Is there a fire near Oromocto right now?

Wildfires near Oromocto, NB

Updated

1 fire cluster within 80 km; nearest 19 km ESE, 8 detections in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Wed 3:40 pm local (2026-10-28 18:40 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Oromocto, New Brunswick, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Moncton).

Fire clusters within 80 km
1 last 48 h
Nearest fire
19 km ESE 20 km ESE of Oromocto
Hotspot detections nearby
8 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
19 MW low-intensity

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Fires near Oromocto right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 8 thermal hotspots in 1 separate cluster within 80 km of Oromocto, New Brunswick, Canada in the last 48 h. The closest is 19 km ESE of the city centre (20 km ESE of Oromocto), with 8 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 19 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.

Across Canada there are 58 fire clusters in the same window, 1 of them in New Brunswick.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
20 km ESE of Oromocto19 km ESE819 MWWed 2:00 pmWed 3:40 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 Oromocto 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.

CIFFC (ciffc.net) publishes the national wildfire situation; provincial fire status and evacuation alerts come from New Brunswick Natural Resources (gnb.ca). Alertable and local emergency alerts carry evacuation orders.

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.