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Wildfires in India
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Andaman and Nicobar Islandsno fires now
- Andhra Pradesh45 fires
- Arunachal Pradeshno fires now
- Assam18 fires
- Bihar1 fire
- Chandigarhno fires now
- Chhattisgarh27 fires
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diuno fires now
- Delhi1 fire
- Goano fires now
- Gujarat31 fires
- Haryana3 fires
- Himachal Pradesh2 fires
- Jammu and Kashmirno fires now
- Jharkhand26 fires
- Karnataka21 fires
- Kerala1 fire
- Madhya Pradesh100 fires
- Maharashtra33 fires
- Manipurno fires now
- Meghalaya1 fire
- Mizoramno fires now
- Nagaland4 fires
- Odisha31 fires
- Puducherryno fires now
- Punjab19 fires
- Rajasthan54 fires
- Sikkimno fires now
- Tamil Nadu16 fires
- Telangana39 fires
- Tripurano fires now
- Uttar Pradesh24 fires
- Uttarakhand3 fires
- West Bengal21 fires
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 1,382,100 km² of India at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 324,930 km², ranking 8th of 200 countries.
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 2021, with 411,810 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 264,270 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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.
March, April and May together hold 58% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 1 April 2021, with detections in 15,524 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,382,100 km² with at least one detection, 45% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 492,630 | 36% |
| 2 years | 261,490 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 370,160 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 213,400 | 15% |
| 11 years or more | 44,430 | 3.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 23.75, 86.25 and holds 1.7% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 323,250 | 432,671 |
| 2013 | 275,480 | 372,429 |
| 2014 | 291,710 | 405,223 |
| 2015 | 269,270 | 366,529 |
| 2016 | 360,920 | 503,464 |
| 2017 | 332,210 | 448,299 |
| 2018 | 360,190 | 481,374 |
| 2019 | 292,990 | 394,416 |
| 2020 | 264,270 | 372,155 |
| 2021 | 411,810 | 558,146 |
| 2022 | 329,940 | 435,656 |
| 2023 | 337,290 | 436,482 |
| 2024 | 324,180 | 412,132 |
| 2025 | 375,480 | 477,901 |
Nearby countries
- Myanmar189,670 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Lao PDR73,670 km² in an average year
- Cambodia67,840 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 countries
- Bhutan634 km
- Bangladesh654 km
- Nepal672 km
- Myanmar1,163 km
- Thailand1,340 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
