Live Wildfire Map — Active Fires & Satellite Hotspots Worldwide
CityAlert's fire layer combines confirmed wildland-fire incidents from the US National Interagency Fire Center (WFIGS/IRWIN), the BC Wildfire Service and the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System with NASA FIRMS VIIRS satellite hotspots — near-real-time thermal detections worldwide — and fire calls geocoded from emergency dispatch logs and local media. Every marker is labelled by source so you can tell an agency-confirmed incident from a possible satellite detection.
Wildfires on the map right now
Wildfire incidents and satellite hotspots refresh roughly every 15 minutes; media-derived fire reports every 30.
Latest wildfires incidents
- fire / building fire · mediumSep 16, 03:41 UTC
- fire / other · mediumSep 16, 03:40 UTC
- fire / other · mediumSep 16, 03:37 UTC
- fire / other · mediumSep 16, 03:27 UTC
- fire vegetation · mediumSep 16, 03:26 UTC
- fire vehicle · mediumSep 16, 03:25 UTC
- fire / other · mediumSep 16, 03:15 UTC
- fire other · mediumSep 16, 03:11 UTC
- fire vegetation · mediumSep 16, 03:11 UTC
- fire vegetation · mediumSep 16, 02:57 UTC
- fire vegetation · mediumSep 16, 02:51 UTC
- fire vegetation · mediumSep 16, 02:43 UTC
Data sources
- National Interagency Fire Center — WFIGS/IRWIN incident locations (US)
- BC Wildfire Service active fires
- Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIF)
- NASA FIRMS VIIRS near-real-time satellite hotspots
- NASA EONET natural events
- Fire-service 911 dispatches & media-reported fires
Incidents update continuously — this page reflects the latest feed data. Media-sourced incidents are approximate block-level locations. Methodology & full source list
Wildfires by city
Every city page layers wildfires data over its local sources:
Frequently asked questions
How current is the wildfire map?
NASA FIRMS hotspots, NIFC incident locations and BC Wildfire Service data refresh about every 15 minutes, CWFIF every 30, and media-derived fire reports every 30. This page itself regenerates every 10 minutes; the live map auto-refreshes in the browser.
What's the difference between a satellite hotspot and a confirmed wildfire?
NASA FIRMS detects thermal anomalies from orbit — most are real fires, but some are industrial heat or agricultural burns. NIFC, BC Wildfire Service and CWFIF entries are agency-confirmed incidents. Each marker on CityAlert is labelled with its source.
Which areas have the deepest wildfire coverage?
The United States is covered nationwide by the NIFC/IRWIN incident feed, Canada by CWFIF and the BC Wildfire Service, and the rest of the world by NASA FIRMS satellite detections and EONET natural-event tracking.
Does CityAlert show evacuation orders or fire perimeters?
CityAlert maps incident points and links back to the source agency for each fire — follow the linked NIFC, BCWS or provincial pages for perimeters, evacuation alerts and official guidance.