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Wildfires in Lagos
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 2,300 km² of Lagos at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 608 km², ranking 35th of 37 regions of Nigeria.
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 712 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 454 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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.
January, February and March together hold 59% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 April 2014, with detections in 42 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,300 km² with at least one detection, 54% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 644 | 28% |
| 2 years | 411 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 680 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 500 | 22% |
| 11 years or more | 64 | 2.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 6.75, 3.75 and holds 42% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 454 | 498 |
| 2013 | 587 | 686 |
| 2014 | 526 | 582 |
| 2015 | 635 | 767 |
| 2016 | 659 | 727 |
| 2017 | 694 | 794 |
| 2018 | 576 | 645 |
| 2019 | 454 | 464 |
| 2020 | 712 | 804 |
| 2021 | 648 | 821 |
| 2022 | 709 | 955 |
| 2023 | 602 | 795 |
| 2024 | 684 | 1,100 |
| 2025 | 568 | 873 |
Other regions of Nigeria
- Niger State30,340 km² in an average year
- Taraba State27,990 km² in an average year
- Kaduna State18,650 km² in an average year
- Borno State17,290 km² in an average year
- Benue State15,900 km² in an average year
- Kwara State14,990 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
- Ogun State78 km
- Plateau, Benin123 km
- Osun State156 km
- Atlantique, Benin165 km
- Ouémé, Benin165 km
- Zou, Benin174 km