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Wildfires in Red Sea
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 737 km² of Red Sea at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 171 km², ranking 10th 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 2024, with 220 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 138 km². The 2021–2025 average is 36% 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.
February, March and April together hold 29% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 May 2015, with detections in 21 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 737 km² with at least one detection, 39% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 343 | 46% |
| 2 years | 109 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 149 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 96 | 13% |
| 11 years or more | 41 | 5.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 29.25, 31.25 and holds 20% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 142 | 3,311 |
| 2013 | 138 | 2,680 |
| 2014 | 151 | 2,750 |
| 2015 | 151 | 2,800 |
| 2016 | 158 | 2,482 |
| 2017 | 172 | 2,850 |
| 2018 | 153 | 2,169 |
| 2019 | 161 | 1,858 |
| 2020 | 166 | 1,442 |
| 2021 | 197 | 1,192 |
| 2022 | 209 | 1,527 |
| 2023 | 205 | 1,592 |
| 2024 | 220 | 1,544 |
| 2025 | 173 | 1,548 |
Other regions of Egypt
- Dakahlia668 km² in an average year
- Al Sharqia566 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
- 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.