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Wildfires in Điện Biên
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 10,280 km² of Điện Biên at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,070 km², ranking 2nd of 63 regions of Vietnam.
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 2014, with 6,350 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 2,080 km². The 2021–2025 average is 38% 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 83% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 February 2012, with detections in 567 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 10,280 km² with at least one detection, 78% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,190 | 12% |
| 2 years | 1,080 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,130 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,010 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 861 | 8.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 21.25, 103.25 and holds 28% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,960 | 8,932 |
| 2013 | 4,480 | 6,136 |
| 2014 | 6,350 | 10,108 |
| 2015 | 4,660 | 6,402 |
| 2016 | 4,520 | 6,209 |
| 2017 | 3,180 | 3,823 |
| 2018 | 2,960 | 3,553 |
| 2019 | 4,980 | 7,156 |
| 2020 | 3,920 | 5,170 |
| 2021 | 3,480 | 4,377 |
| 2022 | 2,080 | 2,312 |
| 2023 | 4,420 | 6,326 |
| 2024 | 3,870 | 5,245 |
| 2025 | 2,190 | 2,578 |
Other regions of Vietnam
- Gia Lai4,240 km² in an average year
- Đắk Lắk3,130 km² in an average year
- Sơn La3,100 km² in an average year
- Kon Tum2,290 km² in an average year
- Quảng Nam1,730 km² in an average year
- Nghệ An1,640 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
- Lào Cai75 km
- Sơn La103 km
- Phongsaly, Lao PDR103 km
- Lai Châu111 km
- Houaphanh, Lao PDR122 km
- Luang Prabang, Lao PDR152 km