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Wildfires in Myanmar
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Ayeyarwady2 fires
- Bago7 fires
- Chin State1 fire
- Kachin State19 fires
- Kayah State1 fire
- Kayin Stateno fires now
- Magwayno fires now
- Mandalay3 fires
- Mon Stateno fires now
- Rakhine State1 fire
- Sagaing2 fires
- Shan State27 fires
- Tanintharyino fires now
- Yangon2 fires
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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 501,010 km² of Myanmar at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 189,670 km², ranking 14th 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 2023, with 221,970 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 140,220 km². The 2021–2025 average is 9.1% 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.
February, March and April together hold 90% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 March 2012, with detections in 13,582 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 501,010 km² with at least one detection, 72% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 78,330 | 16% |
| 2 years | 63,480 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 146,380 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 160,520 | 32% |
| 11 years or more | 52,300 | 10% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 21.25, 97.25 and holds 1.2% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 197,880 | 256,303 |
| 2013 | 211,690 | 283,584 |
| 2014 | 212,670 | 279,614 |
| 2015 | 190,290 | 245,909 |
| 2016 | 186,050 | 233,971 |
| 2017 | 164,600 | 203,360 |
| 2018 | 158,500 | 191,882 |
| 2019 | 207,840 | 274,336 |
| 2020 | 217,690 | 292,430 |
| 2021 | 190,600 | 247,176 |
| 2022 | 140,220 | 167,873 |
| 2023 | 221,970 | 297,820 |
| 2024 | 185,650 | 236,869 |
| 2025 | 169,700 | 211,832 |
Nearby countries
- India324,930 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Lao PDR73,670 km² in an average year
- Cambodia67,840 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
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
