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Wildfires in Bulgaria
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Blagoevgrad1 fire
- Burgas2 fires
- Dobrichno fires now
- Gabrovo1 fire
- Haskovono fires now
- Kardzhalino fires now
- Kyustendilno fires now
- Lovechno fires now
- Montana2 fires
- Pazardzhik2 fires
- Pernik1 fire
- Pleven2 fires
- Plovdiv5 fires
- Razgradno fires now
- Ruse1 fire
- Shumenno fires now
- Silistrano fires now
- Sliven1 fire
- Sofia3 fires
- Stara Zagora1 fire
- Targovishteno fires now
- Varna1 fire
- Veliko Tarnovono fires now
- Vidin1 fire
- Vratsa4 fires
- Yambolno fires now
6 fires
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 26,260 km² of Bulgaria at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,180 km², ranking 90th of 200 countries.
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 2012, with 6,710 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 1,250 km². The 2021–2025 average is 63% 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.
August, September and October together hold 59% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 March 2012, with detections in 341 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 26,260 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 16,040 | 61% |
| 2 years | 5,730 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,140 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 341 | 1.3% |
| 11 years or more | 12 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 43.25, 24.25 and holds 8.9% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,710 | 9,464 |
| 2013 | 4,330 | 6,200 |
| 2014 | 2,950 | 4,154 |
| 2015 | 3,000 | 4,277 |
| 2016 | 4,140 | 5,764 |
| 2017 | 4,550 | 6,402 |
| 2018 | 3,410 | 4,876 |
| 2019 | 5,750 | 8,056 |
| 2020 | 1,880 | 2,862 |
| 2021 | 1,540 | 2,359 |
| 2022 | 1,890 | 2,909 |
| 2023 | 1,550 | 2,327 |
| 2024 | 1,540 | 2,469 |
| 2025 | 1,250 | 2,022 |
Nearby countries
- Russian Federation212,570 km² in an average year
- Ukraine35,560 km² in an average year
- Italy9,880 km² in an average year
- Romania7,650 km² in an average year
- Spain5,090 km² in an average year
- France3,350 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 countries
- Romania137 km
- Kosovo250 km
- North Macedonia302 km
- Serbia325 km
- Albania367 km
- Montenegro450 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
