Right now
The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 5 minutes ago, and this point is in it.
Wind forecast for this point: from NNE at 12 km/h at 14:00 UTC, according to MET Norway.
Nothing else has been detected within 20 km in the last 24 hours.
The satellite has seen heat at this spot on 22 earlier days since 9 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.
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 12th strongest of the 20 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 9 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 5 October 2026. 15 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 14 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 99 MW, at nominal confidence.
The 14 pixels cover about 2.0 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.
At this point we have recorded a radiative power between 18.23 MW and 152 MW, over 16 readings since 26 September 2026. Today's reading sits 60% of the way up that range.
Nearby, since 9 March 2026
- October 4, 2026 · score 27 · 0.1 km
- October 1, 2026 · score 27 · 0.1 km
- July 7, 2026 · 0.2 km
How we know
One source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS). Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 18 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. 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) | 18 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.54/1 |
| Coordinates | 28.5822, 17.3307 |
| Timestamp | 2026-10-06T11:25:00.000Z |
| Source | https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@17.331,28.582,9z |
| 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: 2026-10-06T11:25:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-08-31T03:53:51.473Z. Material modification: 2026-10-06T13:00:31.096Z.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
2026-10-06T00:01:27.266Z · data change
Index 27 → 18.
2026-10-05T02:37:45.842Z · data change
Index 18 → 27.
2026-10-05T00:03:59.382Z · data change
Index 27 → 18.
2026-10-04T15:09:12.828Z · data change
Severity High → Low.
2026-10-02T01:38:18.505Z · data change
Index 18 → 27; severity Medium → High.
5 retained revisions changed source fields this page does not show; the index, severity and version stayed the same.
Score breakdown
Technical details
| Brightness | 356.2 |
| Frp | 98.78 |
| PixelCount | 14 |
| 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.
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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