Burned area
satellite only2,133ha
Perimeter published by EFFIS (Copernicus).
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- EFFIS (Copernicus)
- Date
- perimeter revised on 4 September 2025
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UA · Ukraine · –
Holo Prystan fire, 8 August 2025 Скадовський район · Holo Prystan
Out · last detection 15 Aug 2025, 10:34 UTC
The fire started on 8 August 2025 in Holo Prystan, Ukraine, and satellites saw it burning for 10 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 2,133 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across a single municipality.
It is the 31th largest in Kherson Oblast since 2016 (of 1102 with a page). Number 20 in Ukraine in 2025, of 1358.
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Duration by satellite
satellite only10days
8 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025: first and last day with fire on the page.
- Source
- EFFIS (Copernicus) · NASA FIRMS · VIIRS
- Date
- last detection: 15 Aug 2025, 10:34 UTC
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Start
satellite only8 Aug 2025
First day with fire seen by the satellites or the perimeter.
- Source
- EFFIS (Copernicus) · NASA FIRMS · VIIRS
- Date
- 8 Aug 2025
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Hotspots
satellite only70
VIIRS detections at 375 m. Most intense hotspot: 110 MW.
- Source
- NASA FIRMS · VIIRS (Suomi NPP)
- Date
- 8 Aug 2025 – 17 Aug 2025
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There is no official record to compare with. Each hotspot is a pixel detected in one satellite pass, not a separate fire.
The worst day
satellite only583MW
Total radiative power on 9 August 2025; hotspots that day: 21.
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- NASA FIRMS · VIIRS (FRP)
- Date
- 9 Aug 2025
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Fire radiative power (FRP) measures the energy the fire gives off when the satellite passes. Added up by day, it compares intensity, not area.
Danger at the start
model55.6FWI · extreme
Fire Weather Index (Canadian system) computed by WorldFires for the day the fire started. Consecutive days without rain before: 33.
- Source
- WorldFires calculation (Canadian FWI system)
- Date
- 8 Aug 2025, 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
model31.0°C · 29% RH
High of 31.0 °C and minimum humidity of 29% on 17 August 2025; gusts of 43 km/h on 8 August 2025.
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- weather model at the fire’s grid cell
- Date
- 8 Aug 2025 – 17 Aug 2025
- 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.
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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· reconstructed perimeterEFFIS (Copernicus) revises the perimeter
What was saved on 24 October 2026
Every night a snapshot of what the page shows is saved. If anything changes, it appears in the list as a log entry.
- Area
- 2,133 ha
- Dates
- 8 Aug 2025 – 17 Aug 2025
- Name
- Holo Prystan
- Official record
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Versioned permanent link
https://worldfires.org/en/fire/holo-prystan-2025-08-13?v=2026-10-24A version keeps the area, dates, name and official record; the area as it was logged (changes under 2% are not logged). The map, hotspots and weather always show today’s data.
Citation
A lede of about 60 words figures only, no adjectives
CSV for this fire holo-prystan-2025-08-13.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-08 | 16 | 508 | 30.1 | 18.3 | 25 | 21.4 | 42.8 | 0 | 55.6 | extremo | 1 |
| 2025-08-09 | 21 | 583 | 30.9 | 17.2 | 23 | 13.8 | 29.9 | 0 | 50.4 | extremo | 1 |
| 2025-08-10 | 15 | 268 | 30.7 | 19.7 | 27 | 13.6 | 29.5 | 0 | 48.7 | muy_alto | 1 |
| 2025-08-11 | 6 | 21 | 30.7 | 19.2 | 27 | 21.4 | 40.7 | 0.4 | 38.9 | muy_alto | 1 |
| 2025-08-12 | 3 | 6 | 27.7 | 15.5 | 28 | 15.7 | 28.8 | 0 | 38.8 | muy_alto | 1 |
| 2025-08-13 | 1 | 1 | 29.5 | 15.8 | 30 | 11.3 | 24.5 | 0 | 35.7 | alto | 1 |
| 2025-08-14 | 7 | 107 | 30.7 | 16.6 | 26 | 12.4 | 28.8 | 0 | 46.1 | muy_alto | 1 |
| 2025-08-15 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 17.8 | 23 | 18.8 | 38.2 | 0 | 57.5 | extremo | 1 |
| 2025-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 15.1 | 27 | 11.9 | 25.6 | 0 | 42.7 | muy_alto | 1 |
| 2025-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16.2 | 29 | 10.6 | 20.5 | 0 | 38.1 | muy_alto | 1 |
| 2025-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 18 | 25 | 23.5 | 43.2 | 0 | 45.1 | muy_alto | 0 |
| 2025-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 26.4 | 15.4 | 29 | 15.3 | 31.7 | 0 | 46.8 | muy_alto | 0 |
