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Wildfires near Longling County

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1 fire cluster within 80 km; nearest 55 km NE, 1 detection in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 2:45 am local (2026-10-24 18:45 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Longling County, Yunnan, China, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Shanghai).

Fire clusters within 80 km
1 last 48 h
Nearest fire
55 km NE 23 km SSW of Baoshan
Hotspot detections nearby
1 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
1 MW low-intensity
Wind now
NE 5 km/h gusts 13 km/h, humidity 67%

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Fires near Longling County right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 1 thermal hotspot in 1 separate cluster within 80 km of Longling County, Yunnan, China in the last 48 h. The closest is 55 km NE of the city centre (23 km SSW of Baoshan), with 1 detection and a peak fire radiative power of 1 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.

Across China there are 854 fire clusters in the same window, 70 of them in Yunnan.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
23 km SSW of Baoshan55 km NE11 MWSun 2:45 amSun 2:45 am

Smoke and wind

Wind at Longling County is from the NE at 5 km/h (gusts 13 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the SW. Relative humidity is 67% and the temperature 14°C.

Longling County 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 Longling County 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.