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Wildfires in Beqaa
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 583 km² of Beqaa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 62 km², ranking 5th of 6 regions of Lebanon.
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 114 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 26 km². The 2021–2025 average is 43% 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.
June, July and August together hold 47% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 July 2014, with detections in 5 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 583 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 438 | 75% |
| 2 years | 86 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 46 | 7.9% |
| 6 to 10 years | 12 | 2.1% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 33.75, 35.75 and holds 62% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 26 | 33 |
| 2013 | 71 | 82 |
| 2014 | 61 | 82 |
| 2015 | 48 | 47 |
| 2016 | 55 | 67 |
| 2017 | 37 | 51 |
| 2018 | 49 | 64 |
| 2019 | 66 | 76 |
| 2020 | 78 | 99 |
| 2021 | 114 | 184 |
| 2022 | 42 | 66 |
| 2023 | 55 | 76 |
| 2024 | 99 | 136 |
| 2025 | 64 | 67 |
Other regions of Lebanon
- North Lebanon101 km² in an average year
- Nabatieh81 km² in an average year
- Mount Lebanon73 km² in an average year
- South Lebanon70 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
- Mount Lebanon46 km
- North Lebanon55 km
- Nabatieh72 km
- South Lebanon72 km
- Rif Dimashq, Syria92 km
- Tartus, Syria111 km