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Wildfires in Wadi Fira
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 4,200 km² of Wadi Fira at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 405 km², ranking 14th 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 2025, with 995 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 79 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 November 2025, with detections in 240 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,200 km² with at least one detection, 6.7% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,080 | 73% |
| 2 years | 837 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 277 | 6.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4.8 | 0.1% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.25, 20.25 and holds 37% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 690 | 592 |
| 2013 | 261 | 232 |
| 2014 | 421 | 373 |
| 2015 | 459 | 430 |
| 2016 | 108 | 90 |
| 2017 | 115 | 96 |
| 2018 | 248 | 214 |
| 2019 | 178 | 157 |
| 2020 | 933 | 802 |
| 2021 | 529 | 449 |
| 2022 | 523 | 443 |
| 2023 | 79 | 66 |
| 2024 | 133 | 115 |
| 2025 | 995 | 835 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Ouaddaï228 km
- Sila333 km
- Bahr el Gazel341 km
- West Soudan, Sudan351 km
- Batha387 km
- Central Darfur, Sudan504 km