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Djébonoua fire, 13 January 2022 Djébonoua, Bouaké

Out · last detection 26 Jan 2022, 14:03 UTC

The fire started on 13 January 2022 in Djébonoua, Côte d’Ivoire, and satellites saw it burning for 14 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 3,291 hectares from heat detections, spread across 2 municipalities.

It is the 6th largest in Valle Du Bandama since 2016 (of 101 with a page). Number 17 in Côte d’Ivoire in 2022, of 127.

Burnt area
3,291ha
GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration
14days
13 Jan 2022 – 26 Jan 2022
Municipalities hit
2
sub-prefectures
Started on
13 Jan
2022
Heat detections
88
in a single hotspot: 47 MW
Danger at start
38
High · FWI index
Energy released
688MW
sum of detected power

Where it burned

26 Jan 2022
HOTSPOTS BY DAY 13 Jan26 Jan

How it evolved, day by day

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

The weather it burned in

37°high
35km/h · peak gust
7%lowest humidity

It had gone 57 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

51% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 1,692 ha in 2016.

What happened to each town

  1. Djébonoua where it started
    2,930 ha reached on 13 Jan
    9.9 %
  2. Bouaké
    382 ha reached on 24 Jan
    0.2 %

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)
13 Jan 36.2 °C 28 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
14 Jan 35.9 °C 25 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
15 Jan 36.3 °C 17 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
16 Jan 36.1 °C 16 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
17 Jan 36.6 °C 13 % 19 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 43
18 Jan 34.9 °C 12 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 45
19 Jan 34.9 °C 9 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 47
20 Jan 34.7 °C 14 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 47
21 Jan 34.6 °C 10 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 48
22 Jan 35.1 °C 11 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 49
23 Jan 35.0 °C 7 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 53
24 Jan 35.6 °C 7 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 51
25 Jan 35.9 °C 10 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 52
26 Jan 35.4 °C 9 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 51
27 Jan after 35.3 °C 28 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
28 Jan after 35.6 °C 24 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
29 Jan after 35.9 °C 21 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 43
30 Jan after 35.6 °C 14 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 46
31 Jan after 36.6 °C 10 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 48
1 Feb after 35.8 °C 8 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 52
2 Feb after 35.5 °C 12 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 51
3 Feb after 36.0 °C 9 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 48
4 Feb after 36.1 °C 22 % 20 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 45
5 Feb after 36.3 °C 26 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 6 Jan 2022
After · 2 Feb 2022

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 · 88Every 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 Djébonoua fire last?
According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 13 January 2022 to 26 January 2022 (14 days). The perimeter dates it from 20 January 2022 to 26 January 2022.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 3,291 hectares (32.9 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire entered 2 municipalities: Djébonoua (2,930 ha, 9.9 %); Bouaké (382 ha, 0.2 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 36.6 °C, humidity dropped to 7 % and gusts hit 35 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 53, class Extreme.
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.