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Goris fire, August 2019 Armenia

Out · last measured on 21 Aug 2019

The fire started on 20 August 2019 in Goris, Armenia, and satellites saw it burning for 2 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 751 hectares from heat detections, spread across a single municipality.

It is the 16th largest in Syunik since 2016 (of 52 with a page). Number 8 in Armenia in 2019, of 31.

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
751ha
GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration
2days
20 Aug 2019 – 21 Aug 2019
Municipalities hit
0
municipalities
Started on
20 Aug
2019
Danger at start
33
High · FWI index

Where it burned

The weather it burned in

30°high
28km/h · peak gust
20%lowest humidity

It had gone 36 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 1.0 mm on 30 Aug.

This area had burned before

No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.

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)
20 Aug 29.8 °C 20 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
21 Aug 29.5 °C 24 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
22 Aug after 29.8 °C 25 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
23 Aug after 29.9 °C 32 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
24 Aug after 30.7 °C 34 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
25 Aug after 28.9 °C 41 % 35 km/h 0.4 mm High 29
26 Aug after 27.6 °C 35 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
27 Aug after 25.3 °C 41 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
28 Aug after 26.6 °C 41 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
29 Aug after 26.9 °C 47 % 39 km/h 0.3 mm High 26
30 Aug after 23.4 °C 60 % 34 km/h 1.0 mm Moderate 12

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 13 Aug 2019
After · 28 Aug 2019

If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.

Other fires nearby

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Goris fire last?
GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 20 August 2019 and 21 August 2019: 2 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 751 hectares (7.5 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 29.8 °C, humidity dropped to 20 % and gusts hit 28 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 33, class High.
Where does this data come from?
From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Armenia (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: 911 · 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 (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.