active_fires
Active wildfires right now
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Fire clusters detected by satellite over the last N hours (default 24), worldwide or filtered by ISO-2 country, bounding box, or a point with a radius. Returns up to limit clusters ranked by relevance (corroborated and recent first). Use for 'is there a fire near X right now' or 'wildfires in <country> today'. Each cluster: position, first/last satellite pass (UTC), detections per sensor, peak fire radiative power (MW), confidence (possible | probable | corrobore = cross-checked with witnesses).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| hours | any | no | Time window in hours: 6, 12, 24, 48 or 72 |
| country | string | no | ISO-2 country code, e.g. FR, US, BR |
| bbox | array | no | [minLon, minLat, maxLon, maxLat] |
| near | object | no | Only clusters within radiusKm of this point |
| limit | integer | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"hours": {
"default": 24,
"description": "Time window in hours: 6, 12, 24, 48 or 72",
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "number",
"const": 6
},
{
"type": "number",
"const": 12
},
{
"type": "number",
"const": 24
},
{
"type": "number",
"const": 48
},
{
"type": "number",
"const": 72
}
]
},
"country": {
"description": "ISO-2 country code, e.g. FR, US, BR",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 2,
"maxLength": 2
},
"bbox": {
"description": "[minLon, minLat, maxLon, maxLat]",
"type": "array",
"prefixItems": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "number"
}
]
},
"near": {
"description": "Only clusters within radiusKm of this point",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"lat": {
"type": "number"
},
"lon": {
"type": "number"
},
"radiusKm": {
"default": 50,
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 1000
}
},
"required": [
"lat",
"lon"
]
},
"limit": {
"default": 50,
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 200
}
}
}