09-14 After · 2026-10-09

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 6

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
9 Oct 2026 05:31 UTC	2	firms
9 Oct 2026 05:31 UTC	2	firms
9 Oct 2026 05:31 UTC	2	firms
9 Oct 2026 05:31 UTC	1	firms
9 Oct 2026 02:06 UTC	15	firms
9 Oct 2026 02:06 UTC	24	firms

Official & data sources

CONAF — National Fire Situation ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ CONAF — Chile Forest Fire Service ↗

All fires on 9 Oct 2026