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Wildfires in Rakhine State
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 27,390 km² of Rakhine State at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,870 km², ranking 11th 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 2023, with 10,590 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 3,710 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 86% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 April 2023, with detections in 757 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 27,390 km² with at least one detection, 54% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 7,040 | 26% |
| 2 years | 5,500 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,380 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,960 | 18% |
| 11 years or more | 504 | 1.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 19.25, 94.25 and holds 12% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 10,000 | 14,173 |
| 2013 | 9,510 | 11,498 |
| 2014 | 5,960 | 6,605 |
| 2015 | 6,960 | 7,758 |
| 2016 | 5,220 | 5,601 |
| 2017 | 4,170 | 4,358 |
| 2018 | 3,710 | 3,797 |
| 2019 | 6,290 | 6,938 |
| 2020 | 8,040 | 9,443 |
| 2021 | 6,700 | 7,656 |
| 2022 | 5,820 | 6,490 |
| 2023 | 10,590 | 13,973 |
| 2024 | 7,040 | 8,267 |
| 2025 | 6,140 | 6,962 |
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
- Bago12,170 km² in an average year
- Mandalay9,840 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 regions
- Magway52 km
- Bago167 km
- Yangon273 km
- Ayeyarwady297 km
- Kayah State314 km
- Chin State337 km