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Wildfires near Wuxue

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8 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 11 km WNW, 6 detections in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Mon 2:26 am local (2026-10-25 18:26 UTC).

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Wuxue, Hubei, China, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Shanghai).

Fire clusters within 80 km
8 last 48 h
Nearest fire
11 km WNW 16 km WNW of Wuxue
Hotspot detections nearby
15 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
Strongest fire radiative power
5 MW low-intensity

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Fires near Wuxue right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 15 thermal hotspots in 8 separate clusters within 80 km of Wuxue, Hubei, China in the last 48 h. The closest is 11 km WNW of the city centre (16 km WNW of Wuxue), with 6 detections 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 China there are 1,010 fire clusters in the same window, 19 of them in Hubei.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
16 km WNW of Wuxue11 km WNW61 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
25 km SE of Huangshi40 km NW23 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
26 km N of Jiujiang45 km ENE14 MWSun 2:01 pmSun 2:01 pm
49 km N of Jiujiang50 km NE11 MWSun 2:01 pmSun 2:01 pm
12 km ESE of Huangshi53 km NW21 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
24 km ENE of Jiujiang66 km E13 MWSun 2:01 pmSun 2:01 pm
26 km W of Pengze70 km E15 MWSun 2:01 pmSun 2:01 pm
11 km NNW of Daye71 km WNW11 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 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 Wuxue 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.