Wildfires in Libya Today
Live active-fire map for Libya from NASA FIRMS satellite data. Where fires are burning right now — updated hourly. Typical fire season: summer.
28 km/h from the N — carrying smoke towards the S.
32°C · 26% humidity
Air quality Extremely poor
PM2.5 55.8 µg/m³ this hour · EU AQI 123 · US AQI 126
Avoid outdoor exertion. Stay indoors with windows closed where possible.
The band above follows the European index, which averages particulates over 24 hours — so a sharp rise in this hour's PM2.5, as smoke passing overhead causes, shows up in the reading before it moves the band.
Wind direction only — not a smoke dispersion forecast. Air quality is modelled, not a street-level measurement. Weather from MET Norway; air quality from Open-Meteo (Copernicus CAMS). Both CC BY 4.0.
47 active fires in Libya
Neighbouring detections grouped into single incidents, largest first.
- 1537 MWRemote area20 detectionslast seen 2026-08-05 11:23 UTC28.910, 19.774
- 2191 MWRemote area11 detectionslast seen 2026-08-05 13:04 UTC28.919, 9.748
- 3152 MWRemote area5 detectionslast seen 2026-08-05 11:23 UTC29.231, 19.696
- 4130 MWRemote area10 detectionslast seen 2026-08-05 11:23 UTC29.072, 19.064
- 5119 MWRemote area18 detections~12.1 km acrosslast seen 2026-08-05 13:04 UTC26.743, 12.420
- 686 MWRemote area22 detections~3.4 km acrosslast seen 2026-08-05 11:23 UTC27.645, 22.493
- 780 MWRemote area10 detectionslast seen 2026-08-05 11:23 UTC28.583, 17.330
- 874 MWRemote area19 detections~4.7 km acrosslast seen 2026-08-05 11:23 UTC28.907, 20.976
- 962 MWRemote area9 detections~13.3 km acrosslast seen 2026-08-05 11:23 UTC27.998, 19.906
- 1042 MWRemote area6 detections~11.7 km acrosslast seen 2026-08-05 13:04 UTC28.642, 9.796
Plus 21 smaller heat detections — often agricultural burning rather than wildfire.
About this wildfire map
This map uses NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), which publishes active-fire detections from the VIIRS and MODIS instruments aboard NASA and NOAA satellites. Each dot is a thermal “hotspot” where the sensor measured fire-level heat, usually within 3 hours of the satellite passing overhead. It shows where fires are actively burning — not fire perimeters or evacuation zones. For safety and evacuation information, always follow your local emergency services.