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Fire near El Charco

Status: ✓ Confirmed

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

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Where El Charco · Nariño
First detected10 Sep 2026 17:52 UTC
Last detected10 Sep 2026 18:47 UTC
Satellite detections4
Peak intensity19 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 — El Charco (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-09) Before — El Charco (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-10) Before · 2026-08-10 After · 2026-09-09

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 4

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
10 Sep 2026 18:47 UTC3firms
10 Sep 2026 18:28 UTC5firms
10 Sep 2026 18:28 UTC5firms
10 Sep 2026 17:52 UTC19firms

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