Wildfires in Ghana today
There are 18 probable fires in Ghana right now: 199 heat detections by satellite in the last 24 hours, grouped by proximity. The most intense one is near Builsa North (418 MW). Its fire page has been tracking it since 22 October 2026.
Latest satellite detection: 8 Nov 2026, 06:48 UTC (4 h ago).
A heat detection is not a confirmed fire: farm burning and industry also produce them, and clouds or smoke can hide a fire.
- probable fires
- 18
- heat detections
- 199
- fire pages with detections in 48 h
- 1
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Detection clusters in the last 24 hours · 18
- 418 MW Builsa North 65 hotspots · last one 8 h ago · about 900 ha with fire · page with a 2,363 ha perimeter
- 181 MW Ho West 18 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 300 ha with fire
- 130 MW Nabdam 11 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 200 ha with fire
- 125 MW Kpandai 16 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 200 ha with fire
- 122 MW Kwahu East 11 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 200 ha with fire
- 115 MW East Gonja 9 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 100 ha with fire
- 79 MW Nanumba South 6 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 100 ha with fire
- 79 MW North Gonja 8 hotspots · last one 21 h ago · about 100 ha with fire
- 69 MW Kwahu Afram Plains North 8 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 100 ha with fire
- 68 MW Sissala East 3 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 0 ha with fire
- 59 MW Nanumba South 4 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 100 ha with fire
- 58 MW Nkwanta North 10 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 100 ha with fire
- 58 MW Nkwanta North 9 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 100 ha with fire
- 53 MW Sene West 5 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 100 ha with fire
- 52 MW Sene West 4 hotspots · last one 21 h ago · about 100 ha with fire
- 52 MW Sekyere Afram Plains North 5 hotspots · last one 8 h ago · about 100 ha with fire
- 51 MW Atebubu Amantin 3 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 0 ha with fire
- 43 MW Atebubu Amantin 4 hotspots · last one 20 h ago · about 100 ha with fire
Fire pages with detections in the last 48 hours · 1
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Where this data comes from
Hotspots from the VIIRS sensors on Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20 and NOAA-21 (NASA FIRMS), 375 m pixels and about six passes a day between the three. They are grouped into probable fires when neighbouring hotspots exist; agricultural burning or an industrial chimney also show on the map, which is why small groups are left out of the list. A hotspot is a thermal detection, not a confirmed fire: in an emergency call your local emergency number.