Burned area
satellite only6,215ha
Perimeter published by GWIS (Copernicus).
- Source
- GWIS (Copernicus)
- Date
- 19 Dec 2018 – 22 Jan 2019
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KH · Cambodia · –
Choam Ksant fire, 19 December 2018 Choam Ksant
Out · last measured on 22 Jan 2019
The fire started on 19 December 2018 in Choam Ksant, Cambodia, and satellites saw it burning for 35 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 6,215 hectares from heat detections, spread across a single municipality.
It is the 2th largest in Preah Vihear since 2016 (of 69 with a page). Number 3 in Cambodia in 2018, of 22.
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Duration by satellite
satellite only35days
19 Dec 2018 to 22 Jan 2019: first and last day with fire on the page.
- Source
- GWIS (Copernicus) · NASA FIRMS · VIIRS
- Date
- 19 Dec 2018 – 22 Jan 2019
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Start
satellite only19 Dec 2018
First day with fire seen by the satellites or the perimeter.
- Source
- GWIS (Copernicus) · NASA FIRMS · VIIRS
- Date
- 19 Dec 2018
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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
model10.5FWI · low
Fire Weather Index (Canadian system) computed by WorldFires for the day the fire started. Consecutive days without rain before: 7.
- Source
- WorldFires calculation (Canadian FWI system)
- Date
- 19 Dec 2018, 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
model34.1°C · 46% RH
High of 34.1 °C and minimum humidity of 46% on 21 December 2018; gusts of 42 km/h on 30 December 2018.
- Source
- weather model at the fire’s grid cell
- Date
- 19 Dec 2018 – 22 Jan 2019
- 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.
Living inside
model≈ 30people
Estimated residents inside the perimeter and 0.25 ha of built-up area (100 m grid, epoch 2020).
- Source
- GHSL R2023A · JRC
- Date
- calculated on 24 October 2026
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This is an estimate on 100 m cells, made from satellite imagery and census data: it does not mean that homes burned or that anyone was harmed. The perimeter also contains land that never burned.
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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- Area
- 6,215 ha
- Dates
- 19 Dec 2018 – 22 Jan 2019
- Name
- Choam Ksant
- Official record
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CSV for this fire choam-ksant-2018-12.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-19 | 0 | 0 | 32.4 | 20.8 | 49 | 11.9 | 27.7 | 0 | 10.5 | bajo | 1 |
| 2018-12-20 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 21.5 | 50 | 6.9 | 19.1 | 0 | 9.4 | bajo | 1 |
| 2018-12-21 | 0 | 0 | 34.1 | 21.6 | 46 | 8.4 | 20.5 | 0 | 11 | bajo | 1 |
| 2018-12-22 | 0 | 0 | 33.6 | 22.2 | 49 | 9.2 | 22 | 0 | 11.7 | moderado | 1 |
| 2018-12-23 | 0 | 0 | 32.5 | 22.4 | 51 | 13.4 | 25.9 | 0 | 13.7 | moderado | 1 |
| 2018-12-24 | 0 | 0 | 32.6 | 21.8 | 48 | 13.8 | 28.4 | 0 | 14.4 | moderado | 1 |
| 2018-12-25 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 22.2 | 50 | 11.8 | 25.9 | 0 | 14.1 | moderado | 1 |
| 2018-12-26 | 0 | 0 | 33.9 | 22.9 | 43 | 8.5 | 24.5 | 0 | 13.7 | moderado | 1 |
| 2018-12-27 | 0 | 0 | 34.1 | 22.1 | 43 | 6.3 | 19.1 | 0 | 13.4 | moderado | 1 |
| 2018-12-28 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 | 24.3 | 61 | 6.9 | 22 | 9.9 | 0.6 | muy_bajo | 1 |
| 2018-12-29 | 0 | 0 | 29.9 | 23.7 | 56 | 12.3 | 31 | 0.9 | 3 | muy_bajo | 1 |
| 2018-12-30 | 0 | 0 | 31.6 | 23.2 | 54 | 19.4 | 42.5 | 0 | 9.9 | bajo | 1 |
