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Wildfires near Bojnūrd

Updated

2 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 31 km E, 3 detections in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 12:56 pm local (2026-10-25 09:26 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Bojnūrd, North Khorasan, Iran, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Tehran).

Fire clusters within 80 km
2 last 48 h
Nearest fire
31 km E 32 km E of Bojnūrd
Hotspot detections nearby
4 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
2 MW low-intensity
Wind now
WSW 3 km/h gusts 8 km/h, humidity 82%

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Fires near Bojnūrd right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 4 thermal hotspots in 2 separate clusters within 80 km of Bojnūrd, North Khorasan, Iran in the last 48 h. The closest is 31 km E of the city centre (32 km E of Bojnūrd), with 3 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 2 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.

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.

Across Iran there are 157 fire clusters in the same window, 3 of them in North Khorasan.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
32 km E of Bojnūrd31 km E32 MWSun 1:35 amSun 12:56 pm
49 km WNW of Qūchān65 km ESE11 MWSun 1:35 amSun 1:35 am

Smoke and wind

Wind at Bojnūrd is from the WSW at 3 km/h (gusts 8 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the ENE. Relative humidity is 82% and the temperature 10°C.

Bojnūrd 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 Bojnūrd 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.