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Wildfires in Bahr el Gazel
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 2,990 km² of Bahr el Gazel at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 258 km², ranking 16th of 22 regions of Chad.
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 2020, with 810 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 8.4 km². The 2021–2025 average is 147% higher 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.
October, November and December together hold 81% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 October 2020, with detections in 216 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,990 km² with at least one detection, 2.9% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,460 | 82% |
| 2 years | 444 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 85 | 2.9% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 14.25, 17.25 and holds 40% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8.4 | 7 |
| 2013 | 12 | 10 |
| 2014 | 56 | 48 |
| 2015 | 252 | 234 |
| 2016 | 332 | 285 |
| 2017 | 34 | 28 |
| 2018 | 409 | 357 |
| 2019 | 68 | 57 |
| 2020 | 810 | 708 |
| 2021 | 296 | 263 |
| 2022 | 281 | 234 |
| 2023 | 40 | 33 |
| 2024 | 344 | 320 |
| 2025 | 670 | 572 |
Other regions of Chad
- Salamat29,890 km² in an average year
- Moyen-Chari23,390 km² in an average year
- Guéra14,990 km² in an average year
- Logone Oriental12,430 km² in an average year
- Tandjilé8,310 km² in an average year
- Mandoul7,260 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.