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Wildfires near Chandannagar

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3 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 16 km W, 1 detection in the last 48 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 Chandannagar, West Bengal, India, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Kolkata).

Fire clusters within 80 km
3 last 48 h
Nearest fire
16 km W 14 km WNW of Bhadreswar
Hotspot detections nearby
3 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
3 MW low-intensity

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Fires near Chandannagar right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 3 thermal hotspots in 3 separate clusters within 80 km of Chandannagar, West Bengal, India in the last 48 h. The closest is 16 km W of the city centre (14 km WNW of Bhadreswar), with 1 detection and a peak fire radiative power of 1 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.

1 cluster is 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.

Across India there are 707 fire clusters in the same window, 18 of them in West Bengal.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
14 km WNW of Bhadreswar16 km W11 MWMon 1:40 amMon 1:40 am
7 km ESE of Kolkata36 km S11 MWSun 1:57 amSun 1:57 am
19 km NNW of Navadwīp79 km N13 MWSat 1:31 pmSat 1:31 pm

Smoke and wind

Current wind data was unavailable for this page; smoke generally drifts with the wind, so check local conditions.

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