Wildfires near Hulan Ergi

Fires near Hulan Ergi right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 120 thermal hotspots in 17 separate clusters within 80 km of Hulan Ergi, Heilongjiang, China in the last 48 h. The closest is 17 km NW of the city centre (18 km NW of Hulan Ergi), with 3 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 11 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.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 41 km ENE (19 km ENE of Qiqihar) with 54 detections; first seen Sat 12 pm and last seen Mon 12 am local time.

Across China there are 854 fire clusters in the same window, 324 of them in Heilongjiang.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Hulan Ergi is from the WNW at 8 km/h (gusts 14 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the ESE. Relative humidity is 70% and the temperature -2°C.

Hulan Ergi 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 Hulan Ergi 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.

Wildfires near other cities

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