Burned area
satellite only324ha
Perimeter published by EFFIS (Copernicus).
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- EFFIS (Copernicus)
- Date
- perimeter revised on 3 January 2023
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RO · Romania ·
C.A. Rosetti fire, January 2022 C.A. Rosetti
Out · last measured on 16 Jan 2022
The fire started on 16 January 2022 in C.A. Rosetti, Romania, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 324 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across a single municipality.
This record is fire in the reed beds of the Danube Delta, not a forest fire. Thousands of hectares of reed burn in the delta every year, mostly between January and April, and many of these burns are deliberate. That is why it is left out of the fire rankings.
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Duration by satellite
satellite only1day
16 Jan 2022 to 16 Jan 2022: first and last day with fire on the page.
- Source
- EFFIS (Copernicus) · NASA FIRMS · VIIRS
- Date
- 16 Jan 2022 – 16 Jan 2022
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Start
satellite only16 Jan 2022
First day with fire seen by the satellites or the perimeter.
- Source
- EFFIS (Copernicus) · NASA FIRMS · VIIRS
- Date
- 16 Jan 2022
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No official record is matched to this page, so the alert time and the cause are not known here.
Danger at the start
model0.6FWI · very low
Fire Weather Index (Canadian system) computed by WorldFires for the day the fire started. Consecutive days without rain before: 6.
- Source
- WorldFires calculation (Canadian FWI system)
- Date
- 16 Jan 2022, local noon
- Model
- ERA5 0,25° (ECMWF · Copernicus C3S) · Open-Meteo.com
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This is an index computed from weather model data, not a measurement of the fire nor an official warning. Danger warnings are issued by each country’s authority. Emergency number and official warnings
Weather during the fire
model3.5°C · 50% RH
High of 3.5 °C and minimum humidity of 50% on 16 January 2022; gusts of 37 km/h on 16 January 2022.
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- weather model at the fire’s grid cell
- Date
- 16 Jan 2022 – 16 Jan 2022
- Model
- ERA5 0,25° (ECMWF · Copernicus C3S) · Open-Meteo.com
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These are model values for a cell of about 25 km, not from a weather station: they may differ from what was measured on the ground.
This page’s change log has been kept since 24 October 2026: every night what it publishes is compared and the difference is logged. Anything earlier is reconstructed from each source’s date and marked as reconstructed.
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Every night a snapshot of what the page shows is saved. If anything changes, it appears in the list as a log entry.
- Area
- 324 ha
- Dates
- 16 Jan 2022 – 16 Jan 2022
- Name
- C.A. Rosetti
- Official record
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Versioned permanent link
https://worldfires.org/en/fire/c-a-rosetti-tulcea-2022-01?v=2026-10-24A version keeps the area, dates, name and official record; the area as it was logged (changes under 2% are not logged). The map, hotspots and weather always show today’s data.
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CSV for this fire c-a-rosetti-tulcea-2022-01.csv · daily, no individual hotspots
| fecha | focos_viirs | frp_mw | tmax_c | tmin_c | hr_min_pct | viento_max_kmh | racha_max_kmh | precip_mm | fwi | clase_fwi | dentro_del_incendio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-16 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | -1.7 | 50 | 23.7 | 37.4 | 0 | 0.6 | muy_bajo | 1 |
| 2022-01-17 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | -1.6 | 49 | 21.6 | 37.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | muy_bajo | 0 |
| 2022-01-18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -0.7 | 43 | 39.3 | 74.5 | 1.9 | 0.6 | muy_bajo | 0 |
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We have the Copernicus perimeter for this fire, but the VIIRS sensors did not capture it in enough detail: no day-by-day evolution, but the split by municipality is there.
- Burnt area
- 324ha
- Copernicus perimeter
- Duration
- 1day
- 16 Jan 2022 – 16 Jan 2022
- Municipalities hit
- 1
- municipalities
- Started on
- 16 Jan
- 2022
- Danger at start
- 1
- Very low · FWI index
- Natura 2000
- 100%
- of the perimeter is protected land
Where it burned
The weather it burned in
4°high
37km/h · peak gust
50%lowest humidity
It had gone 6 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 1.9 mm on 18 Jan.
This area had burned before
100% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 60 ha in 2016, 323 ha in 2017, 188 ha in 2019, 247 ha in 2020. Part of it burned more than once, so the yearly figures add up to more than the 324 ha that had burned before.
- 323 ha C.A. Rosetti fire, January 2017 3,207 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
- 247 ha C.A. Rosetti fire, January 2020 3,327 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
- 99 ha C.A. Rosetti fire, March 2019 540 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
- 89 ha C.A. Rosetti fire, February 2019 1,235 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
- 60 ha C.A. Rosetti fire, February 2016 372 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
What happened to each town
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323 ha1.2 %
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance runs from the point marking the centre of each area to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.
What burned
- Other natural land100 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 100 %
- LIC Delta Dunării ROSCI0065
- ZEPA Delta Dunării și Complexul Razim - Sinoie ROSPA0031
Natura 2000 sites (European Environment Agency, 2024 release) crossed by the perimeter.
Land cover inside the perimeter according to Corine Land Cover, as reported by Copernicus.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jan | 3.5 °C | 50 % | 37 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very low 1 |
| 17 Jan after | 6.3 °C | 49 % | 38 km/h | 0.1 mm | Very low 1 |
| 18 Jan after | 3.0 °C | 43 % | 74 km/h | 1.9 mm | Very low 1 |
Its twins: fires that started in the same weather
It started with an FWI of 0.6, a minimum humidity of 50% and 6 days without rain. Fires in the area that started in weather like this since 2017: 22.
