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Wildfires near Sầm Sơn

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8 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 38 km N, 6 detections in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Mon 1:28 am local (2026-10-25 18:28 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Sầm Sơn, Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh).

Fire clusters within 80 km
8 last 48 h
Nearest fire
38 km N 21 km SSW of Hoa Lư
Hotspot detections nearby
22 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
28 MW low-intensity
Wind now
NNW 9 km/h gusts 18 km/h, humidity 94%

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Fires near Sầm Sơn right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 22 thermal hotspots in 8 separate clusters within 80 km of Sầm Sơn, Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam in the last 48 h. The closest is 38 km N of the city centre (21 km SSW of Hoa Lư), with 6 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 5 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.

None of the clusters is within 25 km of the centre, so the city itself is not in the immediate fire area, but smoke can travel hundreds of kilometres.

Across Vietnam there are 164 fire clusters in the same window, 1 of them in Thanh Hóa Province.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
21 km SSW of Hoa Lư38 km N65 MWSun 1:47 amMon 1:28 am
4 km W of Nghi Sơn46 km SSW23 MWSat 1:18 pmSun 1:47 am
11 km NW of Hoàng Mai49 km SSW29 MWSun 1:47 amSun 12:57 pm
19 km ESE of Hoa Lư57 km NNE14 MWSat 1:18 pmSat 1:18 pm
49 km W of Hoa Lư66 km NW15 MWSat 1:18 pmSat 1:18 pm
16 km WSW of Hoàng Mai68 km SSW112 MWSat 1:18 pmSat 1:18 pm
16 km S of Phủ Lý74 km N43 MWSun 1:47 amSun 1:47 am
37 km WSW of Hoàng Mai79 km SW528 MWSat 1:18 pmSat 1:18 pm

Smoke and wind

Wind at Sầm Sơn is from the NNW at 9 km/h (gusts 18 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the SSE. Relative humidity is 94% and the temperature 25°C.

Sầm Sơn is roughly downwind of the nearest fire, so smoke and haze are likely; check the air quality page before spending time outdoors.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Sầm Sơn 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.