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Wildfires in West
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 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 12,520 km² of West at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,950 km², ranking 7th of 10 regions of Cameroon.
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 6,430 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 5,340 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
December, January and February together hold 86% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 February 2023, with detections in 385 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 12,520 km² with at least one detection, 85% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 977 | 7.8% |
| 2 years | 850 | 6.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,070 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,710 | 46% |
| 11 years or more | 1,910 | 15% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.25, 10.75 and holds 30% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,560 | 7,010 |
| 2013 | 5,340 | 6,578 |
| 2014 | 6,180 | 8,252 |
| 2015 | 6,430 | 8,845 |
| 2016 | 6,330 | 8,399 |
| 2017 | 5,990 | 7,885 |
| 2018 | 5,600 | 7,103 |
| 2019 | 5,340 | 6,782 |
| 2020 | 6,310 | 8,550 |
| 2021 | 5,780 | 7,147 |
| 2022 | 6,270 | 8,583 |
| 2023 | 5,750 | 7,632 |
| 2024 | 6,190 | 8,577 |
| 2025 | 6,240 | 9,038 |
Other regions of Cameroon
- North34,290 km² in an average year
- Adamawa29,230 km² in an average year
- Centre16,740 km² in an average year
- East16,030 km² in an average year
- Northwest8,200 km² in an average year
- Far North6,850 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.