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Wildfires in Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 50 km² of Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6.4 km², ranking 16th of 16 regions of Morocco.
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 11 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 2.2 km². The 2021–2025 average is 60% 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.
April, May and June together hold 42% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 June 2019, with detections in 3 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 50 km² with at least one detection, 20% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 30 | 60% |
| 2 years | 9.9 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7.7 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2.2 | 4.4% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 27.25, -13.25 and holds 56% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6.6 | 11 |
| 2013 | 4.4 | 11 |
| 2014 | 6.6 | 7 |
| 2015 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5.5 | 7 |
| 2018 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 11 | 12 |
| 2020 | 7.7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 7.7 | 8 |
| 2023 | 11 | 12 |
| 2024 | 8.9 | 9 |
| 2025 | 6.6 | 6 |
Other regions of Morocco
- Tangier-Tetouan248 km² in an average year
- Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen122 km² in an average year
- Meknès-Tafilalet95 km² in an average year
- Suss-Massa-Draa95 km² in an average year
- Taza-Al Hoceïma-Taounate88 km² in an average year
- Oriental71 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.