Is there a fire near Belawan right now?

Wildfires near Belawan

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No satellite-detected fires within 80 km of Belawan in the last 24 h No detections within 600 km either.

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Belawan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Jakarta).

Fire clusters within 80 km
0 last 24 h
Nearest fire
none within 600 km
Hotspot detections nearby
0 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
Wind now
SW 5 km/h gusts 13 km/h, humidity 97%

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Fires near Belawan right now

No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Belawan, North Sumatra, Indonesia in the last 24 h. There are no detections within 600 km. A clear result only covers satellite passes: small fires, fires under cloud and fires that start after the last overpass will not show yet.

Across Indonesia there are 584 fire clusters in the same window.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Belawan is from the SW at 5 km/h (gusts 13 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the NE. Relative humidity is 97% and the temperature 25°C.

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