Wildfires near Vitória da Conquista

Fires near Vitória da Conquista right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 44 thermal hotspots in 16 separate clusters within 80 km of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil in the last 48 h. The closest is 24 km S of the city centre (24 km S of Vitória da Conquista), with 1 detection and a peak fire radiative power of 5 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.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 78 km WNW (80 km WNW of Vitória da Conquista) with 12 detections; first seen Sat 1 pm and last seen Sun 12 pm local time.

Across Brazil there are 2,052 fire clusters in the same window, 259 of them in Bahia.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Vitória da Conquista is from the N at 12 km/h (gusts 31 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the S. Relative humidity is 37% and the temperature 31°C.

Vitória da Conquista is not directly downwind of the nearest fire at the moment, though winds shift and plumes from larger fires can still reach the city.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Vitória da Conquista 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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