| 2018-12-31 | 0 | 0 | 30.1 | 19.5 | 47 | 18.8 | 41.8 | 0 | 13 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-01 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 18.6 | 52 | 19.1 | 42.1 | 0 | 13.6 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-02 | 0 | 0 | 29.4 | 18.7 | 50 | 19.2 | 41 | 0 | 14.1 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-03 | 0 | 0 | 29.8 | 20.3 | 52 | 17.2 | 37.8 | 0 | 13.8 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-04 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 20.6 | 50 | 15.4 | 32.8 | 0 | 13.5 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-05 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 21.6 | 50 | 14.4 | 36 | 0 | 13.7 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-06 | 0 | 0 | 33.8 | 22.4 | 47 | 11.6 | 37.4 | 0 | 13.9 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-07 | 0 | 0 | 33.6 | 23.1 | 40 | 12.6 | 30.2 | 0 | 16.7 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-08 | 0 | 0 | 34.1 | 22.7 | 39 | 11.6 | 32 | 0 | 17.4 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-09 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 22.9 | 43 | 10.8 | 27.7 | 0 | 17.6 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-10 | 0 | 0 | 33.1 | 22.8 | 42 | 12.4 | 30.6 | 0 | 18.9 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-11 | 0 | 0 | 34.1 | 23.2 | 39 | 10.5 | 27.7 | 0 | 18.5 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-12 | 0 | 0 | 33.9 | 22.2 | 40 | 11.1 | 27 | 0 | 19.3 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-13 | 0 | 0 | 33.6 | 21.5 | 42 | 7.9 | 21.6 | 0 | 18.2 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-14 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 21.3 | 42 | 8.9 | 22.7 | 0 | 19.1 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-15 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 21.1 | 41 | 8.8 | 23 | 0 | 19.5 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-16 | 0 | 0 | 32.8 | 20.4 | 44 | 14.6 | 31.3 | 0 | 23.3 | alto | 1 |
| 2019-01-17 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 22.1 | 46 | 18.8 | 41.4 | 0 | 25.6 | alto | 1 |
| 2019-01-18 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 21.2 | 45 | 16 | 32.4 | 0 | 24.3 | alto | 1 |
| 2019-01-19 | 0 | 0 | 32.9 | 21 | 44 | 12.7 | 25.2 | 0 | 22.8 | alto | 1 |
| 2019-01-20 | 0 | 0 | 33.1 | 21.3 | 43 | 8.7 | 23.4 | 0 | 20.9 | moderado | 1 |
| 2019-01-21 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 22.6 | 46 | 17.2 | 37.1 | 0 | 26 | alto | 1 |
| 2019-01-22 | 0 | 0 | 32.5 | 21.2 | 44 | 17.4 | 36.4 | 0 | 26.6 | alto | 1 |
| 2019-01-23 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 20 | 41 | 15.7 | 33.8 | 0 | 25.9 | alto | 0 |
| 2019-01-24 | 0 | 0 | 31.6 | 17.9 | 37 | 10.5 | 24.5 | 0 | 23 | alto | 0 |
| 2019-01-25 | 0 | 0 | 31.9 | 17.4 | 36 | 8.7 | 22 | 0 | 22.4 | alto | 0 |
| 2019-01-26 | 0 | 0 | 30.9 | 17.8 | 38 | 16.9 | 37.4 | 0 | 28 | alto | 0 |
| 2019-01-27 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 19.1 | 41 | 16.2 | 34.2 | 0 | 27.9 | alto | 0 |
| 2019-01-28 | 0 | 0 | 31.6 | 18.3 | 41 | 11.2 | 27.7 | 0 | 25 | alto | 0 |
| 2019-01-29 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 18.9 | 39 | 10.9 | 28.4 | 0 | 25.1 | alto | 0 |
| 2019-01-30 | 0 | 0 | 32.9 | 20.8 | 43 | 12.8 | 29.9 | 0 | 26.7 | alto | 0 |
| 2019-01-31 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 21.3 | 43 | 10.8 | 21.2 | 0 | 25.7 | alto | 0 |
| 2019-02-01 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 20.7 | 41 | 13.1 | 26.6 | 0 | 27.6 | alto | 0 |
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We have the GWIS 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
- 6,215ha
- GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
- Duration
- 35days
- 19 Dec 2018 – 22 Jan 2019
- Municipalities hit
- 1
- districts
- Started on
- 19 Dec
- 2018
- Danger at start
- 10
- Low · FWI index
Where it burned
The weather it burned in
34°high
42km/h · peak gust
39%lowest humidity
It had gone 7 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.
