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Wildfires in Gaza
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 53,830 km² of Gaza at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 11,720 km², ranking 9th of 11 regions of Mozambique.
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 23,600 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 3,380 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.5% 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.
August, September and October together hold 64% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 September 2014, with detections in 905 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 53,830 km² with at least one detection, 52% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 14,220 | 26% |
| 2 years | 11,780 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 21,590 | 40% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,970 | 11% |
| 11 years or more | 262 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -24.75, 33.25 and holds 7.0% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11,150 | 11,936 |
| 2013 | 9,410 | 9,641 |
| 2014 | 23,600 | 25,846 |
| 2015 | 15,150 | 16,450 |
| 2016 | 3,380 | 3,812 |
| 2017 | 8,620 | 8,761 |
| 2018 | 11,440 | 12,342 |
| 2019 | 10,170 | 10,913 |
| 2020 | 4,400 | 4,819 |
| 2021 | 15,150 | 16,156 |
| 2022 | 11,880 | 12,722 |
| 2023 | 14,020 | 14,873 |
| 2024 | 16,510 | 18,036 |
| 2025 | 9,170 | 9,799 |
Other regions of Mozambique
- Zambezia76,460 km² in an average year
- Niassa71,400 km² in an average year
- Tete53,530 km² in an average year
- Nampula47,160 km² in an average year
- Cabo Delgado41,480 km² in an average year
- Sofala40,470 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 regions
- Maputo75 km
- Lubombo, Kingdom of eSwatini224 km
- Hhohho, Kingdom of eSwatini260 km
- Manzini, Kingdom of eSwatini299 km
- Inhambane301 km
- Limpopo, South Africa302 km