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NASA FIRMS active fire detections

Satellite-detected fire hotspots near any place in near real time

NASA FIRMS active fire detections is published by NASA LANCE / Fire Information for Resource Management System for World. It's a bulk download; it updates live or continuous. Reuse: check terms. Check status: verified.

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PublisherNASA LANCE / Fire Information for Resource Management System
Originalhttps://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/ ↗
PlaceWorld · global
ShelfSafety and emergencies
FormatsCSV, KML
Update rateNear real time (latency not stated)
Located byPoint (satellite pixel)
Licencenot stated
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Cite this source: NASA LANCE / Fire Information for Resource Management System, “NASA FIRMS active fire detections”, https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/. Listed by SOS.city at https://sos.city/source/738 (verified).

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