This area had burned before
No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.
How big is it?
London boundary: geoBoundaries · Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Paris boundary: geoBoundaries · Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière (IGN-F) (Etalab Open License 2.0).
Madrid boundary: geoBoundaries · Open Data ESRI, IGN Central Registry of Cartography Area (CC BY 4.0).
Berlin boundary: geoBoundaries · Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (dl-de/by-2-0).
This compares size, not location: both shapes are at the same scale, north up, centred on each other.
What happened to each town
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Choam Ksant where it started6,255 ha1.6 %
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the GWIS 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.
People and buildings inside the perimeter
GHSL 2020Built-up area0.25 ha
Residents≈ 30
Inside the perimeter there were about 0.25 hectares of built-up land and about 30 residents (GHSL 2020, satellite-based estimate).
This is an estimate on 100 m cells, made from satellite imagery and census data: it does not mean that homes burned or that anyone was harmed. The perimeter also contains land that never burned.
Source: Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-BUILT-S and GHS-POP R2023A), European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), © European Union, CC BY 4.0. Sum inside the perimeter computed by WorldFires. human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec | 32.4 °C | 49 % | 28 km/h | 0.0 mm | Low 10 |
| 20 Dec | 33.0 °C | 50 % | 19 km/h | 0.0 mm | Low 9 |
| 21 Dec | 34.1 °C | 46 % | 20 km/h | 0.0 mm | Low 11 |
| 22 Dec | 33.6 °C | 49 % | 22 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 12 |
| 23 Dec | 32.5 °C | 51 % | 26 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 24 Dec | 32.6 °C | 48 % | 28 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 25 Dec | 33.0 °C | 50 % | 26 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 26 Dec | 33.9 °C | 43 % | 24 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 27 Dec | 34.1 °C | 43 % | 19 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 13 |
| 28 Dec | 30.5 °C | 61 % | 22 km/h | 9.9 mm | Very low 1 |
| 29 Dec | 29.9 °C | 56 % | 31 km/h | 0.9 mm | Very low 3 |
| 30 Dec | 31.6 °C | 54 % | 42 km/h | 0.0 mm | Low 10 |
| 31 Dec | 30.1 °C | 47 % | 42 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 13 |
| 1 Jan | 29.7 °C | 52 % | 42 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 2 Jan | 29.4 °C | 50 % | 41 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 3 Jan | 29.8 °C | 52 % | 38 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 4 Jan | 31.0 °C | 50 % | 33 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 5 Jan | 32.7 °C | 50 % | 36 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 6 Jan | 33.8 °C | 47 % | 37 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 14 |
| 7 Jan | 33.6 °C | 40 % | 30 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 17 |
| 8 Jan | 34.1 °C | 39 % | 32 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 17 |
| 9 Jan | 33.2 °C | 43 % | 28 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 18 |
| 10 Jan | 33.1 °C | 42 % | 31 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 19 |
| 11 Jan | 34.1 °C | 39 % | 28 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 18 |
| 12 Jan | 33.9 °C | 40 % | 27 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 19 |
| 13 Jan | 33.6 °C | 42 % | 22 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 18 |
| 14 Jan | 33.0 °C | 42 % | 23 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 19 |
| 15 Jan | 33.0 °C | 41 % | 23 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 20 |
| 16 Jan | 32.8 °C | 44 % | 31 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 23 |
| 17 Jan | 32.3 °C | 46 % | 41 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 26 |
| 18 Jan | 32.0 °C | 45 % | 32 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 24 |
| 19 Jan | 32.9 °C | 44 % | 25 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 23 |
| 20 Jan | 33.1 °C | 43 % | 23 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 21 |
| 21 Jan | 32.3 °C | 46 % | 37 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 26 |
| 22 Jan | 32.5 °C | 44 % | 36 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 27 |
| 23 Jan after | 31.3 °C | 41 % | 34 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 26 |
| 24 Jan after | 31.6 °C | 37 % | 24 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 23 |
| 25 Jan after | 31.9 °C | 36 % | 22 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 22 |
| 26 Jan after | 30.9 °C | 38 % | 37 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 28 |
| 27 Jan after | 31.1 °C | 41 % | 34 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 28 |
| 28 Jan after | 31.6 °C | 41 % | 28 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 25 |
| 29 Jan after | 32.7 °C | 39 % | 28 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 25 |
| 30 Jan after | 32.9 °C | 43 % | 30 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 27 |
| 31 Jan after | 32.7 °C | 43 % | 21 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 26 |
| 1 Feb after | 33.0 °C | 41 % | 27 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 28 |
Its twins: fires that started in the same weather
It started with an FWI of 10.5, a minimum humidity of 49% and 7 days without rain. Fires in the area that started in weather like this since 2016: 24.
