Is there a fire near Vancouver right now?
Wildfires near Vancouver, BC
Updated
No satellite-detected fires within 80 km of Vancouver in the last 24 h Nearest detected fire: about 511 km N, 72 km ESE of Prince George.
Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Vancouver).
- Fire clusters within 80 km
- 0 last 24 h
- Nearest fire
- 511 km N
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 0 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
- Wind now
- E 11 km/h gusts 23 km/h, humidity 77%
Fires near Vancouver right now
No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in the last 24 h. The nearest detection cluster is about 511 km N (72 km ESE of Prince George), with 22 detections. 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, 18 of them in British Columbia.
Smoke and wind
Wind at Vancouver is from the E at 11 km/h (gusts 23 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the W. Relative humidity is 77% and the temperature 9°C.
Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Vancouver 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 BC Wildfire Service (bcwildfire.ca). 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.