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Wildfires in Sierra Leone
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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 69,850 km² of Sierra Leone at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 43,490 km², ranking 45th 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 2015, with 50,320 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 37,570 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.2% 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 78% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 March 2012, with detections in 4,107 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 69,850 km² with at least one detection, 96% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,390 | 2.0% |
| 2 years | 1,590 | 2.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8,140 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 36,370 | 52% |
| 11 years or more | 22,360 | 32% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 9.25, -11.25 and holds 6.1% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 43,480 | 58,162 |
| 2013 | 43,960 | 60,051 |
| 2014 | 48,860 | 74,265 |
| 2015 | 50,320 | 75,322 |
| 2016 | 41,900 | 56,128 |
| 2017 | 41,020 | 53,788 |
| 2018 | 41,560 | 55,432 |
| 2019 | 44,280 | 61,921 |
| 2020 | 41,460 | 55,287 |
| 2021 | 37,570 | 47,303 |
| 2022 | 43,380 | 60,102 |
| 2023 | 44,680 | 61,199 |
| 2024 | 46,340 | 66,636 |
| 2025 | 40,020 | 50,749 |
Nearby countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo898,730 km² in an average year
- Angola616,940 km² in an average year
- Zambia445,810 km² in an average year
- Mozambique404,050 km² in an average year
- Central African Republic340,550 km² in an average year
- South Sudan321,060 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
- Liberia198 km
- Guinea226 km
- Mali392 km
- Senegal404 km
- Guinea-Bissau429 km
- The Gambia703 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
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