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.

6 other detections within 20 km in the last 24 hours, the nearest 2 km from here.

The satellite has seen heat at this spot on 31 earlier days since 7 May 2026, in 6 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.

Recorded by satellite 2 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 4th strongest of the 97 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 8 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 3 October 2026. 52 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 27 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 106 MW, at high confidence, 5 km from Al Jubayl.

The 27 pixels cover about 3.8 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: 201,576 within a heuristic 35 km radius; not unique people.

How we know

One source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS). Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.

Our own score for this event is 48 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	Low
Calamity Score (ours)	48 / 100
Legacy data-support index	0.74/1
Coordinates	27.0373, 49.5705
Nearest city	Al Jubayl (5 km)
Urban exposure index (PEI)	201.6K within 35 km
Impact tier	minor
Timestamp	2026-10-04T09:37:00.000Z
Source	https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@49.571,27.037,9z
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: 2026-10-04T09:37:00.000Z.

First archived: 2026-09-14T00:18:21.349Z. Material modification: 2026-10-04T11:40:56.334Z.

Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.

2026-10-04T11:40:56.334Z · model change
Index 18 → 48; severity Medium → Low; version 4 → 5.

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.

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.

GDELT Project · gdeltproject.org

Brightness	367
Frp	105.97
PixelCount	27
Confidence	high

Persistent heat source near Al Jubayl