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Bilimono fire, 8 December 2017 Bilimono

Out · last detection 11 Dec 2017, 13:20 UTC

The fire started on 8 December 2017 in Bilimono, Côte d’Ivoire, and satellites saw it burning for 3 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 3,299 hectares from heat detections, spread across a single municipality.

It is the 32th largest in Savanes since 2016 (of 276 with a page). Number 29 in Côte d’Ivoire in 2017, of 174.

Burnt area
3,299ha
GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration
3days
8 Dec 2017 – 10 Dec 2017
Municipalities hit
1
sub-prefectures
Started on
8 Dec
2017
Heat detections
99
in a single hotspot: 34 MW
Danger at start
31
High · FWI index
Energy released
745MW
sum of detected power

Where it burned

11 Dec 2017
HOTSPOTS BY DAY 8 Dec10 Dec

How it evolved, day by day

91011

Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.

The weather it burned in

34°high
30km/h · peak gust
12%lowest humidity

It had gone 16 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

74% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 2,430 ha in 2016.

What happened to each town

  1. Bilimono where it started
    3,322 ha reached on 9 Dec
    1.0 %

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)
8 Dec 34.4 °C 26 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
9 Dec 34.3 °C 24 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
10 Dec 33.2 °C 12 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
11 Dec after 33.6 °C 10 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
12 Dec after 34.1 °C 19 % 18 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
13 Dec after 36.0 °C 25 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
14 Dec after 33.9 °C 42 % 22 km/h 0.8 mm Moderate 20
15 Dec after 33.4 °C 34 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 24
16 Dec after 35.9 °C 19 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
17 Dec after 35.9 °C 20 % 22 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
18 Dec after 36.2 °C 21 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
19 Dec after 35.1 °C 27 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
20 Dec after 34.6 °C 25 % 22 km/h 0.0 mm High 36

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

Before · 1 Dec 2017
After · 17 Dec 2017

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 · 99Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
⬇ Download CSV Times in UTC. Each detection is a 375 m pixel: a large fire yields hundreds per pass.
Date and timeSatelliteFRP (MW)LatLon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Bilimono fire last?
According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 8 December 2017 to 10 December 2017 (3 days). The perimeter dates it from 9 December 2017 to 10 December 2017.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 3,299 hectares (33.0 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire only entered Bilimono (3,322 ha, 1.0 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 34.4 °C, humidity dropped to 12 % and gusts hit 30 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 38, class High.
Where does this data come from?
From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Côte d’Ivoire (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: 180

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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 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). 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.