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Wildfires in Sekong
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 5,540 km² of Sekong at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,770 km², ranking 16th of 17 regions of Lao PDR.
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 2023, with 2,160 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 1,030 km². The 2021–2025 average is 21% 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.
February, March and April together hold 94% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 March 2025, with detections in 245 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,540 km² with at least one detection, 67% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,010 | 18% |
| 2 years | 838 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,860 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,620 | 29% |
| 11 years or more | 208 | 3.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.25, 106.75 and holds 35% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,030 | 1,218 |
| 2013 | 1,710 | 2,089 |
| 2014 | 1,590 | 1,758 |
| 2015 | 1,860 | 2,173 |
| 2016 | 1,870 | 2,204 |
| 2017 | 1,170 | 1,246 |
| 2018 | 1,600 | 1,857 |
| 2019 | 2,020 | 2,481 |
| 2020 | 2,130 | 2,888 |
| 2021 | 1,920 | 2,352 |
| 2022 | 1,570 | 1,971 |
| 2023 | 2,160 | 2,849 |
| 2024 | 2,100 | 2,657 |
| 2025 | 2,000 | 2,486 |
Other regions of Lao PDR
- Luang Prabang8,430 km² in an average year
- Savannakhet6,800 km² in an average year
- Sainyabuli6,700 km² in an average year
- Vientiane6,130 km² in an average year
- Houaphanh5,370 km² in an average year
- Oudomxay5,220 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
- Attapeu55 km
- Salavan77 km
- Kon Tum, Vietnam120 km
- Thừa Thiên Huế, Vietnam154 km
- Champasak154 km
- Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand160 km