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Wildfires in Eastern
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 432 km² of Eastern at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 69 km², ranking 3rd of 4 regions of Fiji.
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 2014, with 157 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 20 km². The 2021–2025 average is 21% 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 60% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 October 2023, with detections in 17 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 432 km² with at least one detection, 32% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 200 | 46% |
| 2 years | 93 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 116 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 22 | 5.2% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -18.25, -178.75 and holds 19% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 21 | 20 |
| 2013 | 42 | 39 |
| 2014 | 157 | 164 |
| 2015 | 73 | 67 |
| 2016 | 100 | 105 |
| 2017 | 46 | 44 |
| 2018 | 120 | 112 |
| 2019 | 20 | 17 |
| 2020 | 75 | 73 |
| 2021 | 65 | 75 |
| 2022 | 32 | 31 |
| 2023 | 62 | 60 |
| 2024 | 24 | 22 |
| 2025 | 129 | 122 |
Other regions of Fiji
- Western1,170 km² in an average year
- Northern466 km² in an average year
- Central22 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.