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Krakor fire, April 2016 Krakor, Kandieng

Out · last detection 29 Apr 2016, 06:16 UTC

The fire started on 12 April 2016 in Krakor, Cambodia, and satellites saw it burning for 18 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 2,775 hectares from heat detections, spread across 2 municipalities.

It is the 16th largest in Pursat since 2016 (of 33 with a page). Number 63 in Cambodia in 2016, of 116.

Burnt area
2,775ha
GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration
18days
12 Apr 2016 – 29 Apr 2016
Municipalities hit
2
districts
Started on
12 Apr
2016
Heat detections
299
in a single hotspot: 166 MW
Danger at start
27
High · FWI index
Energy released
2.7GW
sum of detected power

Where it burned

29 Apr 2016
HOTSPOTS BY DAY 12 Apr29 Apr

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

39°high
35km/h · peak gust
37%lowest humidity

It had gone 7 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 5.1 mm on 30 Apr.

This area had burned before

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

What happened to each town

  1. Krakor where it started
    2,040 ha reached on 6 Apr
    1.5 %
  2. Kandieng
    739 ha reached on 7 Apr
    1.3 %

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)
12 Apr 38.1 °C 43 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
13 Apr 37.7 °C 42 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
14 Apr 37.8 °C 42 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
15 Apr 38.2 °C 42 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
16 Apr 38.0 °C 44 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
17 Apr 38.7 °C 44 % 24 km/h 0.3 mm High 31
18 Apr 38.8 °C 45 % 22 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
19 Apr 36.1 °C 53 % 35 km/h 0.4 mm High 29
20 Apr 36.7 °C 48 % 18 km/h 0.2 mm High 23
21 Apr 36.4 °C 50 % 28 km/h 0.6 mm High 25
22 Apr 36.3 °C 44 % 22 km/h 0.2 mm High 26
23 Apr 37.5 °C 42 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
24 Apr 37.3 °C 37 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
25 Apr 38.0 °C 41 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
26 Apr 38.7 °C 47 % 29 km/h 0.1 mm High 34
27 Apr 37.9 °C 47 % 22 km/h 0.2 mm High 30
28 Apr 38.8 °C 43 % 19 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
29 Apr 34.9 °C 56 % 24 km/h 2.4 mm Low 11
30 Apr after 33.4 °C 64 % 27 km/h 5.1 mm Low 6

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 5 Apr 2016
After · 6 May 2016

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 · 299Every 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 Krakor fire last?
GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 12 April 2016 and 29 April 2016: 18 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 2,775 hectares (27.8 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire entered 2 municipalities: Krakor (2,040 ha, 1.5 %); Kandieng (739 ha, 1.3 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 38.8 °C, humidity dropped to 37 % and gusts hit 35 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 34, class High.
Where does this data come from?
From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Cambodia (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.

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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 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.