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Wildfires in Sava
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 18,560 km² of Sava at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,940 km², ranking 13th 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 2014, with 7,920 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 4,200 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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.
October, November and December together hold 89% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 November 2020, with detections in 639 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 18,560 km² with at least one detection, 72% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,530 | 14% |
| 2 years | 2,690 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,320 | 39% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,590 | 30% |
| 11 years or more | 434 | 2.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -13.75, 49.75 and holds 19% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,850 | 6,297 |
| 2013 | 6,230 | 7,183 |
| 2014 | 7,920 | 9,806 |
| 2015 | 7,120 | 8,295 |
| 2016 | 6,140 | 6,822 |
| 2017 | 6,220 | 7,228 |
| 2018 | 4,420 | 4,606 |
| 2019 | 4,200 | 4,285 |
| 2020 | 6,770 | 7,721 |
| 2021 | 6,010 | 6,797 |
| 2022 | 4,750 | 5,104 |
| 2023 | 5,940 | 6,702 |
| 2024 | 6,150 | 7,008 |
| 2025 | 5,460 | 5,864 |
Other regions of Madagascar
- Menabe24,240 km² in an average year
- Melaky22,840 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
- 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.