Right now
The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 9 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
2 other detections within 20 km in the last 24 hours, the nearest 1 km from here.
The satellite has seen heat at this spot on 70 earlier days since 10 March 2026, in 7 of the twelve months of the year. Heat that is there in every season usually comes from industry (a steelworks, a refinery flare, a gas field) or from routine burning, not from a wildfire. NASA's data do not say which.
9 satellite detections of this fire · 23 – 26 October 2026
A satellite sees a burning fire on each of its passes. This page gathers every detection of this fire; the address of each one leads here.
| Day and time (UTC) | Radiative power | Distance from Sake |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 23:39 | 3,115 MW | 25 km |
| 26 Oct 22:44 | 1,654 MW | 25 km |
| 26 Oct 11:42 | 144 MW | 25 km |
| 25 Oct 12:02 | 1,157 MW | 25 km |
| 24 Oct 11:36 | 1,087 MW | 26 km |
| 24 Oct 11:36 | 5,261 MW | 25 km |
| 23 Oct 23:39 | 4,173 MW | 25 km |
| 23 Oct 22:57 | 2,169 MW | 24 km |
| 23 Oct 10:58 | 451 MW | 26 km |
This page covers the record dated 24 October 2026. Browse recent observations in this area:
Recorded by satellite 3 days ago.
A thermal anomaly is a snapshot of one satellite pass, not a record of a fire’s life: we cannot say whether it kept burning after that pass.
It is the 61st strongest of the 75 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 9 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 23 October 2026. 25 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 5 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 1087 MW, at high confidence, 26 km from Sake.
The 5 pixels cover about 0.7 km² — that is the footprint of the detection grid at 375 m resolution, not an estimate of how much land burned.
FIRMS does not report burned area, and neither do we.
Nearby, since 9 March 2026
- May 11, 2026 · 0.2 km
- July 30, 2026 · 0.4 km
- March 13, 2026 · 0.6 km
How we know
One source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS). Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 43 out of 100.
This is our versioned heuristic index, not source severity or a calibrated probability. Urban PEI does not count unique people.
Computed under scoring rules v5. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Series begins 8 March 2026. Comparisons refer to that period only. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.
This data is aggregated algorithmically from scientific sources. Not a replacement for official emergency warnings.
Event data
| Type | Persistent heat source |
| Severity | Medium |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 43 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.54/1 |
| Coordinates | -1.4099, 29.2061 |
| Nearest city | Sake (26 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 20 km |
| Impact tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-10-24T11:36:00.000Z |
| Source | https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@29.206,-1.410,9z |
| Licence | US public domain (NASA) · NASA FIRMS (LANCE) |
Physical priority index · v5. Heuristic priority, not calibrated probability, predictive accuracy or damage. The legacy data-support index combines assigned source support and field availability. Urban PEI is distance-weighted and does not count unique people; zero does not establish that nobody is present. Model cards.
Source and revision timeline
Source: firms. Occurrence: 2026-10-24T11:36:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-05-26T23:57:03.971Z. Material modification: 2026-10-27T01:59:26.866Z.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
Score breakdown
Technical details
| Brightness | 367 |
| Frp | 1087.43 |
| PixelCount | 5 |
| Confidence | high |
Safety information
Heat shows up at this spot regularly, which usually means an industrial plant or routine burning rather than a wildfire. Nothing on this page is an alert. In a real emergency, follow local authorities.
Review the area, threshold and delivery channel in your account.
In the news nearby
A list of links found by GDELT for this place and this hazard in the last seven days. External, not ours: we have not read them and do not vouch for them.
No news is listed: GDELT was not available when this page was rendered.
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