Fire near Puerto Wilches

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 Puerto Wilches · Santander

First detected15 Sep 2026 18:00 UTC

Last detected15 Sep 2026 18:56 UTC

Satellite detections6

Peak intensity45 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 — Puerto Wilches (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-14)

Before — Puerto Wilches (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-09)

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

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 6

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
15 Sep 2026 18:56 UTC	7	firms
15 Sep 2026 18:56 UTC	8	firms
15 Sep 2026 18:36 UTC	6	firms
15 Sep 2026 18:36 UTC	6	firms
15 Sep 2026 18:36 UTC	2	firms
15 Sep 2026 18:00 UTC	45	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 15 Sep 2026