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Wildfires in Burgas
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 997 km² of Burgas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 94 km², ranking 12th of 28 regions of Bulgaria.
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 176 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 26 km². The 2021–2025 average is 46% 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.
July, August and September together hold 61% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 July 2016, with detections in 19 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 997 km² with at least one detection, 5.9% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 783 | 79% |
| 2 years | 155 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 56 | 5.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.8 | 0.2% |
| 11 years or more | 1.8 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 42.75, 27.25 and holds 45% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 136 | 214 |
| 2013 | 141 | 225 |
| 2014 | 80 | 134 |
| 2015 | 112 | 191 |
| 2016 | 176 | 242 |
| 2017 | 133 | 177 |
| 2018 | 39 | 46 |
| 2019 | 94 | 115 |
| 2020 | 58 | 72 |
| 2021 | 26 | 39 |
| 2022 | 88 | 114 |
| 2023 | 68 | 88 |
| 2024 | 57 | 77 |
| 2025 | 111 | 161 |
Other regions of Bulgaria
- Vratsa433 km² in an average year
- Pleven387 km² in an average year
- Montana304 km² in an average year
- Dobrich263 km² in an average year
- Silistra188 km² in an average year
- Lovech184 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.