Right now
The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 7 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
Wind forecast for this point: from SE at 4 km/h at 21:00 UTC, according to MET Norway.
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 48 earlier days since 9 March 2026, in 7 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 yesterday.
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 32 recorded within 20 km of this point since 9 March 2026 — 8 others scored the same. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 23 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 37 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 123 MW, at nominal confidence, 13 km from Košice.
The 37 pixels cover about 5.2 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: 144,528 within a heuristic 35 km radius; not unique people.
At this point we have recorded a radiative power between 27.71 MW and 131 MW, over 5 readings since 27 September 2026. Today's reading sits 91% of the way up that range.
Nearby, since 9 March 2026
- March 10, 2026 · 0.0 km
- October 2, 2026 · score 48 · 0.1 km
- September 3, 2026 · 0.1 km
How we know
One source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS). Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 48 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.
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 “Low”.
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) | 48 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.74/1 |
| Coordinates | 48.6093, 21.1836 |
| Nearest city | Košice (13 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 144.5K within 35 km |
| Impact tier | severe |
| Timestamp | 2026-10-03T11:45:00.000Z |
| Source | https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@21.184,48.609,9z |
| 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: 2026-10-03T11:45:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-08-06T03:12:29.779Z. Material modification: 2026-10-03T13:50:24.734Z.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
2026-10-03T11:37:58.705Z · data change
Index 39 → 48.
2026-10-03T02:56:49.803Z · data change
Index 48 → 39.
2026-10-02T14:15:10.068Z · data change
Index 9 → 48; severity Medium → Critical.
1 retained revision changed source fields this page does not show; the index, severity and version stayed the same.
Score breakdown
Technical details
| Brightness | 340.13 |
| Frp | 122.5 |
| PixelCount | 37 |
| 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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