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Wildfires in Bururi
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 1,110 km² of Bururi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 231 km², ranking 4th of 17 regions of Burundi.
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 486 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 119 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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 90% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 September 2024, with detections in 47 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,110 km² with at least one detection, 43% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 433 | 39% |
| 2 years | 195 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 323 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 154 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 6.1 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -4.25, 29.75 and holds 49% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 160 | 153 |
| 2013 | 260 | 287 |
| 2014 | 218 | 224 |
| 2015 | 486 | 537 |
| 2016 | 278 | 288 |
| 2017 | 126 | 124 |
| 2018 | 157 | 156 |
| 2019 | 161 | 155 |
| 2020 | 197 | 190 |
| 2021 | 119 | 107 |
| 2022 | 229 | 223 |
| 2023 | 171 | 162 |
| 2024 | 393 | 438 |
| 2025 | 276 | 289 |
Other regions of Burundi
- Ruyigi480 km² in an average year
- Cankuzo462 km² in an average year
- Rutana267 km² in an average year
- Cibitoke175 km² in an average year
- Makamba152 km² in an average year
- Bubanza113 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
- Makamba0 km
- Rutana78 km
- South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo110 km
- Kigoma, Tanzania110 km
- Ruyigi124 km
- Cankuzo124 km