Wildfires near Al-Musayab

Fires near Al-Musayab right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 7 thermal hotspots in 4 separate clusters within 80 km of Al-Musayab, Babil, Iraq in the last 24 h. The closest is 22 km NNE of the city centre (9 km NNE of Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah), with 2 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.

Every nearby cluster is low intensity (peak under 10 MW), which is typical of agricultural or garden burning, industrial heat sources such as steel works or flares, or small fires rather than a spreading wildfire.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 63 km NE (40 km SE of Sadr City) with 3 detections; first seen Sun 12 pm and last seen Sun 2 pm local time.

Across Iraq there are 62 fire clusters in the same window, 1 of them in Babil.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Al-Musayab is from the NNE at 6 km/h (gusts 10 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the SSW. Relative humidity is 43% and the temperature 21°C.

Al-Musayab is roughly downwind of the nearest fire, so smoke and haze are likely; check the air quality page before spending time outdoors.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Al-Musayab 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.

Wildfires near other cities

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• Wildfires near Karbala
• Wildfires near Al Maḩmūdīyah
• Wildfires near Abū Ghurayb
• Wildfires near Baghdad
• Wildfires near Sadr City
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More for this area

• Fires in Iraq
• Air quality in Al-Musayab
• Weather warnings
• Live wildfire map
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