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Wildfires in Emirate of Fujairah
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 13:28 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 93 km² of Emirate of Fujairah at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 24 km², ranking 3rd of 8 regions of United Arab Emirates.
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 34 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 17 km². The 2021–2025 average is 24% 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.
November, December and January together hold 36% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 March 2014, with detections in 7 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 93 km² with at least one detection, 43% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 44 | 47% |
| 2 years | 9.0 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 16 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 18 | 19% |
| 11 years or more | 6.7 | 7.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 25.75, 55.75 and holds 70% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 25 | 316 |
| 2013 | 26 | 423 |
| 2014 | 28 | 542 |
| 2015 | 34 | 511 |
| 2016 | 28 | 500 |
| 2017 | 24 | 406 |
| 2018 | 25 | 465 |
| 2019 | 17 | 441 |
| 2020 | 18 | 490 |
| 2021 | 27 | 615 |
| 2022 | 18 | 564 |
| 2023 | 18 | 617 |
| 2024 | 22 | 665 |
| 2025 | 21 | 641 |
Other regions of United Arab Emirates
- Emirate of Abu Dhabi304 km² in an average year
- Emirate of Dubai53 km² in an average year
- Emirate of Sharjah18 km² in an average year
- Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah12 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
- Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah50 km
- Emirate of Sharjah55 km
- Emirate of Dubai74 km
- Hormozgan, Iran174 km
- Al Batinah North, Oman194 km
- Ad Dhahirah, Oman333 km