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Wildfires in Al Sharqia
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 3,030 km² of Al Sharqia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 566 km², ranking 2nd of 27 regions of Egypt.
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 2016, with 900 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 207 km². The 2021–2025 average is 33% 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.
August, September and October together hold 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 October 2014, with detections in 65 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,030 km² with at least one detection, 41% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,090 | 36% |
| 2 years | 686 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,000 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 248 | 8.2% |
| 11 years or more | 2.1 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 30.75, 31.75 and holds 64% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 571 | 642 |
| 2013 | 834 | 1,022 |
| 2014 | 862 | 1,088 |
| 2015 | 675 | 804 |
| 2016 | 900 | 1,134 |
| 2017 | 664 | 815 |
| 2018 | 207 | 211 |
| 2019 | 258 | 337 |
| 2020 | 380 | 479 |
| 2021 | 473 | 600 |
| 2022 | 404 | 514 |
| 2023 | 872 | 1,114 |
| 2024 | 556 | 674 |
| 2025 | 270 | 342 |
Other regions of Egypt
- Dakahlia668 km² in an average year
- Beheira446 km² in an average year
- New Valley389 km² in an average year
- Matrouh363 km² in an average year
- Kafr el-Sheikh360 km² in an average year
- Qena306 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.