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Wildfires in Gash-Barka
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 5,290 km² of Gash-Barka at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 726 km², ranking 1st of 6 regions of Eritrea.
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 1,460 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 237 km². The 2021–2025 average is 179% 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.
November, December and January together hold 38% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 February 2023, with detections in 50 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,290 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,060 | 58% |
| 2 years | 1,070 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 956 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 204 | 3.9% |
| 11 years or more | 9.6 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 14.25, 37.25 and holds 21% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 379 | 357 |
| 2013 | 452 | 427 |
| 2014 | 432 | 419 |
| 2015 | 465 | 457 |
| 2016 | 237 | 219 |
| 2017 | 288 | 276 |
| 2018 | 349 | 340 |
| 2019 | 640 | 641 |
| 2020 | 1,440 | 1,399 |
| 2021 | 869 | 847 |
| 2022 | 1,110 | 1,146 |
| 2023 | 1,370 | 1,342 |
| 2024 | 668 | 682 |
| 2025 | 1,460 | 1,430 |
Other regions of Eritrea
- Northern Red Sea27 km² in an average year
- Debub11 km² in an average year
- Southern Red Sea3.8 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
- Tigray, Ethiopia55 km
- Al Qadarif, Sudan232 km
- Kassala, Sudan246 km
- Amhara, Ethiopia275 km
- Sennar, Sudan310 km
- Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia371 km