Achinsky Rayon fire, May 2022 Bolsheuluysky Rayon, Achinsky Rayon
The fire started on 6 May 2022 in Achinsky Rayon, Russia, and satellites saw it burning for 11 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 8,405 hectares from heat detections, spread across 2 municipalities.
It is the 241th largest in Krasnoyarsk Krai since 2016 (of 656 with a page). Number 117 in Russia in 2022, of 403.
- Burnt area
- 8,405ha
- GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
- Duration
- 11days
- 6 May 2022 – 16 May 2022
- Municipalities hit
- 2
- districts
- Started on
- 6 May
- 2022
- Heat detections
- 536
- in a single hotspot: 132 MW
- Danger at start
- 12
- Moderate · FWI index
- Energy released
- 5.5GW
- sum of detected power
Where it burned
How it evolved, day by day
Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.
The weather it burned in
It had gone one day without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 1.0 mm on 17 May.
This area had burned before
34% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 1,073 ha in 2016, 482 ha in 2017, 270 ha in 2019, 1,426 ha in 2020. Part of it burned more than once, so the yearly figures add up to more than the 2,829 ha that had burned before.
What happened to each town
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6,212 ha reached on 7 May2.3 %
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Achinsky Rayon where it started2,149 ha reached on 6 May0.8 %
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the GWIS perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance is from the town centre to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.
The weather day by day
ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, the standard reference for past weather, and the Canadian Fire Weather Index (the same system Copernicus uses), computed by WorldFires from that data. Days after the fire run until the first rain.
Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)
| Day | High | Min. humidity | Peak gust | Rain | Danger (FWI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr | 23.3 °C | 24 % | 53 km/h | 0.5 mm | Moderate 12 |
| 30 Apr | 25.7 °C | 14 % | 49 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 17 |
| 1 May | 15.0 °C | 41 % | 40 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 11 |
| 2 May | 14.0 °C | 57 % | 56 km/h | 8.1 mm | Very low 0 |
| 3 May | 10.8 °C | 37 % | 59 km/h | 2.7 mm | Very low 1 |
| 4 May | 9.8 °C | 21 % | 50 km/h | 0.8 mm | Very low 2 |
| 5 May | 16.0 °C | 16 % | 39 km/h | 0.0 mm | Low 7 |
| 6 May | 18.5 °C | 14 % | 31 km/h | 0.0 mm | Low 11 |
| 7 May | 17.0 °C | 15 % | 84 km/h | 0.1 mm | High 26 |
| 8 May | 5.9 °C | 26 % | 60 km/h | 0.5 mm | Moderate 17 |
| 9 May | 9.4 °C | 21 % | 44 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 10 May | 9.6 °C | 23 % | 36 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 12 |
| 11 May | 15.6 °C | 15 % | 28 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 13 |
| 12 May | 22.0 °C | 8 % | 30 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 19 |
| 13 May | 25.4 °C | 6 % | 30 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 22 |
| 14 May | 29.1 °C | 6 % | 28 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 28 |
| 15 May | 30.6 °C | 9 % | 28 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 27 |
| 16 May | 23.9 °C | 28 % | 49 km/h | 0.8 mm | Moderate 18 |
| 17 May after | 27.5 °C | 21 % | 42 km/h | 1.0 mm | Moderate 20 |
Before and after, from space
Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.
If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.
Detections table · 536Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
| Date and time | Satellite | FRP (MW) | Lat | Lon |
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Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Achinsky Rayon fire last?
- GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 6 May 2022 and 16 May 2022: 11 days between the first and last heat detection of the perimeter.
- How much area did it burn?
- The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 8,405 hectares (84.0 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire entered 2 municipalities: Bolsheuluysky Rayon (6,212 ha, 2.3 %); Achinsky Rayon (2,149 ha, 0.8 %).
- What was the weather like?
- During the fire the temperature reached 30.6 °C, humidity dropped to 6 % and gusts hit 84 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 28, class High.
- Where does this data come from?
- From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Russia (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.
Where to verify it
A satellite detection is not an official report. Final figures and the fire’s status are published by each country’s emergency service.
Emergency number: 112
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Where this data comes from
The perimeter comes from the Copernicus Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), which rebuilds it from MODIS and VIIRS heat detections and publishes it under CC BY 4.0. It is not measured on imagery as in Europe, so it is an estimate. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. Municipal boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM2 (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ from each country’s official figure.