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Wildfires in Messina
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 1,530 km² of Messina at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 213 km², ranking 13th of 110 regions of Italy.
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 2012, with 571 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 87 km². The 2021–2025 average is 10% 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.
July, August and September together hold 47% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 August 2012, with detections in 74 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,530 km² with at least one detection, 24% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 778 | 51% |
| 2 years | 388 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 317 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 35 | 2.3% |
| 11 years or more | 6.8 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 38.75, 15.25 and holds 44% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 571 | 1,115 |
| 2013 | 117 | 477 |
| 2014 | 205 | 792 |
| 2015 | 90 | 256 |
| 2016 | 138 | 306 |
| 2017 | 436 | 913 |
| 2018 | 87 | 385 |
| 2019 | 154 | 689 |
| 2020 | 182 | 522 |
| 2021 | 252 | 586 |
| 2022 | 193 | 545 |
| 2023 | 328 | 770 |
| 2024 | 140 | 503 |
| 2025 | 90 | 444 |
Other regions of Italy
- Foggia847 km² in an average year
- Palermo608 km² in an average year
- Agrigento590 km² in an average year
- Catania492 km² in an average year
- Caltanissetta460 km² in an average year
- Cosenza424 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
- Reggio Calabria70 km
- Vibo Valentia86 km
- Catania111 km
- Catanzaro130 km
- Cosenza140 km
- Syracuse166 km