Ann fire, 14 April 2024 Ann, Toungup
The fire started on 14 April 2024 in Ann, Myanmar, and satellites saw it burning for 6 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 3,083 hectares from heat detections, spread across 2 municipalities.
It is the 24th largest in Rakhine since 2016 (of 56 with a page). Number 76 in Myanmar in 2024, of 174.
- Burnt area
- 3,083ha
- GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
- Duration
- 6days
- 14 Apr 2024 – 19 Apr 2024
- Municipalities hit
- 2
- municipalities
- Started on
- 14 Apr
- 2024
- Heat detections
- 76
- in a single hotspot: 462 MW
- Danger at start
- 36
- High · FWI index
- Average daily power
- 475MW
- detected power per day, on average
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: 1.3 mm on 20 Apr.
This area had burned before
82% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 940 ha in 2021, 1,431 ha in 2022, 1,205 ha in 2023. Part of it burned more than once, so the yearly figures add up to more than the 2,537 ha that had burned before.
- 1,431 ha Ann fire, April 2022 6,079 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
- 940 ha Toungup fire, April 2021 2,191 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
- 289 ha Ann fire, April 2023 5,080 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
- 54 ha Ann fire, April 2023 2,981 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
What happened to each town
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Ann where it started2,356 ha0.4 %
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738 ha0.2 %
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr | 40.1 °C | 33 % | 40 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 36 |
| 15 Apr | 40.2 °C | 35 % | 40 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 36 |
| 16 Apr | 37.8 °C | 45 % | 38 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 31 |
| 17 Apr | 37.2 °C | 48 % | 47 km/h | 0.1 mm | High 31 |
| 18 Apr | 35.9 °C | 50 % | 47 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 29 |
| 19 Apr | 36.3 °C | 60 % | 49 km/h | 2.1 mm | Moderate 13 |
| 20 Apr after | 36.7 °C | 54 % | 44 km/h | 1.3 mm | Moderate 17 |
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.
The smoke
CAMS · CopernicusOn 16 April 2024 the air beside the fire reached 96 µg/m³ of PM2.5. That day averaged 61: 4.1 times the WHO daily guideline (15).
Particles from the Copernicus CAMS model at the centre of the perimeter; these are not measurements in each town. The pale bar is the worst hour, the solid one the daily average.
Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)
Detections table · 76Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
| Date and time | Satellite | FRP (MW) | Lat | Lon |
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Other fires nearby
Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Ann fire last?
- GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 14 April 2024 and 19 April 2024: 6 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 3,083 hectares (30.8 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire entered 2 municipalities: Ann (2,356 ha, 0.4 %); Toungup (738 ha, 0.2 %).
- What was the weather like?
- During the fire the temperature reached 40.2 °C, humidity dropped to 33 % and gusts hit 49 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 36, class High.
- Where does this data come from?
- From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Myanmar (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.
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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 ADM3 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)). 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.