Wildfires in Mauritania today
There is one probable fire in Mauritania right now: 19 heat detections by satellite in the last 24 hours. The most intense one is near R'Kiz (367 MW).
Latest satellite detection: 8 Nov 2026, 11:12 UTC (4 h ago).
A heat detection is not a confirmed fire: farm burning and industry also produce them, and clouds or smoke can hide a fire.
- probable fires
- 1
- heat detections
- 19
- fire pages with detections in 48 h
- 0
If you are in danger, call your local emergency number and follow the instructions of the authorities. WorldFires is not an emergency service.
Detection clusters in the last 24 hours · 1
- 367 MW R'Kiz 19 hotspots · last one 11 h ago · about 300 ha with fire
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Where this data comes from
Hotspots from the VIIRS sensors on Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20 and NOAA-21 (NASA FIRMS), 375 m pixels and about six passes a day between the three. They are grouped into probable fires when neighbouring hotspots exist; agricultural burning or an industrial chimney also show on the map, which is why small groups are left out of the list. A hotspot is a thermal detection, not a confirmed fire: in an emergency call your local emergency number.