Right now
The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 3 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
Wind forecast for this point: from S at 16 km/h at 10:00 UTC, according to MET Norway.
4 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 30 earlier days since 7 March 2026, in 8 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.
5 satellite detections of this fire · 13 November 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 Pointe-Noire |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 23:48 | 347 MW | 20 km |
| 13 Nov 13:42 | 265 MW | 22 km |
| 13 Nov 13:42 | 304 MW | 22 km |
| 13 Nov 12:44 | 183 MW | 20 km |
| 13 Nov 12:01 | 108 MW | 20 km |
This page covers the record dated 13 November 2026. Browse recent observations in this area:
Recorded by satellite today.
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 39th strongest of the 69 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 7 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 10 November 2026. 19 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 3 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 108 MW, at nominal confidence, 20 km from Pointe-Noire.
The 3 pixels cover about 0.4 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.
Urban PEI: 9,908 within a heuristic 20 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 7 March 2026
- October 4, 2026 · score 39 · 0.2 km
- August 1, 2026 · 0.7 km
- October 18, 2026 · score 39 · 1.1 km
How we know
One source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS). Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 35 out of 100.
This is our versioned heuristic index, not source severity or a calibrated probability. Urban PEI does not count unique people.
Wind: MET Norway Locationforecast, CC BY 4.0.
Computed under scoring rules v5. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Series begins 8 March 2026 for live collection; the monthly chart also counts backfilled detections from 10 February 2024. 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 | Low |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 35 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.74/1 |
| Coordinates | -4.8611, 12.0192 |
| Nearest city | Pointe-Noire (20 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 9.9K within 20 km |
| Impact tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-11-13T12:01:00.000Z |
| Source | https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@12.019,-4.861,9z |
| 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: 2026-11-13T12:01:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-11-13T14:19:39.618Z. Material modification: 2026-11-14T02:02:23.616Z.
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 | 356.36 |
| Frp | 108.37 |
| PixelCount | 3 |
| Confidence | nominal |
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.
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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.
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