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Man fire, 23 January 2016 Man, Gbangbegouiné-Yati

Out · last detection 10 Feb 2016, 01:38 UTC

The fire started on 23 January 2016 in Man, Côte d’Ivoire, and satellites saw it burning for 19 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 3,086 hectares from heat detections, spread across 2 municipalities.

It is the 41th largest in Montagnes since 2016 (of 123 with a page). Number 35 in Côte d’Ivoire in 2016, of 226.

The power measured by the satellite is low (28.2 MW in the strongest hotspot), more typical of grass or stubble burning, or a slow surface fire, than of a large crown fire.

Burnt area
3,086ha
GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration
19days
23 Jan 2016 – 10 Feb 2016
Municipalities hit
2
sub-prefectures
Started on
23 Jan
2016
Heat detections
114
in a single hotspot: 28 MW
Danger at start
42
Very high · FWI index
Energy released
520MW
sum of detected power

Where it burned

10 Feb 2016
HOTSPOTS BY DAY 23 Jan10 Feb

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

36°high
45km/h · peak gust
7%lowest humidity

It had gone 4 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

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

What happened to each town

  1. Man where it started
    3,086 ha reached on 23 Jan
    6.5 %
  2. Gbangbegouiné-Yati
    20 ha
    0.1 %

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)
23 Jan 35.1 °C 10 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
24 Jan 34.4 °C 12 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
25 Jan 32.5 °C 17 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
26 Jan 33.8 °C 15 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
27 Jan 33.5 °C 14 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
28 Jan 33.5 °C 11 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 43
29 Jan 32.5 °C 12 % 45 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 47
30 Jan 32.4 °C 12 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
31 Jan 33.9 °C 16 % 19 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
1 Feb 34.5 °C 13 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
2 Feb 32.9 °C 13 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 44
3 Feb 33.8 °C 11 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
4 Feb 34.4 °C 18 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 38
5 Feb 34.7 °C 12 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
6 Feb 36.1 °C 11 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 43
7 Feb 35.5 °C 11 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 46
8 Feb 34.5 °C 7 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 44
9 Feb 35.4 °C 13 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 44
10 Feb 34.9 °C 11 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 45
11 Feb after 35.6 °C 9 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 46
12 Feb after 35.6 °C 10 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 44
13 Feb after 35.7 °C 13 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 46
14 Feb after 35.6 °C 27 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
15 Feb after 36.6 °C 22 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
16 Feb after 35.3 °C 24 % 22 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
17 Feb after 36.9 °C 24 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
18 Feb after 36.5 °C 24 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
19 Feb after 35.3 °C 32 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
20 Feb after 37.2 °C 24 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 16 Jan 2016
After · 17 Feb 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 · 114Every 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 Man fire last?
According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 23 January 2016 to 10 February 2016 (19 days). The perimeter dates it from 23 January 2016 to 4 February 2016.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 3,086 hectares (30.9 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire entered 2 municipalities: Man (3,086 ha, 6.5 %); Gbangbegouiné-Yati (20 ha, 0.1 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 36.1 °C, humidity dropped to 7 % and gusts hit 45 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 47, class Very high.
Where does this data come from?
From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Côte d’Ivoire (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: 180

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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 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.