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Wildfires in Bago
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 32,160 km² of Bago at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 12,170 km², ranking 5th of 14 regions of Myanmar.
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 2020, with 14,940 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 9,860 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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 81% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 March 2012, with detections in 814 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 32,160 km² with at least one detection, 75% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,340 | 13% |
| 2 years | 3,810 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 10,120 | 31% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11,120 | 35% |
| 11 years or more | 2,770 | 8.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 18.75, 95.75 and holds 14% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11,280 | 15,143 |
| 2013 | 13,400 | 18,389 |
| 2014 | 12,170 | 16,085 |
| 2015 | 13,920 | 18,048 |
| 2016 | 13,310 | 16,290 |
| 2017 | 11,620 | 13,914 |
| 2018 | 11,380 | 13,317 |
| 2019 | 13,700 | 16,734 |
| 2020 | 14,940 | 19,321 |
| 2021 | 11,090 | 13,433 |
| 2022 | 9,880 | 11,605 |
| 2023 | 12,030 | 14,912 |
| 2024 | 11,870 | 14,578 |
| 2025 | 9,860 | 11,841 |
Other regions of Myanmar
- Shan State63,710 km² in an average year
- Sagaing22,900 km² in an average year
- Magway17,730 km² in an average year
- Chin State14,450 km² in an average year
- Mandalay9,840 km² in an average year
- Ayeyarwady8,890 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
- Magway118 km
- Yangon166 km
- Kayah State167 km
- Rakhine State167 km
- Mae Hong Son, Thailand218 km
- Ayeyarwady228 km