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Wildfires near Mīt Ghamr

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13 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 11 km SE, 1 detection in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 2:06 pm local (2026-10-25 11:06 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Mīt Ghamr, Dakahlia, Egypt, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Africa/Cairo).

Fire clusters within 80 km
13 last 48 h
Nearest fire
11 km SE 11 km SE of Mīt Ghamr
Hotspot detections nearby
22 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
8 MW low-intensity
Wind now
N 7 km/h gusts 12 km/h, humidity 90%

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Fires near Mīt Ghamr right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 22 thermal hotspots in 13 separate clusters within 80 km of Mīt Ghamr, Dakahlia, Egypt in the last 48 h. The closest is 11 km SE of the city centre (11 km SE of Mīt Ghamr), with 1 detection and a peak fire radiative power of 2 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.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 45 km E (10 km SSW of Fāqūs) with 3 detections; first seen Sat 2 pm and last seen Sun 2 pm local time.

Across Egypt there are 90 fire clusters in the same window, 5 of them in Dakahlia.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
11 km SE of Mīt Ghamr11 km SE12 MWSun 2:06 pmSun 2:06 pm
4 km ENE of As Sinbillāwayn30 km NE23 MWSat 2:25 pmSun 2:50 am
6 km S of Al Mansurah33 km NNE23 MWSun 2:06 pmSun 2:06 pm
14 km ENE of As Sinbillāwayn39 km NE27 MWSun 2:06 pmSun 2:06 pm
13 km WNW of Al Maḩallah al Kubrá40 km NNW13 MWSun 2:06 pmSun 2:06 pm
19 km NW of Al-'Ubūr43 km S11 MWSun 2:50 amSun 2:50 am
10 km SSW of Fāqūs45 km E38 MWSat 2:25 pmSun 2:06 pm
5 km WSW of Dikirnis45 km NE23 MWSat 2:25 pmSun 2:06 pm
at Fāqūs51 km E13 MWSat 2:25 pmSat 2:25 pm
22 km NNW of Fāqūs52 km ENE21 MWSat 3:07 amSat 3:07 am
at Shubrā al Khaymah68 km S10 MWSun 2:50 amSun 2:50 am
36 km WSW of Munūf74 km WSW33 MWSat 3:07 amSat 2:25 pm
8 km S of Damanhur80 km WNW16 MWSun 2:06 pmSun 2:06 pm

Smoke and wind

Wind at Mīt Ghamr is from the N at 7 km/h (gusts 12 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the S. Relative humidity is 90% and the temperature 19°C.

Mīt Ghamr 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 Mīt Ghamr 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.