FWI at the start
0.6
Minimum humidity
50 %
Days without rain
6
this fire
chosen twins
rest of the area
Almost identicalSimilar
Outlines of the closest twins
This fire · C.A. Rosetti fire, January 2022
324 ha
1 day
FWI 0.6
Min. humidity 50 %
Reni fire, March 2026
307 ha
10 days
FWI 0.7
Min. humidity 50 %
69 km away, in 2026
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 2.7 mm on 21 Mar.
Izmali fire, March 2026
169 ha
6 days
FWI 1.0
Min. humidity 46 %
60 km away, in 2026
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: none in the following ten days.
Blăgești fire, February 2022
111 ha
1 day
FWI 3.3
Min. humidity 54 %
148 km away, in 2022
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: none in the following ten days.
Sfântu Gheorghe fire, April 2017
1,057 ha
2 days
FWI 4.5
Min. humidity 55 %
42 km away, in 2017
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 1.9 mm on 7 Apr.
Valea Nucarilor fire, February 2020
130 ha
2 days
FWI 0.5
Min. humidity 44 %
49 km away, in 2020
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 1.3 mm on 29 Feb.
What happened to them
- 2 days
- median duration
- 308 ha
- median area
- 18 %
- went past 1,000 ha
- 2.6 mm
- rain at the end (median; 16 of 22 had it)
It burned an area similar to its twins (324 ha against a median of 308 ha) and lasted 1 day, against 2 days.
In 6 of 22, not even 1 mm fell in the ten days after the end: they went out without rain. In the rest, the first rainy day brought a median of 2.6 mm.
This is a bank of analogues: it shows what usually happens, not what will happen. With fewer than 15 twins we give no figures. How we calculate it
How it ended
1.9 mmfirst rain
18 Jan2 days after it ended
37km/h · max. gust
It was considered over on 16 Jan, and on 18 Jan 1.9 mm fell. We do not know whether the rain or the firefighters put it out. Twins with rain when they ended: 16 of 22, with a median of 2.6 mm.
Weather on this page: Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)
How a twin is chosen
- Same area: fires that have already ended, less than 250 km from this one, since 2017.
- Same start: we compare the FWI on the first day, the minimum humidity that day and the run of days without rain before it. The slider sets how much they may differ.
- Only pages with final weather data (ERA5 reanalysis) calculated in the same way as this fire’s; agricultural and grass burns and pages with data under review are left out.
- Fires burning at the same time as this one (a week before or after) are left out: they share the same spell of weather and do not count as a precedent.
- They are sorted by similarity, and the outlines of the first five are drawn.
Before and after, from space
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Before · 9 Jan 2022
After · 23 Jan 2022
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The smoke
CAMS · CopernicusOn 14 January 2022 the air beside the fire reached 21 µg/m³ of PM2.5. That day averaged 17: 1.2 times the WHO daily guideline (15).
PM2.5 peak21 µg/m³
Days over the guideline1 day
PM1025 µg/m³
WHO 15
14 Jan16 Jan18 Jan
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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)
Other fires nearby
- 7,692 haSulina20 March 2022 · 9 days · 4 km away
- 6,700 haChilia Veche31 March 2022 · 4 days · 13 km away
- 7,618 haSulina14 February 2025 · 7 days · 14 km away
- 6,252 haKiliia Кілійський район24 March 2022 · 9 days · 19 km away
- 6,060 haSfântu GheorgheJanuary 2022 · 4 days · 26 km away
- 10,843 haSfântu GheorgheJanuary 2025 · 5 days · 32 km away
Frequently asked questions
- How long did the C.A. Rosetti fire last?
- Copernicus dates it between 16 January 2022 and 16 January 2022: 1 day between the first and last image with fire.
- How much area did it burn?
- The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 324 hectares (3.2 km²). Official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire only entered C.A. Rosetti (323 ha, 1.2 %).
- Did the fire reach a town?
- The fire started in C.A. Rosetti and came within 2.6 km of its centre. That is the distance from the perimeter, or the nearest hotspot, to the point marking the centre; it does not mean it entered the houses.
- What was the weather like?
- During the fire the temperature reached 3.5 °C, humidity dropped to 50 % and gusts hit 37 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 1, class Very low.
- Where does this data come from?
- From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Romania (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.
- How did the fires that started in similar weather in this area end?
- Fires less than 250 km away that started since 2017 with a similar FWI, humidity and dry spell: 22. Their median duration was 2 days and their median area 308 ha; 18 % went past 1,000 ha. In 6 of 22, not even 1 mm fell in the ten days after the end: they went out without rain. In the rest, the first rainy day brought a median of 2.6 mm.
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 · Emergency number and official warnings
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How we know this
- Perimeter: EFFIS (Copernicus), mapped on satellite imagery.
- Dates from the perimeter: the VIIRS detections inside it did not change them. No Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
- We have not matched this page with any official record.
- Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.
- Probably a vegetation burn: not counted in the totals.
Where this data comes from
The perimeter and land cover come from the Copernicus European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), measured on MODIS and Sentinel-2 imagery and published under CC BY 4.0. 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 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ slightly from each country’s official figure.