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Dedoplis Tskaro fire, 11 July 2018 Dedoplis Tskaro, Sighnaghi

Out · last detection 13 Jul 2018, 09:53 UTC

The fire started on 11 July 2018 in Dedoplis Tskaro, Georgia, and satellites saw it burning for 3 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 449 hectares from heat detections, spread across 2 municipalities.

It is the 97th largest in Kakheti since 2016 (of 201 with a page). Number 17 in Georgia in 2018, of 30.

The power measured by the satellite is low (18.4 MW in the strongest hotspot), more typical of grass or stubble burning, or a slow surface fire, than of a large crown fire.

Burnt area
449ha
GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration
3days
11 Jul 2018 – 13 Jul 2018
Municipalities hit
2
municipalities
Started on
11 Jul
2018
Heat detections
15
in a single hotspot: 18 MW
Danger at start
18
Moderate · FWI index
Energy released
108MW
sum of detected power

Where it burned

13 Jul 2018
HOTSPOTS BY DAY 11 Jul13 Jul

How it evolved, day by day

1113

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

The weather it burned in

38°high
24km/h · peak gust
36%lowest humidity

It had gone 2 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 5.0 mm on 14 Jul.

This area had burned before

11% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 51 ha in 2017.

What happened to each town

  1. Dedoplis Tskaro where it started
    304 ha reached on 11 Jul
    0.1 %
  2. Sighnaghi
    146 ha reached on 11 Jul
    0.1 %

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)
11 Jul 36.6 °C 37 % 19 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 18
12 Jul 37.7 °C 36 % 21 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 21
13 Jul 35.0 °C 40 % 24 km/h 0.4 mm Moderate 21
14 Jul after 33.8 °C 42 % 23 km/h 5.0 mm Very low 4

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 4 Jul 2018
After · 20 Jul 2018

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 · 15Every 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 Dedoplis Tskaro fire last?
GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 11 July 2018 and 13 July 2018: 3 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 449 hectares (4.5 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire entered 2 municipalities: Dedoplis Tskaro (304 ha, 0.1 %); Sighnaghi (146 ha, 0.1 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 37.7 °C, humidity dropped to 36 % and gusts hit 24 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 21, class Moderate.
Where does this data come from?
From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Georgia (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 (Public Domain). 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.