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Wildfires in Belgium
6 fires over 100 hectares with an official perimeter since 2019, adding up to 4,377 hectares burned across 9 municipalities.
Only fires of 100 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the entry totals, but they are in the official yearly series.
The official record
2006–2026Yearly average 2016–2025351 ha
Worst year2025 668 ha
With a page here6 since 2019
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›See the year-by-year table
| Year | Fires | hectares | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 3,038 | EFFIS |
| 2025 | 3 | 668 | EFFIS |
| 2024 | 0 | — | EFFIS |
| 2023 | 2 | 240 | EFFIS |
| 2022 | 4 | 382 | EFFIS |
| 2021 | 2 | 659 | EFFIS |
| 2020 | 0 | — | EFFIS |
| 2019 | 3 | 287 | EFFIS |
| 2018 | 5 | 166 | EFFIS |
| 2017 | 0 | — | EFFIS |
| 2016 | 1 | 54 | EFFIS |
| 2015 | 1 | 80 | EFFIS |
| 2014 | 0 | — | EFFIS |
| 2013 | 0 | — | EFFIS |
| 2012 | 0 | — | EFFIS |
| 2011 | 3 | 2,180 | EFFIS |
| 2010 | 0 | — | EFFIS |
| 2009 | 0 | — | EFFIS |
| 2008 | 0 | — | EFFIS |
| 2007 | 0 | — | EFFIS |
| 2006 | 0 | — | EFFIS |
National estimates from Copernicus EFFIS, which only counts fires larger than 30 hectares.
When it burned: year by year, month by month
Hectares with an official perimeter by the fire’s starting month, and the largest fire of each year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Σ | Largest of the year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3k | 2,655 | Baelen 2,655 ha | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 496 | 496 | Bütgenbach 496 ha | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 151 | 151 | Eupen 151 ha | |||||||||||
| 2022 | 287 | 287 | Hechtel-Eksel 287 ha | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 588 | 588 | Brecht 588 ha | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 200 | 200 | Bütgenbach 200 ha |
Hectares burned per year
Largest recorded fires
By region
- Wallonne Gewest 3,497 ha · 4
- Vlaams Gewest 875 ha · 2