Is there a fire near Fort St. John right now?
Wildfires near Fort St. John, BC
Updated
2 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 23 km SSE, 1 detection in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sat 4:49 am local (2026-10-24 11:49 UTC).
Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Dawson_Creek).
- Fire clusters within 80 km
- 2 last 48 h
- Nearest fire
- 23 km SSE 23 km SSE of Fort St. John
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 8 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
- Strongest fire radiative power
- 13 MW low-intensity
- Wind now
- ESE 9 km/h gusts 22 km/h, humidity 40%
Fires near Fort St. John right now
NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 8 thermal hotspots in 2 separate clusters within 80 km of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada in the last 48 h. The closest is 23 km SSE of the city centre (23 km SSE of Fort St. John), 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.
The largest nearby cluster by detections is 29 km SE (29 km SE of Fort St. John) with 7 detections; first seen Sat 3 am and last seen Sat 4 am local time.
Across Canada there are 109 fire clusters in the same window, 29 of them in British Columbia.
| Fire cluster | From city | Detections | Peak FRP | First seen | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 km SSE of Fort St. John | 23 km SSE | 1 | 1 MW | Sat 3:11 am | Sat 3:11 am |
| 29 km SE of Fort St. John | 29 km SE | 7 | 13 MW | Sat 3:11 am | Sat 4:49 am |
Smoke and wind
Wind at Fort St. John is from the ESE at 9 km/h (gusts 22 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the WNW. Relative humidity is 40% and the temperature 2°C.
Fort St. John 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 Fort St. John 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.
CIFFC (ciffc.net) publishes the national wildfire situation; provincial fire status and evacuation alerts come from BC Wildfire Service (bcwildfire.ca). Alertable and local emergency alerts carry evacuation orders.
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.