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Wildfires near Timon

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17 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 3 km NW, 1 detection in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 1:03 pm local (2026-10-25 16:03 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Timon, Maranhão, Brazil, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Fortaleza).

Fire clusters within 80 km
17 last 48 h
Nearest fire
3 km NW 3 km NW of Timon
Hotspot detections nearby
54 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
55 MW moderate

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Fires near Timon right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 54 thermal hotspots in 17 separate clusters within 80 km of Timon, Maranhão, Brazil in the last 48 h. The closest is 3 km NW of the city centre (3 km NW of Timon), with 1 detection and a peak fire radiative power of 11 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.

5 clusters are 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.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 15 km SSE (15 km SSE of Teresina) with 14 detections; first seen Sun 1 pm and last seen Sun 1 pm local time.

Across Brazil there are 2,052 fire clusters in the same window, 225 of them in Maranhão.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
3 km NW of Timon3 km NW111 MWSat 1:20 pmSat 1:20 pm
15 km WSW of Timon15 km WSW46 MWSun 1:03 pmSun 1:03 pm
15 km SSE of Teresina15 km SSE1455 MWSun 1:01 pmSun 1:03 pm
25 km NNW of Timon22 km NNW210 MWSat 2:23 amSat 1:20 pm
25 km WNW of Timon23 km WNW317 MWSat 1:20 pmSat 1:20 pm
29 km N of Teresina30 km NNE55 MWSat 2:23 amSat 2:23 am
31 km NE of Teresina34 km NE27 MWSun 1:03 pmSun 1:03 pm
24 km ESE of Caxias39 km WNW19 MWSat 1:20 pmSat 1:20 pm
44 km NNE of Teresina47 km NE320 MWSun 1:03 pmSun 1:03 pm
53 km ENE of Teresina56 km ENE315 MWSun 1:03 pmSun 1:03 pm
12 km NE of Caxias59 km NW315 MWSat 1:20 pmSat 1:20 pm
8 km SW of Caxias66 km WNW520 MWSat 1:20 pmSun 1:03 pm
65 km NE of Caxias67 km N218 MWSat 1:20 pmSat 1:20 pm
69 km SW of Timon68 km SW29 MWSat 1:20 pmSat 1:20 pm
52 km S of Caxias70 km WSW22 MWSat 12:42 amSat 12:42 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 Timon 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.