| 2025-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14.4 | 29 | 13.8 | 31.7 | 0.1 | 39.9 | muy_alto | 0 |
| 2025-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 29.4 | 17.1 | 41 | 15.9 | 27.7 | 0 | 41.9 | muy_alto | 0 |
| 2025-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 29.8 | 21.1 | 38 | 22.1 | 44.3 | 0 | 55.9 | extremo | 0 |
| 2025-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 18.4 | 61 | 21.1 | 44.3 | 20.8 | 4.3 | muy_bajo | 0 |
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- Burnt area
- 2,133ha
- Copernicus perimeter
- Duration
- 10days
- 8 Aug 2025 – 17 Aug 2025
- Municipalities hit
- 1
- districts
- Started on
- 8 Aug
- 2025
- Heat detections
- 70
- in a single hotspot: 110 MW
- Danger at start
- 56
- Extreme · FWI index
- Average daily power
- 188MW
- detected power per day, on average
Where it burned
HOTSPOTS BY DAY
8 Aug17 Aug
15 Aug 2025
How it evolved, day by day
9 Aug
12 Aug
14 Aug
Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.
The weather it burned in
31°high
43km/h · peak gust
23%lowest humidity
It had gone 33 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 20.8 mm on 23 Aug.
This area had burned before
79% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 1,104 ha in 2022, 561 ha in 2023, 1,404 ha in 2024. Part of it burned more than once, so the yearly figures add up to more than the 1,690 ha that had burned before.
- 1,290 ha Holo Prystan fire, July 2024 2,739 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
- 1,057 ha Holo Prystan fire, May 2022 2,033 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
- 516 ha Holo Prystan fire, August 2023 553 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
- 111 ha Holo Prystan fire, July 2024 287 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
- 3 ha Holo Prystan fire, August 2024 199 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire
How big is it?
London boundary: geoBoundaries · Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Kyiv boundary: geoBoundaries · OpenStreetMap, Wambacher · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0).
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).
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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2,134 ha reached on 8 Aug1.0 %
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official 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.
What burned
- Other natural land50 %
- Mixed forest43 %
- Coniferous forest5.6 %
- Agricultural areas1.6 %
Land cover inside the perimeter as reported by Copernicus EFFIS (outside the Corine Land Cover area).
People and buildings inside the perimeter
GHSL 2025Built-up area< 0.1 ha
Residents< 20
Inside the perimeter there was no noticeable built-up land and almost nobody lived there (GHSL 2025, 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. The GHSL 2025 epoch is a projection made from 2020 and earlier data.
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)
Started with Extreme FWI: 28 % of the area in Ukraine
| Day | High | Min. humidity | Peak gust | Rain | Danger (FWI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Aug | 30.1 °C | 25 % | 43 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 56 |
| 9 Aug | 30.9 °C | 23 % | 30 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 50 |
| 10 Aug | 30.7 °C | 27 % | 30 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 49 |
| 11 Aug | 30.7 °C | 27 % | 41 km/h | 0.4 mm | Very high 39 |
| 12 Aug | 27.7 °C | 28 % | 29 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 39 |
| 13 Aug | 29.5 °C | 30 % | 24 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 36 |
| 14 Aug | 30.7 °C | 26 % | 29 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 46 |
| 15 Aug | 29.0 °C | 23 % | 38 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 58 |
| 16 Aug | 29.7 °C | 27 % | 26 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 43 |
| 17 Aug | 31.0 °C | 29 % | 20 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 38 |
| 18 Aug after | 31.1 °C | 25 % | 43 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 45 |
| 19 Aug after | 26.4 °C | 29 % | 32 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 47 |
| 20 Aug after | 28.0 °C | 29 % | 32 km/h | 0.1 mm | Very high 40 |
| 21 Aug after | 29.4 °C | 41 % | 28 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 42 |
| 22 Aug after | 29.8 °C | 38 % | 44 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 56 |
| 23 Aug after | 23.3 °C | 61 % | 44 km/h | 20.8 mm | Very low 4 |
Its twins: fires that started in the same weather
It started with an FWI of 55.6, a minimum humidity of 25% and 33 days without rain. Fires in the area that started in weather like this since 2022: 33.
