Is there a fire near Rayside-Balfour right now?
Wildfires near Rayside-Balfour, ON
Updated
1 fire cluster within 80 km; nearest 19 km SE, 9 detections in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 4:11 am local (2026-10-25 08:11 UTC).
Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Rayside-Balfour, Ontario, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Toronto).
- Fire clusters within 80 km
- 1 last 48 h
- Nearest fire
- 19 km SE 3 km W of Greater Sudbury
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 9 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
- Strongest fire radiative power
- 18 MW low-intensity
Fires near Rayside-Balfour right now
NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 9 thermal hotspots in 1 separate cluster within 80 km of Rayside-Balfour, Ontario, Canada in the last 48 h. The closest is 19 km SE of the city centre (3 km W of Greater Sudbury), with 9 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 18 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 110 fire clusters in the same window, 24 of them in Ontario.
| Fire cluster | From city | Detections | Peak FRP | First seen | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 km W of Greater Sudbury | 19 km SE | 9 | 18 MW | Sat 4:30 am | Sun 4:11 am |
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 Rayside-Balfour 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 Ontario Forest Fires (ontario.ca/page/forest-fires). 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.