Persistent heat source 343 km from Sīwah, Egypt
Right now
The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 1 minute ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
5 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 26 earlier days since 15 March 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.
43 satellite detections of this fire · 1 – 10 September 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 the town |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept 12:08 | 412 MW | 342 km |
| 10 Sept 11:15 | 384 MW | 343 km |
| 10 Sept 00:52 | 241 MW | 343 km |
| 10 Sept 00:52 | 362 MW | 343 km |
| 9 Sept 23:58 | 94 MW | 341 km |
| 9 Sept 23:58 | 304 MW | 343 km |
| 9 Sept 12:27 | 236 MW | 343 km |
| 9 Sept 12:27 | 507 MW | 343 km |
| 9 Sept 10:47 | 461 MW | 343 km |
| 8 Sept 11:49 | 189 MW | 344 km |
| 8 Sept 11:06 | 433 MW | 343 km |
| 8 Sept 00:35 | 354 MW | 343 km |
| 7 Sept 12:10 | 200 MW | 343 km |
| 7 Sept 12:10 | 552 MW | 343 km |
| 7 Sept 00:54 | 479 MW | 343 km |
| 6 Sept 12:27 | 243 MW | 343 km |
| 6 Sept 11:45 | 446 MW | 344 km |
| 6 Sept 10:47 | 402 MW | 344 km |
| 6 Sept 01:11 | 365 MW | 344 km |
| 5 Sept 12:02 | 175 MW | 343 km |
| 5 Sept 12:02 | 443 MW | 344 km |
| 5 Sept 11:06 | 393 MW | 344 km |
| 5 Sept 00:45 | 326 MW | 344 km |
| 4 Sept 23:52 | 267 MW | 344 km |
| 4 Sept 12:21 | 184 MW | 345 km |
| 4 Sept 12:21 | 145 MW | 345 km |
| 4 Sept 10:41 | 385 MW | 344 km |
| 4 Sept 01:07 | 330 MW | 343 km |
| 4 Sept 00:09 | 271 MW | 344 km |
| 3 Sept 23:26 | 232 MW | 344 km |
and 13 earlier detections
Recorded by satellite 57 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 5th strongest of the 268 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 9 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day.
What the source measured
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 63 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 352 MW, at high confidence, 343 km from Sīwah.
The 63 pixels cover about 8.8 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.
Nearby, since 9 March 2026
- August 27, 2026 · 0.7 km
- May 20, 2026 · 1.2 km
- July 22, 2026 · 1.4 km
How we know
One source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS). Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 27 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 v4. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Archived as “High” under the rule in force until 4 October 2026, which read the radiative power and the people nearby. A satellite sees heat, not an emergency: since then every detection is shown as low or medium; this one as “Medium”.
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) | 27 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.54/1 |
| Coordinates | 27.7281, 22.4354 |
| Nearest city | Sīwah (343 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 50 km |
| Impact tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-09-06T23:14:00.000Z |
| Source | https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@22.435,27.728,9z |
| Licence | US public domain (NASA) · NASA FIRMS (LANCE) |
Physical priority index · v4 (historical). 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: 2026-09-06T23:14:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-06-07T14:02:57.439Z. Material modification: 2026-09-10T14:24:38.828Z.
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 | 351.77 |
| PixelCount | 63 |
| 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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