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The world’s wildfires, one by one
Official satellite-measured fire perimeters, crossed with each country’s administrative boundaries to tell what happened to every town.
- 131,307
- fires with a page
- 733.1 M
- hectares
- 141
- countries
What is burning right now
See all ›- 38,708 MW Santarém Brazil · 5,202 hotspots · last one 11 h ago · about 72,800 ha with fire
- 37,970 MW Ghanzi Botswana · 1,893 hotspots · last one 4 h ago · about 26,500 ha with fire
- 33,943 MW Jur River South Sudan · 3,909 hotspots · last one 5 h ago · about 54,700 ha with fire
- 19,530 MW Songea Tanzania · 2,362 hotspots · last one 5 h ago · about 33,100 ha with fire
- 15,177 MW Al Leri Sudan · 1,461 hotspots · last one 5 h ago · about 20,500 ha with fire
- 15,012 MW Abyei PCA area Sudan · 1,722 hotspots · last one 5 h ago · about 24,100 ha with fire
Largest recorded fires
- 4,468,196 haSan IgnacioBolivia · 18 June 2024 · 137 days
- 1,152,740 haSan MatíasBolivia · July 2024 · 109 days
- 1,009,567 haGorny UlusRussia · 22 June 2021 · 55 days
- 979,715 haYalingaCentral African Republic · 24 December 2020 · 76 days
- 976,263 haEeyou Istchee Baie-JamesCanada · May 2023 · 60 days
- 855,014 haLithgowAustralia · October 2019 · 82 days
- 801,620 haBarão de MelgaçoBrazil · 13 July 2020 · 95 days
- 799,590 haNorthern RockiesCanada · 11 May 2023 · 525 days
Latest fires
- ≈ 154 haPokrovsk Покровський район Ukraine · 29 October 2026 · provisional · not counted · 1 day
- 9,846 haGhanzi Botswana · 28 October 2026 · 2 days
- 5,733 haKukawa Nigeria · 28 October 2026 · 2 days
- 5,088 haGaoyou City 高邮市 China · 28 October 2026 · 1 day
- 3,773 haHuanan County 桦南县 China · 28 October 2026 · 2 days
- 3,321 haGhanzi Botswana · 28 October 2026 · 2 days
- 3,158 haNiamana Mali · 28 October 2026 · 1 day
- 2,609 haWaza Cameroon · 28 October 2026 · 1 day
By country
See all ›Hectares burned in 2026 in each country. Hover over a country to see its figures.
- Australia 131,924,584 ha · 8,256
- Brazil 73,359,429 ha · 8,573
- Russia 62,254,666 ha · 5,457
- Canada 38,797,606 ha · 3,170
- United States 27,761,368 ha · 4,766
- Bolivia 26,193,350 ha · 1,908
- South Sudan 26,004,956 ha · 2,012
- Zambia 24,578,250 ha · 2,815
- Central African Republic 20,382,726 ha · 1,143
- Mozambique 20,171,545 ha · 2,591
- Angola 19,659,422 ha · 1,966
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,784,411 ha · 1,752
- Botswana 13,908,433 ha · 2,066
- Argentina 11,014,177 ha · 2,780
- Indonesia 10,188,789 ha · 1,868
- Mexico 9,991,309 ha · 2,829
- Myanmar 9,657,425 ha · 2,062
- Ethiopia 9,059,896 ha · 1,964
- Thailand 8,992,794 ha · 3,186
- China 8,844,434 ha · 3,561
- Tanzania 8,780,180 ha · 1,342
- Venezuela 7,629,039 ha · 2,568
- Paraguay 7,593,049 ha · 2,106
- Nigeria 7,549,378 ha · 1,821
- Namibia 7,052,465 ha · 1,199
- Laos 7,017,197 ha · 1,557
- Sudan 6,408,648 ha · 1,679
- Chad 6,395,592 ha · 1,741
- Cameroon 5,882,346 ha · 2,905
- Ghana 5,662,844 ha · 1,254
- South Africa 5,630,938 ha · 1,331
