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Wildfires in Antwerp
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 253 km² of Antwerp at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 49 km², ranking 1st of 11 regions of Belgium.
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 2016, with 60 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 30 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.9% 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.
May, June and July together hold 41% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 April 2021, with detections in 17 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 253 km² with at least one detection, 28% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 128 | 51% |
| 2 years | 53 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 43 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 16 | 6.4% |
| 11 years or more | 13 | 5.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 51.25, 4.25 and holds 86% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 44 | 282 |
| 2013 | 48 | 305 |
| 2014 | 44 | 340 |
| 2015 | 51 | 365 |
| 2016 | 60 | 349 |
| 2017 | 46 | 345 |
| 2018 | 60 | 445 |
| 2019 | 47 | 395 |
| 2020 | 54 | 404 |
| 2021 | 58 | 366 |
| 2022 | 39 | 361 |
| 2023 | 48 | 317 |
| 2024 | 30 | 268 |
| 2025 | 53 | 359 |
Other regions of Belgium
- East Flanders33 km² in an average year
- Hainaut27 km² in an average year
- Liège17 km² in an average year
- West Flanders17 km² in an average year
- Limburg15 km² in an average year
- Namur7.5 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
- Zeeland, Netherlands34 km
- East Flanders34 km
- South Holland, Netherlands55 km
- North Holland, Netherlands116 km
- Hainaut116 km
- Limburg, Netherlands118 km