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Wildfires in Chattogram
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 13,440 km² of Chattogram at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,450 km², ranking 1st of 7 regions of Bangladesh.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2014, with 6,480 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 3,270 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% lower than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
February, March and April together hold 91% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 April 2014, with detections in 743 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 13,440 km² with at least one detection, 66% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,790 | 21% |
| 2 years | 1,790 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,860 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,440 | 33% |
| 11 years or more | 562 | 4.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 21.75, 92.25 and holds 19% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,720 | 5,479 |
| 2013 | 5,590 | 6,673 |
| 2014 | 6,480 | 8,217 |
| 2015 | 3,810 | 4,214 |
| 2016 | 3,330 | 3,614 |
| 2017 | 3,270 | 3,511 |
| 2018 | 4,240 | 4,953 |
| 2019 | 4,690 | 5,684 |
| 2020 | 4,860 | 5,841 |
| 2021 | 5,370 | 6,479 |
| 2022 | 3,330 | 3,689 |
| 2023 | 5,020 | 5,993 |
| 2024 | 3,510 | 3,937 |
| 2025 | 4,030 | 4,699 |
Other regions of Bangladesh
- Dhaka408 km² in an average year
- Rajshahi364 km² in an average year
- Sylhet302 km² in an average year
- Khulna219 km² in an average year
- Rangpur74 km² in an average year
- Barisal39 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Mizoram, India75 km
- Chin State, Myanmar164 km
- Tripura, India228 km
- Dhaka270 km
- Sylhet296 km
- Manipur, India317 km