Wildfires near Yichun, Heilongjiang

Fires near Yichun, Heilongjiang right now

NASA's VIIRS sensors detected 383 thermal hotspots in 3 separate clusters within 80 km of Yichun, Heilongjiang, China in the last 48 h. The closest is 63 km W of the city centre (64 km W of Yichun), with 3 detections and a peak fire radiative power of 5 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.

The largest nearby cluster by detections is 77 km NW (95 km NW of Yichun) with 225 detections; first seen Sun 12 pm and last seen Sun 12 pm local time.

Across China there are 854 fire clusters in the same window, 324 of them in Heilongjiang.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Yichun, Heilongjiang is from the SSE at 2 km/h (gusts 11 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the NNW. Relative humidity is 77% and the temperature -2°C.

Yichun, Heilongjiang 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 Yichun, Heilongjiang 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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