NASA FIRMS
FreeLiveLast verified 24 Sept 2026
Satellite active-fire hotspots from MODIS, VIIRS and Landsat by bounding box and date, near real-time.
Example request
curl -s "https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/area/csv/$API_KEY/VIIRS_SNPP_NRT/world/1"
Free tier, in plain English
Free for everyone; you request a MAP_KEY by email and put it in the URL path. Each key allows 5,000 transactions every 10 minutes, with increases on request.
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