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Wildfires in Northern Red Sea
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 13:28 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 319 km² of Northern Red Sea at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 27 km², ranking 2nd 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 2024, with 45 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 9.5 km². The 2021–2025 average is 60% 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.
April, May and June together hold 47% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 March 2021, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 319 km² with at least one detection, 3.4% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 280 | 88% |
| 2 years | 28 | 8.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 11 | 3.4% |
| 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 16.25, 37.25 and holds 30% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 25 | 27 |
| 2013 | 21 | 18 |
| 2014 | 14 | 12 |
| 2015 | 27 | 26 |
| 2016 | 27 | 24 |
| 2017 | 12 | 11 |
| 2018 | 13 | 12 |
| 2019 | 9.5 | 8 |
| 2020 | 38 | 33 |
| 2021 | 44 | 38 |
| 2022 | 39 | 36 |
| 2023 | 23 | 22 |
| 2024 | 45 | 39 |
| 2025 | 33 | 35 |
Other regions of Eritrea
- Gash-Barka726 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.