Fire near Aguachica

Status: ✓ Confirmed

This fire is confirmed by an EFFIS burnt-area perimeter or by repeated, intense satellite detections.

⚠️ 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, gas flares, sun glint) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow official emergency sources.

Where Aguachica · Cesar

First detected15 Oct 2026 17:54 UTC

Last detected15 Oct 2026 19:15 UTC

Satellite detections7

Peak intensity83 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 — Aguachica (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-14)

Before — Aguachica (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-09)

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

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 7

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
15 Oct 2026 19:15 UTC	7	firms
15 Oct 2026 19:15 UTC	6	firms
15 Oct 2026 18:38 UTC	45	firms
15 Oct 2026 18:38 UTC	45	firms
15 Oct 2026 17:54 UTC	83	firms
15 Oct 2026 17:54 UTC	53	firms
15 Oct 2026 17:54 UTC	47	firms

Official & data sources

EFFIS / Copernicus fire viewer ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ IDEAM (Colombia) & National Disaster Risk Unit (UNGRD) ↗

All fires on 15 Oct 2026