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Wildfires in Mauritius
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Beau Bassin-Rose Hill1 fire
- Flacqno fires now
- Grand Portno fires now
- Mokano fires now
- Pamplemoussesno fires now
- Port Louisno fires now
- Rivière Noireno fires now
- Rivière du Rempartno fires now
- Savanneno fires now
- Vacoas-Phoenixno fires now
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 849 km² of Mauritius at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 147 km², ranking 155th of 200 countries.
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 228 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 62 km². The 2021–2025 average is 33% 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.
September, October and November together hold 58% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 October 2020, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 849 km² with at least one detection, 35% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 373 | 44% |
| 2 years | 176 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 230 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 66 | 7.8% |
| 11 years or more | 3.6 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -20.25, 57.75 and holds 67% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 159 | 157 |
| 2013 | 220 | 228 |
| 2014 | 228 | 232 |
| 2015 | 106 | 110 |
| 2016 | 162 | 163 |
| 2017 | 135 | 130 |
| 2018 | 138 | 133 |
| 2019 | 137 | 161 |
| 2020 | 178 | 253 |
| 2021 | 99 | 123 |
| 2022 | 158 | 159 |
| 2023 | 62 | 58 |
| 2024 | 159 | 172 |
| 2025 | 110 | 103 |
Nearby countries
- Heard I. and McDonald Islands6.8 km² in an average year
- Maldives3.5 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 countries
- Madagascar1,359 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
