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Wildfires near Muktsar

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10 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 26 km N, 1 detection in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 2:54 pm local (2026-10-25 09:24 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Muktsar, Punjab, India, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Kolkata).

Fire clusters within 80 km
10 last 48 h
Nearest fire
26 km N 25 km SSW of Firozpur
Hotspot detections nearby
41 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
26 MW low-intensity

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Fires near Muktsar right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 41 thermal hotspots in 10 separate clusters within 80 km of Muktsar, Punjab, India in the last 48 h. The closest is 26 km N of the city centre (25 km SSW of Firozpur), with 1 detection and a peak fire radiative power of 7 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.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 64 km W (13 km E of Haveli Lakha) with 8 detections; first seen Sat 1 pm and last seen Sun 1 pm local time.

Across India there are 707 fire clusters in the same window, 34 of them in Punjab.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
25 km SSW of Firozpur26 km N17 MWSat 1:33 pmSat 1:33 pm
31 km NE of Haveli Lakha54 km WNW77 MWSat 1:33 pmSun 2:54 pm
19 km S of Chunian54 km NW57 MWSat 1:33 pmSun 2:54 pm
13 km E of Haveli Lakha64 km W819 MWSat 1:33 pmSun 1:14 pm
26 km SSW of Chunian67 km WNW426 MWSat 1:33 pmSun 1:14 pm
10 km E of Kasur71 km N14 MWSat 1:33 pmSat 1:33 pm
3 km SE of Haveli Lakha74 km W317 MWSat 1:33 pmSun 1:14 pm
21 km SE of Renala Khurd78 km WNW35 MWSat 1:33 pmSun 1:14 pm
17 km NNW of Haveli Lakha79 km W59 MWSun 1:14 pmSun 1:14 pm
16 km NE of Kasur79 km N419 MWSat 1:33 pmSun 1:14 pm

Smoke and wind

Current wind data was unavailable for this page; smoke generally drifts with the wind, so check local conditions.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Muktsar 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.