Is there a fire near Pakpattan right now?
Wildfires near Pakpattan
Updated
28 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 8 km WSW, 9 detections in the last 24 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Mon 1:08 am local (2026-10-25 20:08 UTC).
Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Karachi).
- Fire clusters within 80 km
- 28 last 24 h
- Nearest fire
- 8 km WSW 15 km WSW of Pakpattan
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 69 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
- Strongest fire radiative power
- 19 MW low-intensity
- Wind now
- ENE 4 km/h gusts 9 km/h, humidity 81%
Fires near Pakpattan right now
NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 69 thermal hotspots in 28 separate clusters within 80 km of Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan in the last 24 h. The closest is 8 km WSW of the city centre (15 km WSW of Pakpattan), with 9 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 12 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.
3 clusters are 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 Pakistan there are 123 fire clusters in the same window, 100 of them in Punjab.
| Fire cluster | From city | Detections | Peak FRP | First seen | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km WSW of Pakpattan | 8 km WSW | 9 | 12 MW | Sun 12:44 pm | Sun 2:24 pm |
| 9 km SSE of Pakpattan | 9 km SSE | 1 | 2 MW | Sun 12:44 pm | Sun 12:44 pm |
| 16 km SW of Haveli Lakha | 19 km E | 2 | 2 MW | Sun 12:44 pm | Sun 12:44 pm |
| 23 km ENE of Bahawalnagar | 27 km SSE | 2 | 3 MW | Sun 12:44 pm | Sun 12:44 pm |
| 13 km W of Bahawalnagar | 27 km NNW | 1 | 2 MW | Sun 12:44 pm | Sun 12:44 pm |
| 12 km NE of Bahawalnagar | 30 km S | 2 | 4 MW | Sun 12:44 pm | Sun 12:44 pm |
| at Haveli Lakha | 31 km ENE | 1 | 3 MW | Sun 12:44 pm | Sun 12:44 pm |
| 16 km ENE of Bahawalnagar | 32 km S | 1 | 7 MW | Sun 2:24 pm | Sun 2:24 pm |
| 19 km S of Sahiwal | 32 km WNW | 1 | 5 MW | Sun 2:24 pm | Sun 2:24 pm |
| 17 km NNW of Haveli Lakha | 35 km NE | 5 | 9 MW | Sun 12:44 pm | Sun 12:44 pm |
| 11 km NNW of Arifwala | 37 km W | 1 | 10 MW | Sun 2:24 pm | Sun 2:24 pm |
| 5 km NW of Bahawalnagar | 39 km SSW | 2 | 11 MW | Sun 12:44 pm | Sun 12:44 pm |
| 24 km E of Bahawalnagar | 39 km SSE | 1 | 1 MW | Sun 12:44 pm | Sun 12:44 pm |
| 16 km SSE of Okara | 41 km NNE | 1 | 3 MW | Sun 12:44 pm | Sun 12:44 pm |
| 13 km E of Haveli Lakha | 41 km ENE | 7 | 19 MW | Sun 12:44 pm | Sun 12:44 pm |
Smoke and wind
Wind at Pakpattan is from the ENE at 4 km/h (gusts 9 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the WSW. Relative humidity is 81% and the temperature 20°C.
Pakpattan 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 Pakpattan 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.
Wildfires near other cities
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Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.