Right now
The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 13 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
One other detection within 20 km in the last 24 hours, 5 km from here.
The satellite has seen heat at this spot on 24 earlier days since 19 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.
This page covers the record dated 8 October 2026. Browse recent observations in this area:
Recorded by satellite 3 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 47th strongest of the 75 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 9 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 7 October 2026. 43 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 20 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 30 MW, at nominal confidence, 35 km from Metlili Chaamba.
The 20 pixels cover about 2.8 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: 341 within a heuristic 35 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 9 March 2026
- September 12, 2026 · 0.1 km
- March 20, 2026 · 0.3 km
- June 23, 2026 · 0.4 km
How we know
One source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS). Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 21 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) | 21 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.74/1 |
| Coordinates | 32.3250, 3.9934 |
| Nearest city | Metlili Chaamba (35 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 341 within 35 km |
| Impact tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-10-08T02:09:00.000Z |
| Source | https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@3.993,32.325,9z |
| 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: 2026-10-08T02:09:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-10-08T11:57:53.132Z. Material modification: not recorded.
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 | 327.64 |
| Frp | 30.28 |
| PixelCount | 20 |
| 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.
GDELT Project · gdeltproject.org