Is there a fire near Québec right now?
Wildfires near Québec, QC
Updated
No satellite-detected fires within 80 km of Québec in the last 48 h Nearest detected fire: about 171 km WSW, at Sorel-Tracy.
Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Québec, Quebec, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Toronto).
- Fire clusters within 80 km
- 0 last 48 h
- Nearest fire
- 171 km WSW
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 0 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
- Wind now
- SSW 9 km/h gusts 12 km/h, humidity 71%
Fires near Québec right now
No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Québec, Quebec, Canada in the last 48 h. The nearest detection cluster is about 171 km WSW (at Sorel-Tracy), with 7 detections. A clear result only covers satellite passes: small fires, fires under cloud and fires that start after the last overpass will not show yet.
Across Canada there are 110 fire clusters in the same window, 8 of them in Quebec.
Smoke and wind
Wind at Québec is from the SSW at 9 km/h (gusts 12 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the NNE. Relative humidity is 71% and the temperature 7°C.
Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Québec 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 SOPFEU (sopfeu.qc.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.
Wildfires near other cities
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Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.