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Wildfires near Ma’anshan

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13 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 4 km NW, 9 detections in the last 24 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Mon 2:26 am local (2026-10-25 18:26 UTC).

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

Fire clusters within 80 km
13 last 24 h
Nearest fire
4 km NW 4 km NW of Ma’anshan
Hotspot detections nearby
38 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
Strongest fire radiative power
5 MW low-intensity
Wind now
NNE 2 km/h gusts 9 km/h, humidity 87%

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Fires near Ma’anshan right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 38 thermal hotspots in 13 separate clusters within 80 km of Ma’anshan, Anhui, China in the last 24 h. The closest is 4 km NW of the city centre (4 km NW of Ma’anshan), with 9 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 3 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 China there are 803 fire clusters in the same window, 30 of them in Anhui.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
4 km NW of Ma’anshan4 km NW93 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
22 km SW of Nanjing28 km NNE24 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
35 km NNW of Ma’anshan35 km NNW42 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
33 km SSE of Chuzhou40 km NNW11 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
22 km NNE of Chaohu50 km W11 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
15 km ESE of Chaohu51 km WSW11 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
14 km N of Nanjing60 km NNE32 MWMon 2:24 amMon 2:24 am
12 km SSE of Chaohu60 km WSW42 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
6 km N of Chaohu60 km W21 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
33 km SW of Wuhu61 km SSW45 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
64 km ESE of Ma’anshan64 km ESE11 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
16 km SW of Zhenzhou75 km NE11 MWMon 2:24 amMon 2:24 am
25 km NE of Tongling78 km SW51 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am

Smoke and wind

Wind at Ma’anshan is from the NNE at 2 km/h (gusts 9 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the SSW. Relative humidity is 87% and the temperature 17°C.

Ma’anshan 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 Ma’anshan 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.