Right now

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 9 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 32 earlier days since 30 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 4 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 84th strongest of the 120 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 8 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 4 October 2026. 71 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 30 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 85 MW, at nominal confidence, 31 km from Aş Şuwayrah.

The 30 pixels cover about 4.2 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: 173,670 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 39 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)	39 / 100
Legacy data-support index	0.74/1
Coordinates	33.2084, 44.7325
Nearest city	Aş Şuwayrah (31 km)
Urban exposure index (PEI)	173.7K within 35 km
Impact tier	minor
Timestamp	2026-10-05T09:20:00.000Z
Source	https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@44.733,33.208,9z
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: 2026-10-05T09:20:00.000Z.

First archived: 2026-10-05T11:26:35.290Z. Material modification: not recorded.

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

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	340.07
Frp	85.46
PixelCount	30
Confidence	nominal

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