Wildfires in Switzerland today

Hotspots detected by satellite in the Switzerland area over the past 24 hours.

A satellite hotspot is not a confirmed fire. For incidents and evacuation, follow the fire service and your local emergency agency.

Hotspots

Switzerland

Intensity

21 MW

FRP

Position	When	FRP (MW)	Value
45.460, 10.456	Oct 15, 2026 01:13 UTC	20.8	nominal
45.459, 10.456	Oct 15, 2026 01:13 UTC	10.3	nominal
45.144, 9.944	Oct 15, 2026 12:38 UTC	8.0	nominal
45.463, 10.457	Oct 15, 2026 01:13 UTC	6.4	nominal
45.462, 10.457	Oct 14, 2026 12:57 UTC	5.6	nominal
47.070, 8.269	Oct 15, 2026 12:40 UTC	4.6	nominal
45.479, 10.215	Oct 15, 2026 12:40 UTC	4.3	nominal
45.145, 9.942	Oct 15, 2026 01:13 UTC	4.1	nominal
45.143, 9.941	Oct 14, 2026 12:57 UTC	2.3	nominal
45.510, 10.243	Oct 15, 2026 01:13 UTC	1.6	nominal
45.509, 10.250	Oct 15, 2026 01:13 UTC	1.6	nominal
45.477, 10.215	Oct 14, 2026 12:57 UTC	1.6	nominal
45.478, 10.210	Oct 15, 2026 01:13 UTC	1.5	nominal
48.600, 7.821	Oct 15, 2026 01:13 UTC	1.4	nominal
45.638, 9.606	Oct 15, 2026 01:13 UTC	1.3	nominal
48.048, 7.570	Oct 15, 2026 01:13 UTC	1.1	nominal
48.597, 7.820	Oct 15, 2026 01:13 UTC	1.0	nominal
45.231, 5.667	Oct 15, 2026 01:13 UTC	0.6	nominal
46.917, 5.051	Oct 15, 2026 12:40 UTC	0.6	nominal

Position

44.8° / 48.9° lat, 4.9° / 10.7° lon

How to read this page

How to read the fire-detection count

Switzerland has 19 fire detections from satellite in this page’s window; the count rises and falls with satellite passes, it isn’t continuous.

Where this data comes from

Satellite fire detections from NASA’s FIRMS, with low/medium/high confidence per point.

NASA FIRMS

What detection doesn’t tell you

Dense smoke or cloud hide active fires from the satellite; a low count can mean an unseen fire, not an absent one.

Words on this page

FRP (fire radiative power)

The energy released by a fire detection, in megawatts, measured by satellite from the infrared brightness of the burn. A higher FRP means a more intense fire in that satellite pixel, not necessarily a bigger one: a small, very hot fire can outscore a large, weak one.

Standard definition by NASA FIRMS — Fire Information for Resource Management System · FRP (fire radiative power)

Preliminary data

A measurement published as soon as it is collected, before the agency’s final review. It can be corrected or withdrawn: earthquake magnitudes shift in the first hours, air-quality readings are revised weeks later. Use it to plan your day, not for regulatory or legal purposes.

Preliminary data

See the full environment and live data glossary

Data from 10/16/26, 1:23 AM UTC

NASA FIRMS — VIIRS (Suomi NPP), focos das últimas 24 hLicence: Dados abertos da NASA (política de compartilhamento pleno e aberto) · Credit: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS / Suomi NPP)Um foco de calor detectado por satélite não é um incêndio confirmado.
GeoNames cities15000Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Credit: Dados de cidades: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

Dados de cidades: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

How to read these numbers

The count is the number of hot pixels in the Switzerland coordinate box, not the number of fires: a single large fire front produces dozens of hotspots.

Frequently asked questions

How many hotspots are there in Switzerland today?: The highlighted number is the count of hot pixels in the past 24 hours inside the queried area, with the time of each detection in the table.
Where can I see the fire on a map?: Every row carries the latitude and longitude of the detection, which you can open in any map. The source link leads to the official FIRMS map.