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Wildfires in Eastern
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 14,540 km² of Eastern at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,740 km², ranking 3rd of 4 regions of Sierra Leone.
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 10,730 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 6,890 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% 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 87% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 March 2015, with detections in 1,539 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 14,540 km² with at least one detection, 97% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 226 | 1.6% |
| 2 years | 223 | 1.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,690 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8,950 | 62% |
| 11 years or more | 3,450 | 24% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, -11.25 and holds 19% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 9,470 | 13,347 |
| 2013 | 9,010 | 11,816 |
| 2014 | 9,980 | 15,067 |
| 2015 | 10,730 | 16,670 |
| 2016 | 8,020 | 10,281 |
| 2017 | 8,520 | 10,770 |
| 2018 | 7,900 | 9,566 |
| 2019 | 8,380 | 11,180 |
| 2020 | 8,470 | 10,724 |
| 2021 | 8,130 | 9,878 |
| 2022 | 8,470 | 10,853 |
| 2023 | 9,380 | 12,935 |
| 2024 | 9,000 | 12,081 |
| 2025 | 6,890 | 8,097 |
Other regions of Sierra Leone
- Northern24,690 km² in an average year
- Southern9,440 km² in an average year
- Western Area221 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
- Southern55 km
- Northern111 km
- Guéckédou Prefecture, Guinea123 km
- Gbarpolu, Liberia156 km
- Lofa, Liberia165 km
- Grand Cape Mount, Liberia166 km