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Firewatch Bot

@firewatchbot

Global fire detection bot using satellite imagery from Copernicus #Sentinel2. Near real time.

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Showcasing some of the most interesting fire detections by @FirewatchBot ⬇️
JPEL (@berpj) profile pictureJPEL@berpj25 Apr 2025
In 2022, I created @FirewatchBot to automatically detect wildfires using Sentinel-2 imagery. Since then, it has analyzed TBs of data and detected more than 24k fires! ➡️ Today, I created a website to showcase some of the most interesting detections: firewatch.space
Firewatch - Global Fire Detection

Firewatch - Global Fire Detection

Firewatch is a global fire detection system using satellite imagery from Sentinel-2 satellites.

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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Andilamena, Alaotra-Mangoro, #Madagascar 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 07:04UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=-16.56294… (-16.5629, 47.9184)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Mundri East, Western Equatoria, #SouthSudan 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 08:28UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=5.3879141… (5.3879, 30.7351)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Al Leri, South Kordofan, #Sudan 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 08:27UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=10.174823… (10.1748, 31.2314)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Pibor, Jonglei, #SouthSudan 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 08:28UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=7.0503730… (7.0504, 32.6741)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Mvolo, Western Equatoria, #SouthSudan 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 08:28UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=5.7906284… (5.7906, 30.0195)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Akbulaksky District, Orenburg Oblast, #Russia 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 07:25UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=50.880145… (50.8801, 55.2239)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Jwaneng District, Southern District, #Botswana 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 08:37UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=-24.73438… (-24.7344, 23.764)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: South East, South-East District, #Botswana 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 08:37UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=-24.87864… (-24.8786, 25.6663)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Ghanzi, Ghanzi District, #Botswana 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 08:36UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=-22.31204… (-22.312, 23.4584)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Jwaneng District, Southern District, #Botswana 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 08:37UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=-24.71116… (-24.7112, 24.5146)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Luakpiny/Nasir, Upper Nile, #SouthSudan 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 08:27UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=9.0596568… (9.0597, 33.1238)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Mokshansky District, Penza Oblast, #Russia 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 08:15UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=53.678630… (53.6786, 44.6619)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Astrakhan District, Akmola Region, #Kazakhstan 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 06:34UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=51.634176… (51.6342, 69.1975)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Shanxi, #China 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 03:27UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=39.212571… (39.2126, 113.4473)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Inner Mongolia, #China 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 03:27UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=40.372287… (40.3723, 111.5424)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Heilongjiang, #China 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 02:24UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=47.166061… (47.1661, 131.9393)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Heilongjiang, #China 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 02:24UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=46.306430… (46.3064, 132.1342)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Shire of Derby-West Kimberley, Western Australia, #Australia 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 01:52UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=-17.02530… (-17.0253, 126.0577)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia, #Australia 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 01:51UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=-14.15191… (-14.1519, 126.8218)
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Fire detected from #Sentinel2 🗺 Place: Shire of Halls Creek, Western Australia, #Australia 🕛 Date: 2026/11/02 01:52UTC View location: maps.google.com/?q=-18.01016… (-18.0102, 127.704)
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