Wildfire map Iraq
Fires in Iraq right now
Updated
141 fire clusters detected in Iraq in the last 48 h Most active: 25 km SSE of Al Madīnah (106 detections).
Active fires in Iraq from NASA's VIIRS satellite hotspots, grouped into clusters and named by the nearest city.
- Fire clusters
- 141 last 48 h
- Hotspot detections
- 1,016
- Intense clusters (100+ MW)
- 0
- Most active fire
- 25 km SSE of Al Madīnah 106 detections
- Most affected region
- Basra 22 clusters
Active fires in Iraq
Satellites detected 1,016 thermal hotspots in Iraq in the last 48 h, grouped into 141 fire clusters. None reached an intense fire radiative power above 100 MW, which suggests mostly small or agricultural fires.
The most active fire is 25 km SSE of Al Madīnah with 106 detections and a peak of 35 MW, last seen Sun 2:06 pm local time.
By region, Basra has 22 clusters (374 detections), Kirkuk has 12 clusters (184 detections), Maysan has 10 clusters (127 detections).
Fires are assigned to the country of the nearest listed city, so a fire close to a border can appear under the neighbour.
Largest fire clusters
| Fire cluster | Region | Detections | Peak FRP | Last seen (local) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 km SSE of Al Madīnah | Basra | 106 | 35 MW | Sun 2:06 pm |
| 34 km WSW of Az Zubayr | Basra | 81 | 62 MW | Sun 2:06 pm |
| 43 km NE of Al ‘Amārah | Maysan | 60 | 38 MW | Sun 2:06 pm |
| 45 km WNW of Kirkuk | Kirkuk | 72 | 45 MW | Sun 12:26 pm |
| 10 km N of Al Madīnah | Basra | 35 | 75 MW | Sun 2:06 pm |
| 19 km ENE of Al Qurnah | Basra | 27 | 28 MW | Sun 2:06 pm |
| 29 km E of Bayjī | Salah ad Din | 22 | 41 MW | Sun 2:48 am |
| 32 km E of Al Qurnah | Basra | 27 | 18 MW | Sun 2:06 pm |
| 9 km NW of Kirkuk | Kirkuk | 60 | 8 MW | Sun 12:26 pm |
| 22 km W of Kirkuk | Kirkuk | 15 | 28 MW | Sun 12:26 pm |
| 47 km SSW of Al Madīnah | Basra | 8 | 45 MW | Sun 2:06 pm |
| 24 km S of Kirkuk | Kirkuk | 12 | 18 MW | Sun 1:05 am |
| 48 km NNE of Al ‘Amārah | Maysan | 12 | 13 MW | Sun 12:26 pm |
| 15 km WNW of Xebat | Erbil | 8 | 25 MW | Sat 2:25 pm |
| 11 km S of Qal‘at Sukkar | Dhi Qar | 18 | 14 MW | Sun 2:06 pm |
| 57 km ENE of Al Qurnah | Basra | 15 | 16 MW | Sun 2:06 pm |
| 12 km WSW of Sumayl | Duhok | 5 | 26 MW | Sat 2:25 pm |
| 29 km NW of Xebat | Erbil | 3 | 28 MW | Sat 12:45 pm |
| 48 km NE of Al Qurnah | Basra | 16 | 7 MW | Sun 2:06 pm |
| 36 km SSW of Xebat | Erbil | 4 | 52 MW | Sat 12:45 pm |
| 32 km SW of Erbil | Erbil | 26 | 6 MW | Sun 2:46 am |
| 18 km WSW of Kirkuk | Kirkuk | 17 | 10 MW | Sun 2:08 pm |
| 53 km WSW of Sumayl | Duhok | 10 | 10 MW | Sat 2:25 pm |
| 40 km SE of Sadr City | Baghdad | 14 | 6 MW | Sun 2:06 pm |
| 25 km E of Sīnah | Duhok | 15 | 9 MW | Sun 2:08 pm |
Cities with fires within 80 km
- Wildfires near Kirkuk nearest 2 km NW
- Wildfires near Al-Musayab nearest 7 km N
- Wildfires near Al Madīnah nearest 7 km N
- Wildfires near Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah nearest 7 km SW
- Wildfires near Baḥarkah nearest 8 km NE
- Wildfires near Az Zubayr nearest 8 km WNW
- Wildfires near Xebat nearest 8 km SSW
- Wildfires near Qeładizê nearest 9 km SE
- Wildfires near 'Ākra nearest 9 km WSW
- Wildfires near Sumayl nearest 10 km NW
- Wildfires near Simele nearest 10 km NW
- Wildfires near Bayjī nearest 10 km N
- Wildfires near Qal‘at Sukkar nearest 10 km S
- Wildfires near Karbala nearest 10 km NNE
- Wildfires near Sāmarrā’ nearest 11 km W
- Wildfires near Khasnahzān nearest 11 km ENE
- Wildfires near Al Maḩmūdīyah nearest 11 km S
- Wildfires near Sīnah nearest 11 km SSW
- Wildfires near Erbil nearest 12 km SSW
- Wildfires near Basrah nearest 12 km WSW
- Wildfires near Sadr City nearest 12 km SE
- Wildfires near Al Qurnah nearest 13 km WNW
- Wildfires near Al-Kut nearest 15 km W
- Wildfires near Baghdad nearest 16 km S
- Wildfires near Mosul nearest 16 km NNE
- Wildfires near Nasiriyah nearest 17 km ENE
- Wildfires near Dihok nearest 17 km S
- Wildfires near Al ‘Amārah nearest 17 km NE
- Wildfires near Sulaymaniyah nearest 19 km SE
- Wildfires near Ash Sharqāt nearest 19 km ENE
- Wildfires near Abū al-Kahṣīb nearest 20 km W
- Wildfires near Ash Shaţrah nearest 20 km WSW
- Wildfires near Rānyah nearest 21 km SW
- Wildfires near An Nu‘mānīyah nearest 22 km WNW
- Wildfires near Ţūz Khūrmātū nearest 22 km WSW
- Wildfires near Abu Gharaq nearest 23 km ENE
- Wildfires near Al Hillah nearest 23 km NNE
- Wildfires near Al Hindīyah nearest 24 km NW
- Wildfires near Abū Ghurayb nearest 24 km ESE
- Wildfires near Umm Qaşr nearest 31 km NNW
Official information
The Global Wildfire Information System, GWIS (gwis.jrc.ec.europa.eu), maps fire danger and burnt areas worldwide; evacuation orders come from national civil protection and local authorities.
Satellite thermal hotspots are not all wildfires: gas flares, steel works, volcanoes and planned agricultural or prescribed burns show up too. VIIRS passes over most places about twice a day, so a fire can start or grow between passes, and thick smoke or cloud can hide one.
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Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.