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Wildfires in Ash Shati
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 228 km² of Ash Shati at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 27 km², ranking 15th of 22 regions of Libya.
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 2013, with 48 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 16 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 28% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 September 2023, with detections in 6 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 228 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 154 | 67% |
| 2 years | 49 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 20 | 8.7% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2.2 | 1.0% |
| 11 years or more | 3.3 | 1.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 28.25, 9.75 and holds 94% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 20 | 370 |
| 2013 | 48 | 383 |
| 2014 | 31 | 502 |
| 2015 | 16 | 484 |
| 2016 | 22 | 480 |
| 2017 | 21 | 447 |
| 2018 | 19 | 461 |
| 2019 | 25 | 457 |
| 2020 | 38 | 334 |
| 2021 | 20 | 383 |
| 2022 | 21 | 472 |
| 2023 | 30 | 441 |
| 2024 | 44 | 359 |
| 2025 | 23 | 397 |
Other regions of Libya
- Ajdabiya382 km² in an average year
- Tripoli District80 km² in an average year
- Sabha78 km² in an average year
- Benghazi57 km² in an average year
- Ghadames54 km² in an average year
- Az Zawiyah51 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
- Ghadames55 km
- Ghat55 km
- Illizi, Algeria203 km
- Wadi al Hayaa297 km
- Tataouine, Tunisia392 km
- Mizdah411 km