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Wildfires in Vacoas-Phoenix
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 10 km² of Vacoas-Phoenix at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2.5 km², ranking 10th of 15 regions of Mauritius.
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 2019, with 7.0 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 0.0 km². The 2021–2025 average is 84% 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.
October, November and December together hold 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 November 2019, with detections in 3 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 10 km² with at least one detection, 56% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2.3 | 22% |
| 2 years | 2.3 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3.5 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2.4 | 23% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -20.25, 57.25 and holds 100% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1.2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 7.0 | 26 |
| 2020 | 3.5 | 78 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 33 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3.5 | 3 |
Other regions of Mauritius
- Pamplemousses29 km² in an average year
- Rivière Noire23 km² in an average year
- Rivière du Rempart23 km² in an average year
- Flacq23 km² in an average year
- Grand Port12 km² in an average year
- Savanne8.6 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.