Is there a fire near Bokāro right now?
Wildfires near Bokāro
Updated
12 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 6 km W, 13 detections in the last 24 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Mon 1:40 am local (2026-10-25 20:10 UTC).
Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Bokāro, Jharkhand, India, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Kolkata).
- Fire clusters within 80 km
- 12 last 24 h
- Nearest fire
- 6 km W 7 km W of Bokāro
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 136 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
- Strongest fire radiative power
- 10 MW low-intensity
- Wind now
- WNW 10 km/h gusts 20 km/h, humidity 89%
Fires near Bokāro right now
NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 136 thermal hotspots in 12 separate clusters within 80 km of Bokāro, Jharkhand, India in the last 24 h. The closest is 6 km W of the city centre (7 km W of Bokāro), with 13 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 10 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.
4 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.
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 12 km ENE (8 km SW of Dhanbad) with 77 detections; first seen Sun 1 pm and last seen Mon 1 am local time.
Across India there are 427 fire clusters in the same window, 19 of them in Jharkhand.
| Fire cluster | From city | Detections | Peak FRP | First seen | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 km W of Bokāro | 6 km W | 13 | 10 MW | Sun 1:11 pm | Mon 1:38 am |
| 8 km SW of Dhanbad | 12 km ENE | 77 | 9 MW | Sun 1:11 pm | Mon 1:38 am |
| 13 km E of Chas | 15 km ESE | 2 | 1 MW | Mon 1:38 am | Mon 1:38 am |
| at Phusro | 20 km NW | 1 | 1 MW | Mon 1:38 am | Mon 1:38 am |
| 15 km W of Phusro | 32 km WNW | 4 | 1 MW | Mon 1:38 am | Mon 1:38 am |
| 30 km SSE of Dhanbad | 42 km ESE | 3 | 1 MW | Mon 1:40 am | Mon 1:40 am |
| 38 km WSW of Phusro | 49 km W | 2 | 1 MW | Mon 1:40 am | Mon 1:40 am |
| 15 km SSW of Kulti | 59 km E | 3 | 1 MW | Mon 1:38 am | Mon 1:38 am |
| 32 km SE of Hazāribāgh | 60 km W | 3 | 1 MW | Mon 1:38 am | Mon 1:38 am |
| 35 km S of Hazāribāgh | 66 km W | 19 | 4 MW | Sun 1:11 pm | Mon 1:40 am |
| 22 km SE of Hazāribāgh | 69 km WNW | 5 | 2 MW | Mon 1:38 am | Mon 1:38 am |
| 6 km WSW of Āsansol | 78 km E | 4 | 1 MW | Mon 1:38 am | Mon 1:38 am |
Smoke and wind
Wind at Bokāro is from the WNW at 10 km/h (gusts 20 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the ESE. Relative humidity is 89% and the temperature 20°C.
Bokāro 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 Bokāro 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.