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Wildfires near 6th of October City

Updated

7 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 25 km E, 4 detections in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 2:06 pm local (2026-10-25 11:06 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of 6th of October City, Giza, Egypt, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Africa/Cairo).

Fire clusters within 80 km
7 last 48 h
Nearest fire
25 km E 7 km SSE of Ḩalwān
Hotspot detections nearby
15 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
79 MW moderate

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Fires near 6th of October City right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 15 thermal hotspots in 7 separate clusters within 80 km of 6th of October City, Giza, Egypt in the last 48 h. The closest is 25 km E of the city centre (7 km SSE of Ḩalwān), with 4 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 3 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.

1 cluster is within 25 km, close enough that smoke, ash or road closures may affect the city. Distances are measured from the city centre to the nearest detection, not to the fire's edge.

Across Egypt there are 90 fire clusters in the same window.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
7 km SSE of Ḩalwān25 km E43 MWSat 3:07 amSun 2:50 am
at Shubrā al Khaymah39 km NNE10 MWSun 2:50 amSun 2:50 am
24 km N of Būsh50 km S379 MWSun 2:06 pmSun 2:06 pm
19 km NW of Al-'Ubūr64 km NNE11 MWSun 2:50 amSun 2:50 am
14 km E of Būsh76 km SSE22 MWSun 2:50 amSun 2:50 am
16 km S of Al Fayyum76 km SSW12 MWSat 2:23 pmSat 2:23 pm
36 km WSW of Munūf78 km NW33 MWSat 3:07 amSat 2:25 pm

Smoke and wind

Current wind data was unavailable for this page; smoke generally drifts with the wind, so check local conditions.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the 6th of October City air quality page has the live reading.

Evacuations and official information

GodsView shows satellite detections only. It does not know fire perimeters, containment or evacuation zones. Always follow evacuation orders from local authorities.

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.

About satellite fire detections

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.

Fire radiative power (FRP) is the heat a fire gives off, in megawatts per pixel: under 10 MW is usually a small or smouldering fire, over 100 MW an intense flaming front.

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Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.