Fire near Chimichagua

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 Chimichagua · Cesar

First detected10 Sep 2026 01:26 UTC

Last detected10 Sep 2026 20:34 UTC

Satellite detections9

Peak intensity16 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 — Chimichagua (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-09)

Before — Chimichagua (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-25)

Before · 2026-08-25 After · 2026-09-09

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 9

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
10 Sep 2026 20:34 UTC	12	firms
10 Sep 2026 17:54 UTC	3	firms
10 Sep 2026 17:54 UTC	7	firms
10 Sep 2026 06:03 UTC	6	firms
10 Sep 2026 06:03 UTC	8	firms
10 Sep 2026 01:26 UTC	16	firms
10 Sep 2026 01:26 UTC	11	firms
10 Sep 2026 01:26 UTC	10	firms
10 Sep 2026 01:26 UTC	5	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 10 Sep 2026