Madagascar
Fires near Maintirano today
Right now
Satellite heat detections within 50 km of Maintirano, last 24 hours: 1 record.
3 in the last 7 days; the latest 5 hours ago, the nearest 21 km away.
Wind at this point: from the west at 15 km/h (forecast for 16:00 UTC, MET Norway, CC BY 4.0).
A satellite sees heat, not a wildfire: it cannot tell a fire from a controlled burn or an industrial flame, and sees nothing under thick cloud. A plant that is hot all year is counted here like any other detection: the page of each one says when heat is seen there in every season.
1
Last 24 hours
3
Last 7 days
17
Last 30 days
Counted at 5 October at 16:21 UTC from the records on file. A count of what sources reported, not a statement that nothing else is happening.