Fire near El Tambo

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 El Tambo · Cauca

First detected9 Sep 2026 18:11 UTC

Last detected9 Sep 2026 19:06 UTC

Satellite detections7

Peak intensity46 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 Tambo (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-09)

Before — El Tambo (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 — 7

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
9 Sep 2026 19:06 UTC	16	firms
9 Sep 2026 19:06 UTC	26	firms
9 Sep 2026 19:06 UTC	16	firms
9 Sep 2026 18:45 UTC	46	firms
9 Sep 2026 18:45 UTC	46	firms
9 Sep 2026 18:11 UTC	14	firms
9 Sep 2026 18:11 UTC	13	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 9 Sep 2026