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Wildfires near El Tigre

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18 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 4 km SW, 15 detections in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 1:46 pm local (2026-10-25 17:46 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of El Tigre, Anzoátegui, Venezuela, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Caracas).

Fire clusters within 80 km
18 last 48 h
Nearest fire
4 km SW 8 km SW of El Tigre
Hotspot detections nearby
70 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
27 MW low-intensity
Wind now
E 12 km/h gusts 30 km/h, humidity 45%

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Fires near El Tigre right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 70 thermal hotspots in 18 separate clusters within 80 km of El Tigre, Anzoátegui, Venezuela in the last 48 h. The closest is 4 km SW of the city centre (8 km SW of El Tigre), with 15 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 9 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.

2 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.

Across Venezuela there are 244 fire clusters in the same window, 34 of them in Anzoátegui.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
8 km SW of El Tigre4 km SW159 MWSat 2:04 pmSun 1:46 pm
22 km E of El Tigre22 km E12 MWSun 1:46 pmSun 1:46 pm
33 km W of El Tigre33 km W13 MWSun 1:46 pmSun 1:46 pm
36 km NE of El Tigre36 km NE327 MWSat 2:04 pmSat 2:04 pm
37 km E of El Tigre36 km E23 MWSat 1:21 amSun 1:46 pm
28 km SE of Anaco38 km N35 MWSat 1:21 amSat 2:04 pm
39 km SSE of El Tigre39 km SSE511 MWSat 1:21 amSun 2:40 am
40 km SSW of El Tigre40 km SSW316 MWSat 2:04 pmSat 2:04 pm
44 km NNE of El Tigre43 km NNE72 MWSat 1:21 amSat 1:21 am
45 km SSE of El Tigre45 km SSE31 MWSat 1:21 amSun 2:40 am
23 km SSW of Anaco47 km NW30 MWSat 1:21 amSun 2:40 am
50 km SE of El Tigre50 km SE41 MWSat 1:21 amSun 2:40 am
10 km SW of Anaco61 km NNW105 MWSat 1:21 amSun 2:40 am
56 km NNW of Ciudad Bolívar63 km ESE24 MWSat 2:04 pmSat 2:04 pm
33 km WSW of Anaco66 km NW10 MWSun 2:40 amSun 2:40 am

Smoke and wind

Wind at El Tigre is from the E at 12 km/h (gusts 30 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the W. Relative humidity is 45% and the temperature 34°C.

El Tigre 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 El Tigre 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.