Wildfires near Moḩammad Shahr

Fires near Moḩammad Shahr right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 11 thermal hotspots in 6 separate clusters within 80 km of Moḩammad Shahr, Alborz Province, Iran in the last 48 h. The closest is 38 km S of the city centre (17 km WSW of Robāţ Karīm), 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.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 58 km ESE (15 km NNW of Qarchak) with 4 detections; first seen Sat 1 pm and last seen Sun 1 am local time.

Across Iran there are 157 fire clusters in the same window, 2 of them in Alborz Province.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Moḩammad Shahr is from the NE at 4 km/h (gusts 8 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the SW. Relative humidity is 43% and the temperature 16°C.

Moḩammad Shahr 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 Moḩammad Shahr 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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