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Wildfires near Lodhran

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5 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 14 km NNW, 2 detections in the last 24 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 2:24 pm local (2026-10-25 09:24 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Lodhran, Punjab, Pakistan, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Karachi).

Fire clusters within 80 km
5 last 24 h
Nearest fire
14 km NNW 15 km NNW of Lodhran
Hotspot detections nearby
9 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
Strongest fire radiative power
7 MW low-intensity
Wind now
ESE 7 km/h gusts 13 km/h, humidity 75%

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Fires near Lodhran right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 9 thermal hotspots in 5 separate clusters within 80 km of Lodhran, Punjab, Pakistan in the last 24 h. The closest is 14 km NNW of the city centre (15 km NNW of Lodhran), with 2 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 5 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.

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.

Across Pakistan there are 123 fire clusters in the same window, 100 of them in Punjab.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
15 km NNW of Lodhran14 km NNW25 MWSun 2:24 pmSun 2:24 pm
40 km SE of Multan44 km NNE26 MWSun 12:44 pmSun 12:44 pm
20 km ENE of Shujaabad49 km NNW27 MWSun 2:24 pmSun 2:24 pm
24 km WSW of Jalalpur Pirwala62 km WSW25 MWSun 12:44 pmSun 12:44 pm
19 km N of Mailsi70 km NE17 MWSun 2:24 pmSun 2:24 pm

Smoke and wind

Wind at Lodhran is from the ESE at 7 km/h (gusts 13 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the WNW. Relative humidity is 75% and the temperature 20°C.

Lodhran 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 Lodhran 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.