Ravno fire, June 2017 Ravno, Trebinje
The fire started on 14 June 2017 in Ravno, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and satellites saw it burning for 2 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 276 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 2 municipalities.
It is the 222th largest in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2016 (of 520 with a page). Number 62 in Bosnia & Herzegovina in 2017, of 102.
The power measured by the satellite is low (4.6 MW in the strongest hotspot), more typical of grass or stubble burning, or a slow surface fire, than of a large crown fire.
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- Burnt area
- 276ha
- Copernicus perimeter
- Duration
- 2days
- 14 Jun 2017 – 15 Jun 2017
- Municipalities hit
- 2
- municipalities
- Started on
- 14 Jun
- 2017
- Heat detections
- 13
- in a single hotspot: 5 MW
- Danger at start
- 12
- Moderate · FWI index
- Average daily power
- 7MW
- detected power per day, on average
Where it burned
How it evolved, day by day
Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.
The weather it burned in
It had gone 8 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
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Ravno where it started145 ha reached on 13 Jun0.4 %
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131 ha reached on 14 Jun0.2 %
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
- Sclerophyllous scrub90 %
- Other natural land10 %
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun | 26.8 °C | 53 % | 24 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 12 |
| 15 Jun | 25.5 °C | 68 % | 21 km/h | 7.4 mm | Very low 0 |
| 16 Jun after | 26.3 °C | 57 % | 27 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very low 2 |
| 17 Jun after | 24.1 °C | 49 % | 38 km/h | 0.0 mm | Low 8 |
| 18 Jun after | 21.7 °C | 44 % | 46 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 12 |
| 19 Jun after | 25.7 °C | 44 % | 41 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 13 |
| 20 Jun after | 26.2 °C | 49 % | 31 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 12 |
| 21 Jun after | 26.4 °C | 55 % | 27 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 12 |
| 22 Jun after | 27.8 °C | 56 % | 21 km/h | 0.2 mm | Moderate 12 |
| 23 Jun after | 28.0 °C | 54 % | 29 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 12 |
| 24 Jun after | 29.6 °C | 52 % | 20 km/h | 0.6 mm | Low 11 |
| 25 Jun after | 29.7 °C | 55 % | 25 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 12 |
Before and after, from space
Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.
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 · 13Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
| Date and time | Satellite | FRP (MW) | Lat | Lon |
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Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Ravno fire last?
- Copernicus dates it between 14 June 2017 and 15 June 2017: 2 days between the first and last image with fire.
- How much area did it burn?
- The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 276 hectares (2.8 km²). Official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire entered 2 municipalities: Ravno (145 ha, 0.4 %); Trebinje (131 ha, 0.2 %).
- What was the weather like?
- During the fire the temperature reached 26.8 °C, humidity dropped to 53 % and gusts hit 24 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 12, class Moderate.
- 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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This page is built from satellite data and official records, and it sometimes gets things wrong: the wrong dates, the wrong town, two fires merged into one, or something that was not a wildfire at all. If you know this fire first-hand (you live nearby, saw it, fought it or reported on it), tell us what really happened and we will check it.
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How we know this
- Perimeter: EFFIS (Copernicus), mapped on satellite imagery.
- Dates from the perimeter: the VIIRS detections inside it did not change them. 13 Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
- We have not matched this page with any official record.
- Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.
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.