How long did the Guidimé fire last?

According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 14 October 2026 to 23 October 2026 (10 days). The perimeter dates it from 21 October 2026 to 23 October 2026.

How much area did it burn?

The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 2,411 hectares (24.1 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.

Which municipalities burned?

The fire entered 2 municipalities: Guidimé (2,066 ha, 2.2 %); Fanga (361 ha, 1.0 %).

Is the Guidimé fire still active?

No fire detections since 23 Oct 2026, 15:01 UTC. A lack of detections is not an official extinction.

Where does this data come from?

From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Mali (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.

ML · Mali · 2026-10-14 → 2026-10-23

Guidimé fire, October 2026 Guidimé, Fanga

Dying down · last detection 23 Oct 2026, 15:01 UTC

The fire started on 14 October 2026 in Guidimé, Mali, and satellites saw it burning for 10 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 2,411 hectares from heat detections, spread across 2 municipalities.

It is the 216th largest in Kayes since 2016 (of 337 with a page). Number 79 in Mali in 2026, of 122.

The power measured by the satellite is low (28.6 MW in the strongest hotspot), more typical of grass or stubble burning, or a slow surface fire, than of a large crown fire.

Is it still active?

No detections since 23 Oct 2026, 15:01 UTC. That usually means no flame is visible from space any more, although hotspots may remain. Satellites pass a few times a day and cloud or smoke can hide the fire: a lack of detections is not an official extinction. Each country’s emergency service declares a fire contained or out.

Burnt area: 2,411ha; GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration: 10days; 14 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
Municipalities hit: 2; communes
Started on: 14 Oct; 2026
Heat detections: 40; in a single hotspot: 29 MW
Energy released: 307MW; sum of detected power

Play back 23 Oct 2026

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 14 Oct23 Oct

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.

What happened to each town

Guidimé where it started

2,066 ha reached on 14 Oct

2.2 %
Fanga

361 ha reached on 22 Oct

1.0 %

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.

Before and after, from space

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

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Before · 7 Oct 2026

After · 23 Oct 2026

Before After

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 · 40Every 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 time	Satellite	FRP (MW)	Lat	Lon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Guidimé fire last?: According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 14 October 2026 to 23 October 2026 (10 days). The perimeter dates it from 21 October 2026 to 23 October 2026.
How much area did it burn?: The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 2,411 hectares (24.1 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?: The fire entered 2 municipalities: Guidimé (2,066 ha, 2.2 %); Fanga (361 ha, 1.0 %).
Is the Guidimé fire still active?: No fire detections since 23 Oct 2026, 15:01 UTC. A lack of detections is not an official extinction.
Where does this data come from?: From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Mali (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.

Satellite cross-check

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GWIS · Copernicus ↗

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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 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.