- Zimbabwe 5,413,847 ha · 2,419
- Burkina Faso 5,254,489 ha · 2,268
- Guinea 5,050,620 ha · 1,448
- Kazakhstan 4,904,160 ha · 743
- India 4,069,989 ha · 354
- Côte d’Ivoire 3,990,726 ha · 1,611
- Benin 3,510,706 ha · 1,200
- Senegal 3,335,832 ha · 846
- Colombia 3,284,016 ha · 1,081
- Mali 3,222,606 ha · 905
- Uganda 3,080,150 ha · 1,698
- Sierra Leone 3,073,168 ha · 1,770
- Cambodia 2,864,640 ha · 671
- Madagascar 2,333,381 ha · 608
- Ukraine 2,133,178 ha · 5,662
- Malawi 2,105,498 ha · 742
- Chile 1,861,578 ha · 445
- Republic of the Congo 1,763,061 ha · 1,075
- Honduras 1,739,188 ha · 824
- Portugal 1,443,732 ha · 949
- Spain 1,429,026 ha · 1,304
- Niger 1,106,908 ha · 541
- Mongolia 1,079,048 ha · 132
- Türkiye 887,847 ha · 1,577
- Algeria 857,755 ha · 1,041
- Peru 803,636 ha · 454
- Kenya 772,097 ha · 349
- Nepal 763,482 ha · 164
- Nicaragua 740,804 ha · 355
- Liberia 733,453 ha · 399
- Togo 671,999 ha · 364
- Italy 647,802 ha · 1,933
- Vietnam 638,227 ha · 367
- Greece 523,469 ha · 349
- Guinea-Bissau 521,970 ha · 334
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 501,119 ha · 914
- Mauritania 496,623 ha · 210
- Cuba 496,417 ha · 295
- Guatemala 489,543 ha · 292
- Gambia 413,201 ha · 229
- Iraq 383,833 ha · 224
- Ecuador 373,721 ha · 142
- Azerbaijan 353,632 ha · 309
- Malaysia 337,340 ha · 369
- Syria 308,726 ha · 302
- Guyana 294,349 ha · 133
- Costa Rica 266,645 ha · 128
- Georgia 265,564 ha · 396
- Iran 258,677 ha · 151
- Montenegro 244,342 ha · 506
- North Macedonia 236,438 ha · 347
- Albania 229,941 ha · 480
- France 205,629 ha · 298
- Gabon 203,608 ha · 137
- Philippines 187,505 ha · 117
- Croatia 184,782 ha · 302
- Romania 169,842 ha · 621
- Pakistan 169,361 ha · 104
- South Korea 153,647 ha · 108
- Belize 153,225 ha · 86
- Bulgaria 140,983 ha · 305
- Japan 133,291 ha · 256
- Uzbekistan 132,634 ha · 66
- Serbia 130,917 ha · 370
- New Zealand 120,335 ha · 241
- Suriname 117,795 ha · 64
- Eswatini 114,983 ha · 75
- Armenia 110,512 ha · 175
- Tunisia 108,254 ha · 192
- United Kingdom 95,337 ha · 117
- Eritrea 84,074 ha · 43
- Rwanda 83,241 ha · 39
- Dominican Republic 77,024 ha · 26
- El Salvador 71,494 ha · 44
- Morocco 68,314 ha · 110
- Panama 57,206 ha · 43
- Burundi 47,543 ha · 34
- Kosovo 46,358 ha · 162
- Uruguay 38,432 ha · 8
- Cyprus 33,271 ha · 44
- Israel 29,784 ha · 94
- Sweden 22,362 ha · 38
- Germany 14,871 ha · 49
- Lebanon 14,530 ha · 70
- Ireland 14,466 ha · 31
- Saudi Arabia 13,751 ha · 7
- Hungary 10,162 ha · 39
- Lesotho 10,062 ha · 8
- Kyrgyzstan 9,978 ha · 16
- Haiti 9,110 ha · 4
- Norway 7,756 ha · 34
- Poland 7,423 ha · 7
- Egypt 5,541 ha · 2
- Slovenia 5,086 ha · 7
- Palestinian Territories 4,818 ha · 14
- Belgium 4,377 ha · 6
- Libya 4,115 ha · 14
- Latvia 2,944 ha · 7
- Finland 2,285 ha · 4
- Somalia 2,211 ha · 2
- Austria 1,904 ha · 8
- Slovakia 1,770 ha · 8
- Czechia 1,581 ha · 2
- Netherlands 1,475 ha · 5
- Equatorial Guinea 1,180 ha · 1
- Puerto Rico 1,013 ha · 1
- Estonia 347 ha · 2
- Denmark 331 ha · 1
- Lithuania 198 ha · 1
- Switzerland 150 ha · 1