Persistent heat source 35 km from Khorramshahr, Iran
Right now
The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 22 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 28 earlier days since 12 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.
31 satellite detections of this fire · 30 September – 15 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 Khorramshahr |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 23:35 | 842 MW | 33 km |
| 15 Oct 22:40 | 488 MW | 32 km |
| 15 Oct 21:55 | 361 MW | 31 km |
| 14 Oct 22:14 | 608 MW | 34 km |
| 14 Oct 10:34 | 1,464 MW | 34 km |
| 13 Oct 23:18 | 620 MW | 35 km |
| 13 Oct 23:18 | 985 MW | 35 km |
| 12 Oct 09:32 | 846 MW | 35 km |
| 11 Oct 23:12 | 764 MW | 35 km |
| 11 Oct 09:52 | 1,200 MW | 35 km |
| 10 Oct 23:29 | 1,013 MW | 35 km |
| 9 Oct 10:28 | 1,960 MW | 35 km |
| 8 Oct 23:12 | 1,680 MW | 34 km |
| 8 Oct 10:47 | 1,766 MW | 33 km |
| 8 Oct 10:04 | 1,350 MW | 33 km |
| 7 Oct 22:46 | 723 MW | 32 km |
| 7 Oct 21:50 | 650 MW | 33 km |
| 7 Oct 09:26 | 1,439 MW | 33 km |
| 6 Oct 23:03 | 1,259 MW | 33 km |
| 5 Oct 22:29 | 723 MW | 35 km |
| 5 Oct 11:00 | 1,242 MW | 35 km |
| 3 Oct 09:58 | 784 MW | 31 km |
| 3 Oct 09:02 | 707 MW | 31 km |
| 2 Oct 23:24 | 696 MW | 32 km |
| 2 Oct 22:40 | 535 MW | 33 km |
| 2 Oct 09:20 | 1,015 MW | 34 km |
| 1 Oct 22:01 | 1,367 MW | 35 km |
| 1 Oct 09:39 | 1,065 MW | 35 km |
| 1 Oct 08:54 | 863 MW | 35 km |
| 30 Sept 23:18 | 663 MW | 35 km |
and 1 earlier detections
This page covers the record dated 1 October 2026. Browse recent observations in this area:
Recorded by satellite 32 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.
No stronger detection stands among the 174 recorded within 20 km of this point since 10 March 2026 — 34 others scored the same. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 53 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 103 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 1367 MW, at high confidence, 35 km from Khorramshahr.
The 103 pixels cover about 14.4 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: 150,692 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 10 March 2026
- September 26, 2026 · score 64 · 0.3 km
- September 10, 2026 · 0.8 km
- July 28, 2026 · 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 64 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.
Archived as “Critical” 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) | 64 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.74/1 |
| Coordinates | 30.7409, 48.2786 |
| Nearest city | Khorramshahr (35 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 150.7K within 50 km |
| Impact tier | severe |
| Timestamp | 2026-10-01T22:01:00.000Z |
| Source | https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@48.279,30.741,9z |
| 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: 2026-10-01T22:01:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-03-17T11:00:14.284Z. Material modification: 2026-10-31T23:14:04.176Z.
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 | 1366.77 |
| PixelCount | 103 |
| 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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