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Wildfires near Yichun

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6 fire clusters within 80 km; nearest 45 km NNE, 1 detection in the last 24 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 Yichun, Jiangxi, China, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (Asia/Shanghai).

Fire clusters within 80 km
6 last 24 h
Nearest fire
45 km NNE 45 km NNE of Yichun
Hotspot detections nearby
7 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
Strongest fire radiative power
1 MW low-intensity
Wind now
ENE 8 km/h gusts 22 km/h, humidity 63%

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Fires near Yichun right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 7 thermal hotspots in 6 separate clusters within 80 km of Yichun, Jiangxi, China in the last 24 h. The closest is 45 km NNE of the city centre (45 km NNE of Yichun), with 1 detection and a peak fire radiative power of 1 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.

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.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 51 km E (3 km SW of Xinyu) with 2 detections; first seen Mon 2 am and last seen Mon 2 am local time.

Across China there are 803 fire clusters in the same window, 24 of them in Jiangxi.

Fire clusterFrom cityDetectionsPeak FRPFirst seenLast seen
45 km NNE of Yichun45 km NNE11 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
3 km SW of Xinyu51 km E21 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
5 km ENE of Pingxiang54 km WSW11 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
43 km NW of Ji’an56 km SSE11 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
61 km N of Xinyu72 km NE10 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am
18 km W of Pingxiang76 km WSW11 MWMon 2:26 amMon 2:26 am

Smoke and wind

Wind at Yichun is from the ENE at 8 km/h (gusts 22 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the WSW. Relative humidity is 63% and the temperature 24°C.

Yichun 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 Yichun 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.