Wildfires near Ipojuca

Fires near Ipojuca right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 12 thermal hotspots in 6 separate clusters within 80 km of Ipojuca, Pernambuco, Brazil in the last 24 h. The closest is 26 km NW of the city centre (12 km SSE of Vitória de Santo Antão), with 3 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 3 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.

None of the clusters is within 25 km of the centre, so the city itself is not in the immediate fire area, but smoke can travel hundreds of kilometres.

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 73 km NNW (37 km N of Vitória de Santo Antão) with 4 detections; first seen Sun 1 pm and last seen Sun 1 pm local time.

Across Brazil there are 1,409 fire clusters in the same window, 22 of them in Pernambuco.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Ipojuca is from the N at 10 km/h (gusts 19 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the S. Relative humidity is 83% and the temperature 25°C.

Ipojuca 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 Ipojuca 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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More for this area

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• Amazon fire desk
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• Live wildfire map
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