Wildfires near Jabalpur

Fires near Jabalpur right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 46 thermal hotspots in 23 separate clusters within 80 km of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India in the last 48 h. The closest is 27 km SSW of the city centre (31 km SSW of Jabalpur), with 5 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 9 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 70 km S (62 km NE of Seoni) with 11 detections; first seen Sat 1 pm and last seen Sun 1 pm local time.

Across India there are 659 fire clusters in the same window, 166 of them in Madhya Pradesh.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Jabalpur is from the ESE at 6 km/h (gusts 15 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the WNW. Relative humidity is 55% and the temperature 24°C.

Jabalpur 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 Jabalpur 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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