Right now
The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 4 minutes ago, and this point is in it.
Wind forecast for this point: from NNE at 6 km/h at 21:00 UTC, according to MET Norway.
One other detection within 20 km in the last 24 hours, <1 km from here.
The satellite has seen heat at this spot on 51 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 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.
No stronger detection stands among the 33 recorded within 20 km of this point since 9 March 2026 — 6 others scored the same. The last comparable one was on 6 October 2026. 23 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 39 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 105 MW, at nominal confidence, 12 km from Košice.
The 39 pixels cover about 5.5 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: 145,255 within a heuristic 35 km radius; not unique people.
At this point we have recorded a radiative power between 47.6 MW and 117 MW, over 10 readings since 27 September 2026. Today's reading sits 83% of the way up that range.
Nearby, since 9 March 2026
- October 6, 2026 · score 39 · 0.1 km
- September 20, 2026 · score 48 · 0.1 km
- March 10, 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.
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 | 48.6100, 21.1850 |
| Nearest city | Košice (12 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 145.3K within 35 km |
| Impact tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-10-07T12:08:00.000Z |
| Source | https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@21.185,48.610,9z |
| 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: 2026-10-07T12:08:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-08-30T14:02:56.480Z. Material modification: 2026-10-07T14:20:29.466Z.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
2026-10-07T14:14:53.613Z · data change
Index 39 → 48.
2026-10-07T03:21:45.542Z · data change
Index 48 → 39; severity Critical → Low.
2 retained revisions changed source fields this page does not show; the index, severity and version stayed the same.
Score breakdown
Technical details
| Brightness | 340.18 |
| Frp | 104.84 |
| PixelCount | 39 |
| 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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