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Tafiré fire, December 2022 Tafiré, Komborodougou, Badikaha

Out · last detection 2 Feb 2023, 01:44 UTC

The fire started on 21 December 2022 in Tafiré, Côte d’Ivoire, and satellites saw it burning for 44 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 4,883 hectares from heat detections, spread across 3 municipalities.

It is the 3th largest in Valle Du Bandama since 2016 (of 101 with a page). Number 9 in Côte d’Ivoire in 2022, of 127.

Burnt area
4,883ha
GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration
44days
21 Dec 2022 – 2 Feb 2023
Municipalities hit
3
sub-prefectures
Started on
21 Dec
2022
Heat detections
246
in a single hotspot: 68 MW
Danger at start
30
High · FWI index
Energy released
2.7GW
sum of detected power

Where it burned

2 Feb 2023
HOTSPOTS BY DAY 21 Dec2 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

37°high
36km/h · peak gust
11%lowest humidity

It had gone 17 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

31% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 1,506 ha in 2022.

What happened to each town

  1. Tafiré where it started
    4,807 ha reached on 21 Dec
    3.6 %
  2. Komborodougou
    66 ha reached on 23 Jan
    0.2 %
  3. Badikaha
    42 ha reached on 17 Jan
    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)
21 Dec 32.1 °C 19 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
22 Dec 30.7 °C 21 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
23 Dec 31.0 °C 23 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
24 Dec 30.4 °C 19 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
25 Dec 31.3 °C 20 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
26 Dec 32.1 °C 20 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
27 Dec 33.2 °C 23 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
28 Dec 33.8 °C 21 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
29 Dec 32.9 °C 22 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
30 Dec 32.6 °C 20 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
31 Dec 33.8 °C 15 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 38
1 Jan 32.5 °C 14 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
2 Jan 32.4 °C 13 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
3 Jan 32.0 °C 16 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 38
4 Jan 32.3 °C 16 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
5 Jan 32.5 °C 18 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
6 Jan 33.3 °C 19 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
7 Jan 34.0 °C 21 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
8 Jan 34.8 °C 20 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
9 Jan 34.5 °C 18 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
10 Jan 34.6 °C 17 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 43
11 Jan 33.3 °C 21 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
12 Jan 33.0 °C 21 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
13 Jan 34.4 °C 18 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
14 Jan 34.0 °C 16 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
15 Jan 33.5 °C 16 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
16 Jan 34.8 °C 15 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
17 Jan 34.8 °C 16 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
18 Jan 35.2 °C 16 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
19 Jan 34.9 °C 17 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
20 Jan 34.7 °C 19 % 22 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
21 Jan 35.5 °C 26 % 22 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 38
22 Jan 36.2 °C 26 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
23 Jan 35.9 °C 31 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
24 Jan 35.2 °C 36 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
25 Jan 36.2 °C 30 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
26 Jan 36.8 °C 27 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
27 Jan 35.5 °C 27 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
28 Jan 35.7 °C 16 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
29 Jan 35.0 °C 15 % 21 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 44
30 Jan 35.1 °C 11 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 46
31 Jan 36.3 °C 12 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 48
1 Feb 36.3 °C 11 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 48
2 Feb 36.4 °C 14 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 48
3 Feb after 35.2 °C 21 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 44
4 Feb after 35.9 °C 14 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 45
5 Feb after 36.4 °C 18 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 46
6 Feb after 36.2 °C 27 % 21 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
7 Feb after 35.3 °C 32 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 38
8 Feb after 35.3 °C 36 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
9 Feb after 35.3 °C 38 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
10 Feb after 36.4 °C 31 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
11 Feb after 37.4 °C 29 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
12 Feb after 36.9 °C 23 % 26 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 Dec 2022
After · 9 Feb 2023

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 · 246Every 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 Tafiré fire last?
According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 21 December 2022 to 2 February 2023 (44 days). The perimeter dates it from 27 December 2022 to 26 January 2023.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 4,883 hectares (48.8 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire entered 3 municipalities: Tafiré (4,807 ha, 3.6 %); Komborodougou (66 ha, 0.2 %); Badikaha (42 ha, 0.1 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 36.8 °C, humidity dropped to 11 % and gusts hit 36 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 48, 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.