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Wildfires near Murwāra

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6 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 18 km WSW, 1 detection in the last 24 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 1:11 pm local (2026-10-25 07:41 UTC).

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

Fire clusters within 80 km
6 last 24 h
Nearest fire
18 km WSW 18 km WSW of Murwāra
Hotspot detections nearby
6 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
Strongest fire radiative power
5 MW low-intensity
Wind now
E 2 km/h gusts 4 km/h, humidity 87%

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Fires near Murwāra right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 6 thermal hotspots in 6 separate clusters within 80 km of Murwāra, Madhya Pradesh, India in the last 24 h. The closest is 18 km WSW of the city centre (18 km WSW of Murwāra), with 1 detection and a peak fire radiative power of 5 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.

Across India there are 427 fire clusters in the same window, 99 of them in Madhya Pradesh.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
18 km WSW of Murwāra18 km WSW15 MWSun 1:11 pmSun 1:11 pm
43 km SW of Murwāra43 km SW14 MWSun 1:11 pmSun 1:11 pm
49 km ESE of Damoh59 km WSW12 MWSun 1:11 pmSun 1:11 pm
38 km N of Jabalpur63 km SW15 MWSun 1:11 pmSun 1:11 pm
36 km S of Satna67 km NE14 MWSun 1:11 pmSun 1:11 pm
37 km W of Satna77 km N13 MWSun 1:11 pmSun 1:11 pm

Smoke and wind

Wind at Murwāra is from the E at 2 km/h (gusts 4 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the W. Relative humidity is 87% and the temperature 19°C.

Murwāra 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 Murwāra 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.