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Wildfires near Bhadrak

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1 fire cluster within 80 km; nearest 49 km WSW, 23 detections in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 1:09 pm local (2026-10-25 07:39 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Bhadrak, Odisha, India, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Kolkata).

Fire clusters within 80 km
1 last 48 h
Nearest fire
49 km WSW 52 km WSW of Bhadrak
Hotspot detections nearby
23 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
13 MW low-intensity
Wind now
NNE 10 km/h gusts 17 km/h, humidity 73%

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Fires near Bhadrak right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 23 thermal hotspots in 1 separate cluster within 80 km of Bhadrak, Odisha, India in the last 48 h. The closest is 49 km WSW of the city centre (52 km WSW of Bhadrak), with 23 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 13 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.

None of the clusters is within 25 km of the centre, so the city itself is not in the immediate fire area, but smoke can travel hundreds of kilometres.

Across India there are 659 fire clusters in the same window, 28 of them in Odisha.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
52 km WSW of Bhadrak49 km WSW2313 MWSat 1:31 pmSun 1:09 pm

Smoke and wind

Wind at Bhadrak is from the NNE at 10 km/h (gusts 17 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the SSW. Relative humidity is 73% and the temperature 23°C.

Bhadrak is not directly downwind of the nearest fire at the moment, though winds shift and plumes from larger fires can still reach the city.

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