Is there a fire near Yekaterinburg right now?
Wildfires near Yekaterinburg
Updated
1 fire cluster within 80 km; nearest 44 km W, 5 detections in the last 48 h Latest satellite pass with a detection: Sun 12:52 pm local (2026-10-25 07:52 UTC).
Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Yekaterinburg).
- Fire clusters within 80 km
- 1 last 48 h
- Nearest fire
- 44 km W 6 km SSW of Pervouralsk
- Hotspot detections nearby
- 5 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 48 h
- Strongest fire radiative power
- 13 MW low-intensity
- Wind now
- W 5 km/h gusts 9 km/h, humidity 88%
Fires near Yekaterinburg right now
NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 5 thermal hotspots in 1 separate cluster within 80 km of Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia in the last 48 h. The closest is 44 km W of the city centre (6 km SSW of Pervouralsk), with 5 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 13 MW, which is low-intensity for a single 375 m pixel.
None of the clusters is within 25 km of the centre, so the city itself is not in the immediate fire area, but smoke can travel hundreds of kilometres.
Across Russia there are 460 fire clusters in the same window, 5 of them in Sverdlovsk Oblast.
| Fire cluster | From city | Detections | Peak FRP | First seen | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 km SSW of Pervouralsk | 44 km W | 5 | 13 MW | Sat 1:09 pm | Sun 12:52 pm |
Smoke and wind
Wind at Yekaterinburg is from the W at 5 km/h (gusts 9 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the E. Relative humidity is 88% and the temperature 3°C.
Yekaterinburg is roughly downwind of the nearest fire, so smoke and haze are likely; check the air quality page before spending time outdoors.
Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Yekaterinburg 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.
Wildfires near other cities
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Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.