Is there a fire near Strathroy right now?

Wildfires near Strathroy, ON

Updated

1 fire cluster within 80 km; nearest 14 km WNW, 1 detection in the last 24 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Wed 2:41 pm local (2026-10-28 18:41 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Toronto).

Fire clusters within 80 km
1 last 24 h
Nearest fire
14 km WNW 14 km WNW of Strathroy
Hotspot detections nearby
1 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
Strongest fire radiative power
1 MW low-intensity

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Fires near Strathroy right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 1 thermal hotspot in 1 separate cluster within 80 km of Strathroy, Ontario, Canada in the last 24 h. The closest is 14 km WNW of the city centre (14 km WNW of Strathroy), with 1 detection and a peak fire radiative power of 1 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.

Every nearby cluster is low intensity (peak under 10 MW), which is typical of agricultural or garden burning, industrial heat sources such as steel works or flares, or small fires rather than a spreading wildfire.

Across Canada there are 27 fire clusters in the same window, 6 of them in Ontario.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
14 km WNW of Strathroy14 km WNW11 MWWed 2:41 pmWed 2:41 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 Strathroy 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.