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Wildfires in Western
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 4,290 km² of Western at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,170 km², ranking 1st 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 2,200 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 731 km². The 2021–2025 average is 37% 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 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 September 2014, with detections in 160 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,290 km² with at least one detection, 62% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 917 | 21% |
| 2 years | 714 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,600 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,010 | 24% |
| 11 years or more | 45 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -17.75, 177.75 and holds 43% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 941 | 1,004 |
| 2013 | 1,270 | 1,395 |
| 2014 | 2,200 | 2,680 |
| 2015 | 1,470 | 1,754 |
| 2016 | 1,380 | 1,529 |
| 2017 | 1,570 | 1,926 |
| 2018 | 1,280 | 1,383 |
| 2019 | 731 | 747 |
| 2020 | 1,030 | 1,064 |
| 2021 | 921 | 974 |
| 2022 | 857 | 902 |
| 2023 | 932 | 1,006 |
| 2024 | 956 | 1,013 |
| 2025 | 908 | 943 |
Other regions of Fiji
- Northern466 km² in an average year
- Eastern69 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.
Nearby regions
- Northern153 km
- Haʻapai, Tonga769 km
- Tafea, Vanuatu922 km
- Malampa, Vanuatu1,023 km
- South, New Caledonia1,301 km
- North, New Caledonia1,416 km