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Wildfires in Grand Port

District of Mauritius

Wildfires in Grand Port

Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 98 km² of Grand Port at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 12 km², ranking 5th of 15 regions of Mauritius.

12 km²detected in an average year
2013busiest year, 29 km²
2025quietest year, 2.3 km²
Novemberpeak month, 25% of fire-days

Year by year

2012: 19 km2'122013: 29 km2'132014: 10 km2'142015: 10 km2'152016: 9.3 km2'162017: 7.0 km2'172018: 16 km2'182019: 12 km2'192020: 12 km2'202021: 13 km2'212022: 14 km2'222023: 4.6 km2'232024: 5.8 km2'242025: 2.3 km2'2529 km2

Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.

The busiest year was 2013, with 29 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 2.3 km². The 2021–2025 average is 49% lower than the 2012–2016 average.

Through the year

January: 1.3%JFebruary: 0.6%FMarch: 0.6%MApril: 1.3%AMay: 0.6%MJune: 2.6%JJuly: 7.7%JAugust: 12%ASeptember: 18%SOctober: 23%ONovember: 25%NDecember: 7.7%D25%

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 66% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 October 2013, with detections in 4 cells.

Ground that burns again

Of the 98 km² with at least one detection, 18% had detections in three or more different years.

Years with a detectionkm²Share
1 year5556%
2 years2626%
3 to 5 years1818%
6 to 10 years0.00.0%
11 years or more0.00.0%

The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -20.25, 57.75 and holds 100% of the region's fire-days.

The figures

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YearDetected km²Fire-days
20121916
20132929
2014109
20151012
20169.38
20177.06
20181615
20191211
20201210
20211312
20221416
20234.64
20245.86
20252.32

Other regions of Mauritius

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.

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