Is there a fire near Aurora, Ceará right now?

Wildfires near Aurora, Ceará

Updated

14 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 4 km NE, 2 detections in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 1:01 pm local (2026-10-25 16:01 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Aurora, Ceará, Brazil, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Fortaleza).

Fire clusters within 80 km
14 last 48 h
Nearest fire
4 km NE 5 km NE of Aurora
Hotspot detections nearby
35 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
33 MW moderate
Wind now
NNE 8 km/h gusts 22 km/h, humidity 28%

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Fires near Aurora, Ceará right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 35 thermal hotspots in 14 separate clusters within 80 km of Aurora, Ceará, Brazil in the last 48 h. The closest is 4 km NE of the city centre (5 km NE of Aurora), with 2 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 10 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.

3 clusters are 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.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 44 km SE (45 km SE of Aurora) with 9 detections; first seen Sun 12 am and last seen Sun 2 am local time.

Across Brazil there are 2,416 fire clusters in the same window, 117 of them in Ceará.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
5 km NE of Aurora4 km NE210 MWSat 1:20 pmSun 1:01 pm
10 km SE of Aurora10 km SE125 MWSun 1:01 pmSun 1:01 pm
24 km S of Aurora24 km S27 MWSat 12:42 amSat 12:42 am
36 km NNW of Aurora36 km NNW22 MWSat 12:42 amSat 12:42 am
40 km N of Juazeiro do Norte41 km WNW631 MWSun 1:01 pmSun 1:01 pm
45 km SE of Aurora44 km SE97 MWSun 12:23 amSun 2:04 am
23 km ESE of Juazeiro do Norte46 km SSW17 MWSat 1:20 pmSat 1:20 pm
52 km E of Aurora52 km E333 MWSat 1:20 pmSun 1:01 pm
52 km ENE of Aurora52 km ENE22 MWSat 12:42 amSat 12:42 am
52 km WNW of Aurora52 km WNW24 MWSat 1:20 pmSat 1:20 pm
54 km E of Aurora54 km E15 MWSat 1:20 pmSat 1:20 pm
10 km SSW of Juazeiro do Norte55 km SW29 MWSun 1:01 pmSun 1:01 pm
67 km E of Aurora67 km E115 MWSun 1:01 pmSun 1:01 pm
79 km ENE of Aurora79 km ENE15 MWSat 1:20 pmSat 1:20 pm

Smoke and wind

Wind at Aurora, Ceará is from the NNE at 8 km/h (gusts 22 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the SSW. Relative humidity is 28% and the temperature 35°C.

Aurora, Ceará 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 Aurora, Ceará 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.