FWI at the start
10.5
Minimum humidity
49 %
Days without rain
7
this fire
chosen twins
rest of the area
Almost identicalSimilar
Outlines of the closest twins
This fire · Choam Ksant fire, 19 December 2018
6,215 ha
35 days
FWI 10.5
Min. humidity 49 %
Choam Ksant fire, February 2022
2,400 ha
8 days
FWI 9.6
Min. humidity 49 %
37 km away, in 2022
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 2.5 mm on 7 Mar.
Rovieng fire, January 2017
2,643 ha
37 days
FWI 10.5
Min. humidity 49 %
126 km away, in 2017
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: none in the following ten days.
Svay Leu fire, January 2017
4,561 ha
20 days
FWI 9.5
Min. humidity 47 %
88 km away, in 2017
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: none in the following ten days.
Kandieng fire, April 2019
3,357 ha
23 days
FWI 10.0
Min. humidity 50 %
194 km away, in 2019
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 4.3 mm on 9 May.
Svay Leu fire, December 2020
2,397 ha
17 days
FWI 13.7
Min. humidity 51 %
83 km away, in 2020
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: none in the following ten days.
What happened to them
- 15 days
- median duration
- 2,398 ha
- median area
- 100 %
- went past 1,000 ha
- 2.5 mm
- rain at the end (median; 9 of 24 had it)
It was 2.6 times larger than the median of its twins and lasted 35 days, against 15 days.
Only 2 of its 24 twins burned more. The weather on the first day does not explain everything: the wind in the following days, the fuel and the firefighting also count. In 15 of 24, 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 2.5 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
—first rain
—no rain in ten days
42km/h · max. gust
It was considered over on 22 Jan, and not even 1 mm fell in the following ten days: it went out without rain. Twins with rain when they ended: 9 of 24, with a median of 2.5 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 2016.
- 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
Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.
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Before · 12 Dec 2018
After · 29 Jan 2019
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Other fires nearby
- 5,643 haChoam Ksant2 January 2020 · 24 days · 2 km away
- 3,967 haChoam KsantFebruary 2016 · 10 days · 2 km away
- 4,402 haChoam Ksant28 January 2016 · 15 days · 8 km away
- 11,485 haChoam Ksant6 February 2026 · 17 days · 19 km away
- 5,917 haNam Yuen น้ำยืน2 April 2016 · 16 days · 20 km away
- 7,521 haChoam Ksant2 February 2026 · 24 days · 35 km away
Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Choam Ksant fire last?
- GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 19 December 2018 and 22 January 2019: 35 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 6,215 hectares (62.2 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire only entered Choam Ksant (6,255 ha, 1.6 %).
- What was the weather like?
- During the fire the temperature reached 34.1 °C, humidity dropped to 39 % and gusts hit 42 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 27, class High.
- Where does this data come from?
- From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Cambodia (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 2016 with a similar FWI, humidity and dry spell: 24. Their median duration was 15 days and their median area 2,398 ha; 100 % went past 1,000 ha. Only 2 of its 24 twins burned more. The weather on the first day does not explain everything: the wind in the following days, the fuel and the firefighting also count. In 15 of 24, 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 2.5 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.
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History of this page Changes in area, dates, name, official record or merged pages, compared every night since 24 October 2026.
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How we know this
- Perimeter: GWIS (Copernicus), rebuilt from heat detections rather than mapped on 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.
- Built-up area and population come from the JRC Global Human Settlement Layer (epoch 2020, 100 m cells), summed inside the perimeter: an estimate of what was there, not a damage count.
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 (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 from each country’s official figure.