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Wildfires in Homs (Hims)
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 2,580 km² of Homs (Hims) at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 305 km², ranking 5th of 15 regions of Syria.
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 2019, with 958 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 84 km². The 2021–2025 average is 58% 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.
May, June and July together hold 40% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 May 2019, with detections in 78 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,580 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,770 | 68% |
| 2 years | 411 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 352 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 41 | 1.6% |
| 11 years or more | 10 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 34.75, 37.75 and holds 44% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 169 | 401 |
| 2013 | 536 | 900 |
| 2014 | 209 | 728 |
| 2015 | 484 | 1,614 |
| 2016 | 302 | 1,865 |
| 2017 | 235 | 3,206 |
| 2018 | 117 | 950 |
| 2019 | 958 | 1,933 |
| 2020 | 541 | 1,412 |
| 2021 | 149 | 981 |
| 2022 | 84 | 745 |
| 2023 | 132 | 791 |
| 2024 | 249 | 935 |
| 2025 | 104 | 461 |
Other regions of Syria
- Al-Hasakah1,140 km² in an average year
- Aleppo787 km² in an average year
- Al-Raqqah534 km² in an average year
- Hamah492 km² in an average year
- Idlib263 km² in an average year
- Latakia210 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.