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Wildfires in Burundi
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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 10,440 km² of Burundi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,240 km², ranking 98th 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 2015, with 3,700 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 1,390 km². The 2021–2025 average is 25% 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 81% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 September 2024, with detections in 150 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 10,440 km² with at least one detection, 41% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,140 | 40% |
| 2 years | 1,970 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,690 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,440 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 200 | 1.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -3.25, 30.25 and holds 27% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,040 | 2,005 |
| 2013 | 2,770 | 2,817 |
| 2014 | 2,030 | 1,999 |
| 2015 | 3,700 | 3,851 |
| 2016 | 3,410 | 3,502 |
| 2017 | 1,760 | 1,790 |
| 2018 | 1,420 | 1,391 |
| 2019 | 1,630 | 1,654 |
| 2020 | 2,130 | 2,130 |
| 2021 | 1,390 | 1,367 |
| 2022 | 1,600 | 1,560 |
| 2023 | 1,770 | 1,769 |
| 2024 | 3,120 | 3,276 |
| 2025 | 2,560 | 2,642 |
Nearby countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo898,730 km² in an average year
- Angola616,940 km² in an average year
- Zambia445,810 km² in an average year
- Mozambique404,050 km² in an average year
- Central African Republic340,550 km² in an average year
- South Sudan321,060 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
- Rwanda175 km
- Uganda687 km
- Democratic Republic of the Congo721 km
- Zambia1,072 km
- Malawi1,072 km
- Kenya1,171 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
