Is there a fire near Sydney, NS right now?
Wildfires near Sydney, NS
Updated
No satellite-detected fires within 80 km of Sydney, NS in the last 24 h Nearest detected fire: about 274 km WSW, 24 km NNE of Enfield.
Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Glace_Bay).
- Fire clusters within 80 km
- 0 last 24 h
- Nearest fire
- 274 km WSW
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 0 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
- Wind now
- SW 16 km/h gusts 30 km/h, humidity 63%
Fires near Sydney, NS right now
No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada in the last 24 h. The nearest detection cluster is about 274 km WSW (24 km NNE of Enfield), with 1 detection. 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 75 fire clusters in the same window, 1 of them in Nova Scotia.
Smoke and wind
Wind at Sydney, NS is from the SW at 16 km/h (gusts 30 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the NE. Relative humidity is 63% and the temperature 9°C.
Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Sydney, NS 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 Nova Scotia Natural Resources (novascotia.ca/burnsafe). 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.