FWI at the start
55.6
Minimum humidity
25 %
Days without rain
33
this fire
chosen twins
rest of the area
Almost identicalSimilar
Outlines of the closest twins
This fire · Holo Prystan fire, 8 August 2025
2,133 ha
10 days
FWI 55.6
Min. humidity 25 %
Holo Prystan fire, September 2023
1,350 ha
4 days
FWI 56.6
Min. humidity 27 %
16 km away, in 2023
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 5.5 mm on 6 Oct.
Holo Prystan fire, July 2024
124 ha
1 day
FWI 51.9
Min. humidity 25 %
67 km away, in 2024
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 3.4 mm on 22 Jul.
Kakhovka fire, July 2025
109 ha
1 day
FWI 56.1
Min. humidity 25 %
101 km away, in 2025
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: none in the following ten days.
Kakhovka fire, July 2024
162 ha
1 day
FWI 51.4
Min. humidity 26 %
81 km away, in 2024
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 1.3 mm on 19 Jul.
Holo Prystan fire, July 2024
158 ha
7 days
FWI 55.4
Min. humidity 29 %
14 km away, in 2024
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 4.5 mm on 23 Jul.
What happened to them
- 2 days
- median duration
- 176 ha
- median area
- 12 %
- went past 1,000 ha
- 3.3 mm
- rain at the end (median; 24 of 33 had it)
It was 12.1 times larger than the median of its twins and lasted 10 days, against 2 days.
None of its 33 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 9 of 33, 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 3.3 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
20.8 mmfirst rain
23 Aug6 days after it ended
43km/h · max. gust
It was considered over on 17 Aug, and on 23 Aug 20.8 mm fell. We do not know whether the rain or the firefighters put it out. Twins with rain when they ended: 24 of 33, with a median of 3.3 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 2022.
- 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
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Before · 1 Aug 2025
After · 24 Aug 2025
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The smoke
CAMS · CopernicusOn 11 August 2025 the air beside the fire reached 18 µg/m³ of PM2.5, but no daily average passed the WHO guideline (15).
PM2.5 peak18 µg/m³
Days over the guideline0 days
PM1024 µg/m³
Optical depth0.43
WHO 15
8 Aug11 Aug14 Aug17 Aug
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Fair
Moderate
Poor
Very poor
Extremely poor
Particles from the Copernicus CAMS model at the centre of the perimeter; these are not measurements in each town. The pale bar is the worst hour, the solid one the daily average.
Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)
Detections table · 70Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
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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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Other fires nearby
- 2,739 haHolo Prystan Скадовський район18 July 2024 · 3 days · 3 km away
- 3,781 haHolo Prystan Скадовський район1 July 2024 · 9 days · 19 km away
- 5,107 haHolo Prystan Скадовський район10 August 2026 · 9 days · 23 km away
- 3,083 haHolo Prystan Скадовський район6 August 2025 · 11 days · 33 km away
- 2,881 haHolo Prystan Скадовський район7 July 2024 · 6 days · 34 km away
- 3,175 haBilozerka Білозерський район1 June 2025 · 12 days · 38 km away
Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Holo Prystan fire last?
- According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 8 August 2025 to 17 August 2025 (10 days). The perimeter dates it from 10 August 2025 to 15 August 2025.
- How much area did it burn?
- The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 2,133 hectares (21.3 km²). Official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire only entered Holo Prystan (2,134 ha, 1.0 %).
- Did the fire reach a town?
- The fire started in Holo Prystan and came within 8.2 km of its centre. That is the distance from the perimeter, or the nearest hotspot, to the point marking the centre; it does not mean it entered the houses.
- What was the weather like?
- During the fire the temperature reached 31.0 °C, humidity dropped to 23 % and gusts hit 43 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 58, class Extreme.
- Where does this data come from?
- From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Ukraine (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 2022 with a similar FWI, humidity and dry spell: 33. Their median duration was 2 days and their median area 176 ha; 12 % went past 1,000 ha. None of its 33 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 9 of 33, 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 3.3 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.
Emergency number: 101 · 112 · Emergency number and official warnings
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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: EFFIS (Copernicus), mapped on satellite imagery.
- Dates adjusted with the VIIRS detections inside the perimeter, which said 10 August 2025 to 15 August 2025. 70 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 2025, 100 m cells), summed inside the perimeter: an estimate of what was there, not a damage count.
Where this data comes from
The perimeter and land cover come from the Copernicus European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), measured on MODIS and Sentinel-2 imagery and published under CC BY 4.0. 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 slightly from each country’s official figure.