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Wildfires near Model Town

Updated Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:24:00 GMT

31 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 21 km E, 1 detection in the last 48 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 Model Town, Punjab, Pakistan, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Karachi).

Fire clusters within 80 km: 31 last 48 h
Nearest fire: 21 km E 21 km ESE of Lahore
Hotspot detections nearby: 77 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power: 48 MW moderate
Wind now: WNW 4 km/h gusts 9 km/h, humidity 80%

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Fires near Model Town right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 77 thermal hotspots in 31 separate clusters within 80 km of Model Town, Punjab, Pakistan in the last 48 h. The closest is 21 km E of the city centre (21 km ESE of Lahore), 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.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 30 km W (19 km ENE of Nankana Sahib) with 10 detections; first seen Sat 1 pm and last seen Sun 2 pm local time.

Across Pakistan there are 162 fire clusters in the same window, 135 of them in Punjab.

Fire cluster	From city	Detections	Peak FRP	First seen	Last seen
21 km ESE of Lahore	21 km E	1	2 MW	Sat 1:03 pm	Sat 1:03 pm
22 km E of Lahore	26 km ENE	1	4 MW	Sat 1:03 pm	Sat 1:03 pm
20 km N of Kot Radha Kishan	27 km WSW	1	4 MW	Sun 12:44 pm	Sun 12:44 pm
27 km ESE of Lahore	28 km E	2	18 MW	Sat 1:03 pm	Sat 1:03 pm
19 km ENE of Nankana Sahib	30 km W	10	13 MW	Sat 1:03 pm	Sun 2:24 pm
16 km NE of Kasur	31 km SE	4	19 MW	Sat 1:03 pm	Sun 12:44 pm
18 km ESE of Muridke	34 km NNE	2	4 MW	Sun 12:44 pm	Sun 12:44 pm
32 km SW of Amritsar	35 km ESE	2	4 MW	Sat 1:03 pm	Sat 1:03 pm
19 km N of Phool Nagar	37 km WSW	2	48 MW	Sat 1:03 pm	Sun 12:44 pm
14 km WSW of Amritsar	41 km ENE	1	8 MW	Sun 12:44 pm	Sun 12:44 pm
13 km NNW of Phool Nagar	42 km WSW	3	6 MW	Sat 1:03 pm	Sun 12:44 pm
15 km SSW of Amritsar	45 km E	1	3 MW	Sat 1:03 pm	Sat 1:03 pm
33 km NW of Amritsar	46 km NE	2	5 MW	Sat 1:03 pm	Sun 12:44 pm
10 km E of Kasur	46 km SSE	1	4 MW	Sat 1:03 pm	Sat 1:03 pm
12 km W of Shekhupura	50 km WNW	2	17 MW	Sat 1:03 pm	Sat 1:03 pm

Smoke and wind

Wind at Model Town is from the WNW at 4 km/h (gusts 9 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the ESE. Relative humidity is 80% and the temperature 17°C.

Model Town 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 Model Town 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.