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Wildfires in Vratsa
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 2,660 km² of Vratsa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 433 km², ranking 1st 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 2019, with 990 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 102 km². The 2021–2025 average is 77% 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 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 September 2019, with detections in 78 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,660 km² with at least one detection, 35% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,020 | 38% |
| 2 years | 704 | 26% |
| 3 to 5 years | 858 | 32% |
| 6 to 10 years | 84 | 3.2% |
| 11 years or more | 0.9 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 43.75, 23.75 and holds 35% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 927 | 1,347 |
| 2013 | 566 | 824 |
| 2014 | 314 | 421 |
| 2015 | 499 | 683 |
| 2016 | 707 | 1,008 |
| 2017 | 668 | 949 |
| 2018 | 545 | 735 |
| 2019 | 990 | 1,449 |
| 2020 | 143 | 200 |
| 2021 | 160 | 241 |
| 2022 | 134 | 186 |
| 2023 | 152 | 209 |
| 2024 | 158 | 227 |
| 2025 | 102 | 184 |
Other regions of Bulgaria
- 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
- Plovdiv180 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
- Montana40 km
- Dolj, Romania68 km
- Olt, Romania68 km
- Pleven68 km
- Lovech68 km
- Vidin80 km