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Wildfires in Melaky
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 39,870 km² of Melaky at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 22,840 km², ranking 2nd of 22 regions of Madagascar.
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 2020, with 26,000 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 18,250 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% 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.
July, August and September together hold 54% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 August 2019, with detections in 678 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 39,870 km² with at least one detection, 95% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 856 | 2.1% |
| 2 years | 1,030 | 2.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,550 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 22,450 | 56% |
| 11 years or more | 8,990 | 23% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -16.75, 44.75 and holds 8.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 20,700 | 26,595 |
| 2013 | 23,540 | 32,558 |
| 2014 | 19,000 | 24,399 |
| 2015 | 18,250 | 22,310 |
| 2016 | 23,710 | 32,916 |
| 2017 | 23,010 | 32,413 |
| 2018 | 25,020 | 36,710 |
| 2019 | 20,880 | 27,951 |
| 2020 | 26,000 | 39,980 |
| 2021 | 24,020 | 35,960 |
| 2022 | 21,450 | 29,329 |
| 2023 | 23,980 | 35,183 |
| 2024 | 24,730 | 36,490 |
| 2025 | 25,420 | 39,400 |
Other regions of Madagascar
- Menabe24,240 km² in an average year
- Atsimo-Andrefana18,160 km² in an average year
- Sofia17,440 km² in an average year
- Betsiboka14,790 km² in an average year
- Boeny13,510 km² in an average year
- Toamasina9,960 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.