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Marneuli fire, July 2017 Georgia

Out · last measured on 23 Jul 2017

The fire started on 21 July 2017 in Marneuli, Georgia, and satellites saw it burning for 3 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 2,141 hectares from heat detections, spread across a single municipality.

It is the largest fire in Kvemo Kartli since 2016 (of 16 with a page). Number 2 in Georgia in 2017, of 45.

We have the GWIS perimeter for this fire, but the VIIRS sensors did not capture it in enough detail: no day-by-day evolution, but the split by municipality is there.

Burnt area
2,141ha
GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration
3days
21 Jul 2017 – 23 Jul 2017
Municipalities hit
0
municipalities
Started on
21 Jul
2017
Danger at start
38
High · FWI index

Where it burned

The weather it burned in

35°high
36km/h · peak gust
19%lowest humidity

It had gone 13 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.

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)
21 Jul 34.9 °C 19 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
22 Jul 34.5 °C 19 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
23 Jul 34.1 °C 22 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
24 Jul after 31.9 °C 28 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
25 Jul after 30.9 °C 31 % 20 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
26 Jul after 34.7 °C 25 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
27 Jul after 34.9 °C 26 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
28 Jul after 35.8 °C 24 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
29 Jul after 37.9 °C 22 % 49 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 45
30 Jul after 33.6 °C 30 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
31 Jul after 33.0 °C 29 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
1 Aug after 34.6 °C 22 % 30 km/h 0.6 mm High 35
2 Aug after 33.3 °C 24 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 37

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 14 Jul 2017
After · 30 Jul 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.

Other fires nearby

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Marneuli fire last?
GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 21 July 2017 and 23 July 2017: 3 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 2,141 hectares (21.4 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 34.9 °C, humidity dropped to 19 % and gusts hit 36 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 42, class Very high.
Where does this data come from?
From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Georgia (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: 112

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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 (Public Domain). 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.