1,352 Active Wildfire Perimeters in 24 Hours: Northern Hemisphere Fire Season Is Back

1,352 Active Wildfire Perimeters in 24 Hours: Northern Hemisphere Fire Season Is Back — All At Once

April 27 to May 7, 2026 — wildfire footprints across 5 continents, side-by-side with the 24h hotspot intensity grid

Potential Wildfire Perimeters (24 hours)1,352Hotspot Intensity Grid (24 hours)9,444Wildfire WARNING Incidents48Volcano (WARNING)10Significant Earthquakes (M5.0+)8Combat (WARNING)4Severe Weather / Extreme Temp / Floods (WARNING)18Disease Outbreaks (WARNING)4

Hotspot intensity (FRP, MW · 24h)

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Zoom in on any fire to see the 24h hotspot intensity grid

Source: DisasterAWARE platform — NASA FIRMS-derived wildfire perimeters (24h), hotspot intensity grid (24h), and named WARNING-severity wildfire incidents. Time window ending 2026-05-07 18:09 UTC. Other hazard layers (volcano, earthquake, combat, severe weather, biomedical) are toggleable, default OFF, so the wildfire picture reads first.