Calamity
criticalFireCalamity Score: 44

Major Wildfire

0m agoBelfastUnited KingdomSource: firms

54 fire pixels detected · FRP: 88 MW · ~7.6 km²

Geographic Context

This fire event occurred near Belfast (approximately 9 km away) in United Kingdom, an area that experiences a range of natural hazards. An estimated 569.8K people live within 50 km of the event location, placing this in the "catastrophic" population impact tier.

Event Assessment

This event is a wildfire detected across 54 satellite thermal detection pixels, indicating an active fire zone. Calamity.live has classified it as "critical" severity with a severity value of 62.83. The computed Calamity Score is 44 out of 100, reflecting a moderate-impact event. The primary scoring components are: population (85), intensity (40), historical (20). Data for this event was sourced from firms, one of the 250 scientific monitoring sources aggregated by Calamity.live.

Regional Monitoring Context

United Kingdom has a documented history of fire events. Wildfire activity in the region is monitored through NASA FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System), which provides near-real-time active fire data from MODIS and VIIRS satellites. Fire behavior is influenced by vegetation type, moisture content, wind patterns, and terrain — all factors that determine whether an initial ignition becomes a major event.

Event Data

TypeFire
Severitycritical
Severity Value62.83
Calamity Score44 / 100
Confidence74%
Coordinates54.6419, -6.0497
Nearest CityBelfast (9 km)
Population Exposed569.8K within 50 km
Impact Tiercatastrophic
Timestamp2026-07-13T06:39:28.044Z

Score Breakdown

40
intensity
85
population
0
cascading
20
historical

Technical Details

Brightness337.3
Frp88.3
PixelCount54
Confidencenominal
Area Km27.5600000000000005

Safety Information

If a wildfire is approaching: follow evacuation orders immediately. Do not wait to see the fire. Close all windows and doors, remove combustible materials from around your home, and have an emergency go-bag ready. Air quality can deteriorate rapidly even at distance from the fire front — monitor local air quality advisories.

This data is aggregated algorithmically from scientific sources. Not a replacement for official emergency warnings.

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Calamity.live data shows a fire event with CalamityScore 44/100, near Belfast (United Kingdom), based on data from firms. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 197 scientific monitoring sources.