How long did the Prikro fire last?

According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 22 January 2016 to 12 February 2016 (22 days). The perimeter dates it from 23 January 2016 to 5 February 2016.

How much area did it burn?

The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 4,004 hectares (40.0 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.

Which municipalities burned?

The fire entered 2 municipalities: Prikro (2,184 ha, 2.7 %); Famienkro (1,847 ha, 3.2 %).

What was the weather like?

During the fire the temperature reached 37.9 °C, humidity dropped to 3 % and gusts hit 38 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 60, class Extreme.

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.

CI · Côte d’Ivoire · 2016-01-22 → 2016-02-12

Prikro fire, January 2016 Prikro, Famienkro

Out · last detection 12 Feb 2016, 13:46 UTC

The fire started on 22 January 2016 in Prikro, Côte d’Ivoire, and satellites saw it burning for 22 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 4,004 hectares from heat detections, spread across 2 municipalities.

It is the 12th largest in Lacs since 2016 (of 139 with a page). Number 27 in Côte d’Ivoire in 2016, of 226.

Burnt area: 4,004ha; GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration: 22days; 22 Jan 2016 – 12 Feb 2016
Municipalities hit: 2; sub-prefectures
Started on: 22 Jan; 2016
Heat detections: 236; in a single hotspot: 34 MW
Danger at start: 44; Very high · FWI index
Energy released: 1.5GW; sum of detected power

Play back 12 Feb 2016

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 22 Jan12 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

38°high

38km/h · peak gust

3%lowest humidity

It had gone more than two months 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

Prikro where it started

2,184 ha reached on 22 Jan

2.7 %
Famienkro

1,847 ha reached on 26 Jan

3.2 %

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)
22 Jan	36.1 °C	10 %	23 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 44
23 Jan	36.7 °C	4 %	31 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 52
24 Jan	35.2 °C	5 %	38 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
25 Jan	34.9 °C	7 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 53
26 Jan	33.6 °C	10 %	29 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 50
27 Jan	35.2 °C	11 %	33 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 54
28 Jan	33.9 °C	6 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 51
29 Jan	33.9 °C	6 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 58
30 Jan	35.0 °C	9 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 53
31 Jan	35.3 °C	14 %	20 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 47
1 Feb	35.9 °C	7 %	29 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 50
2 Feb	35.8 °C	8 %	31 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 52
3 Feb	36.1 °C	3 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 55
4 Feb	35.5 °C	15 %	18 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 47
5 Feb	35.9 °C	13 %	26 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 47
6 Feb	37.9 °C	11 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 49
7 Feb	37.4 °C	10 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 50
8 Feb	36.6 °C	13 %	25 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 50
9 Feb	37.1 °C	11 %	29 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 50
10 Feb	37.3 °C	7 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 53
11 Feb	37.6 °C	10 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 52
12 Feb	37.6 °C	9 %	23 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 48
13 Feb after	35.9 °C	18 %	22 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 47
14 Feb after	35.7 °C	20 %	23 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 47
15 Feb after	35.7 °C	35 %	24 km/h	0.3 mm	Very high 38
16 Feb after	38.4 °C	18 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 44
17 Feb after	38.3 °C	22 %	24 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 42
18 Feb after	38.8 °C	18 %	29 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 46
19 Feb after	38.2 °C	22 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 51
20 Feb after	39.8 °C	16 %	35 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 52
21 Feb after	39.1 °C	22 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 48
22 Feb after	37.4 °C	36 %	36 km/h	0.2 mm	Very high 42

Before and after, from space

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Before · 15 Jan 2016

After · 19 Feb 2016

Before After

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 · 236Every 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 time	Satellite	FRP (MW)	Lat	Lon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Prikro fire last?: According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 22 January 2016 to 12 February 2016 (22 days). The perimeter dates it from 23 January 2016 to 5 February 2016.
How much area did it burn?: The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 4,004 hectares (40.0 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?: The fire entered 2 municipalities: Prikro (2,184 ha, 2.7 %); Famienkro (1,847 ha, 3.2 %).
What was the weather like?: During the fire the temperature reached 37.9 °C, humidity dropped to 3 % and gusts hit 38 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 60, class Extreme.
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.

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