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Kupres (BiH) fire, August 2017 Kupres (BiH), Tomislavgrad

Out · last detection 1 Sept 2017, 23:58 UTC

The fire started on 26 August 2017 in Kupres (BiH), Bosnia & Herzegovina, and satellites saw it burning for 6 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 2,974 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 2 municipalities.

It is the 13th largest in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2016 (of 520 with a page). Number 4 in Bosnia & Herzegovina in 2017, of 102.

Burnt area
2,974ha
Copernicus perimeter
Duration
6days
26 Aug 2017 – 31 Aug 2017
Municipalities hit
2
municipalities
Started on
26 Aug
2017
Heat detections
120
in a single hotspot: 51 MW
Danger at start
23
High · FWI index
Energy released
1.1GW
sum of detected power

Where it burned

1 Sept 2017
HOTSPOTS BY DAY 26 Aug31 Aug

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

29°high
52km/h · peak gust
16%lowest humidity

It had gone 5 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 32.6 mm on 2 Sept.

This area had burned before

9% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 259 ha in 2016.

What happened to each town

  1. Kupres (BiH) where it started
    2,167 ha reached on 25 Aug
    3.8 %
  2. Tomislavgrad
    806 ha reached on 27 Aug
    0.8 %

Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official 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.

What burned

  • Other natural land64 %
  • Scrub and transitional woodland33 %
  • Broadleaved forest1.9 %
  • Agricultural areas1.8 %

Land cover inside the perimeter according to Corine Land Cover, as reported by Copernicus.

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)
26 Aug 28.9 °C 24 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 23
27 Aug 29.3 °C 19 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm High 24
28 Aug 26.4 °C 39 % 36 km/h 3.0 mm Low 6
29 Aug 22.4 °C 44 % 52 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 13
30 Aug 26.7 °C 16 % 19 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 20
31 Aug 26.6 °C 28 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 23
1 Sept after 24.0 °C 40 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
2 Sept after 21.9 °C 56 % 67 km/h 32.6 mm Very low 1

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 19 Aug 2017
After · 7 Sept 2017

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 · 120Every 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 Kupres (BiH) fire last?
Copernicus dates it between 26 August 2017 and 31 August 2017: 6 days between the first and last image with fire.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 2,974 hectares (29.7 km²). Official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire entered 2 municipalities: Kupres (BiH) (2,167 ha, 3.8 %); Tomislavgrad (806 ha, 0.8 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 29.3 °C, humidity dropped to 16 % and gusts hit 52 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 24, class High.
Where does this data come from?
From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Bosnia & Herzegovina (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: 123 · 112

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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 ADM3 (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.