Is there a fire near Mill Bay right now?
Wildfires near Mill Bay, BC
Updated
10 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 39 km W, 28 detections in the last 24 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Wed 3:04 pm local (2026-10-28 22:04 UTC).
Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Mill Bay, British Columbia, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Vancouver).
- Fire clusters within 80 km
- 10 last 24 h
- Nearest fire
- 39 km W 34 km WSW of Duncan
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 48 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
- Strongest fire radiative power
- 72 MW moderate
- Wind now
- SSE 0 km/h gusts 3 km/h, humidity 66%
Fires near Mill Bay right now
NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 48 thermal hotspots in 10 separate clusters within 80 km of Mill Bay, British Columbia, Canada in the last 24 h. The closest is 39 km W of the city centre (34 km WSW of Duncan), with 28 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 72 MW, which is moderate 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.
Across Canada there are 35 fire clusters in the same window, 18 of them in British Columbia.
| Fire cluster | From city | Detections | Peak FRP | First seen | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 km WSW of Duncan | 39 km W | 28 | 72 MW | Wed 3:38 am | Wed 3:04 pm |
| 36 km NW of Sooke | 43 km WSW | 1 | 2 MW | Wed 3:04 pm | Wed 3:04 pm |
| 12 km WSW of Ladysmith | 45 km NW | 1 | 5 MW | Wed 3:38 am | Wed 3:38 am |
| 18 km W of Ladysmith | 52 km NW | 8 | 26 MW | Wed 3:38 am | Wed 1:24 pm |
| 43 km WSW of Ladysmith | 62 km WNW | 4 | 15 MW | Wed 1:23 pm | Wed 1:24 pm |
| 37 km WSW of Sooke | 67 km SW | 1 | 12 MW | Wed 3:04 pm | Wed 3:04 pm |
| 39 km SSE of Metchosin | 67 km SSE | 2 | 4 MW | Wed 1:23 pm | Wed 1:24 pm |
| 29 km SSW of Nanoose Bay | 68 km NW | 1 | 8 MW | Wed 3:04 pm | Wed 3:04 pm |
| 27 km SSW of Nanoose Bay | 75 km NW | 1 | 13 MW | Wed 3:04 pm | Wed 3:04 pm |
| 17 km WNW of Mount Vernon | 76 km ESE | 1 | 1 MW | Wed 3:38 am | Wed 3:38 am |
Smoke and wind
Wind at Mill Bay is from the SSE at 0 km/h (gusts 3 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the NNW. Relative humidity is 66% and the temperature 11°C.
Mill Bay 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 Mill Bay 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.
CIFFC (ciffc.net) publishes the national wildfire situation; provincial fire status and evacuation alerts come from BC Wildfire Service (bcwildfire.ca). Alertable and local emergency alerts carry evacuation orders.
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.
Wildfires near other cities
More for this area
Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.