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Wildfires in Lai Châu
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 15:22 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 4,170 km² of Lai Châu at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 966 km², ranking 16th 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 2012, with 2,060 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 454 km². The 2021–2025 average is 52% 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 81% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 March 2012, with detections in 169 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,170 km² with at least one detection, 53% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,060 | 25% |
| 2 years | 893 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,570 | 38% |
| 6 to 10 years | 630 | 15% |
| 11 years or more | 22 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 22.25, 103.25 and holds 48% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,060 | 2,653 |
| 2013 | 1,060 | 1,148 |
| 2014 | 1,930 | 2,561 |
| 2015 | 1,030 | 1,116 |
| 2016 | 966 | 1,084 |
| 2017 | 701 | 729 |
| 2018 | 592 | 614 |
| 2019 | 1,120 | 1,338 |
| 2020 | 682 | 706 |
| 2021 | 626 | 658 |
| 2022 | 454 | 442 |
| 2023 | 931 | 1,073 |
| 2024 | 896 | 1,028 |
| 2025 | 474 | 492 |
Other regions of Vietnam
- Gia Lai4,240 km² in an average year
- Điện Biên4,070 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
- 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
- Điện Biên111 km
- Sơn La151 km
- Phongsaly, Lao PDR151 km
- Yên Bái164 km
- Yunnan, China166 km