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Wildfires in Kandi

Kandi, Benin, has had 79 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 137,537 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 39% of its area. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 19).

Only fires of 1,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Thu 22 Moderate 35° · 28 % · 27 km/h
  2. Fri 23 Moderate 35° · 28 % · 25 km/h
  3. Sat 24 Moderate 34° · 30 % · 21 km/h
  4. Sun 25 Moderate 35° · 26 % · 19 km/h
  5. Mon 26 Moderate 34° · 34 % · 24 km/h
  6. Tue 27 Moderate 34° · 37 % · 44 km/h
  7. Wed 28 Moderate 34° · 38 % · 42 km/h
  8. Thu 29 High 36° · 23 % · 29 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service.

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

137,537
hectares burned
39 %
of its area
79
fires
3,513
km²

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Fires that entered Kandi

  1. 130 ha Karimama fire, 4 March 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 3,232 ha in total · 6 days
  2. 1,679 ha Kandi fire, February 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,666 ha in total · 4 days
  3. 90 ha Malanville fire, February 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 1,319 ha in total · 6 days
  4. 1,125 ha Kandi fire, 30 January 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,117 ha in total · 4 days
  5. 1,270 ha Malanville fire, January 2026 0.4% of the municipality · 2,595 ha in total · 7 days
  6. 1,116 ha Kandi fire, 14 January 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,108 ha in total · 2 days
  7. 1,553 ha Kandi fire, 14 January 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,542 ha in total · 5 days
  8. 3,292 ha Kandi fire, 11 January 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,662 ha in total · 7 days
  9. 1,196 ha Kandi fire, 5 January 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,854 ha in total · 8 days
  10. 507 ha Karimama fire, 1 January 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 2,855 ha in total · 5 days
  11. 370 ha Malanville fire, December 2025 0.1% of the municipality · 2,034 ha in total · 7 days
  12. 2,134 ha Kandi fire, 21 December 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,120 ha in total · 5 days
  13. 3,540 ha Kandi fire, 19 December 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,648 ha in total · 4 days
  14. 3,193 ha Kandi fire, 10 December 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,254 ha in total · 5 days
  15. 1,176 ha Kandi fire, 5 December 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,168 ha in total · 4 days
  16. 1,461 ha Kandi fire, 2 December 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,451 ha in total · 4 days
  17. 1,276 ha Kandi fire, 30 November 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,268 ha in total · 2 days
  18. 1,098 ha Kandi fire, 3 November 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,090 ha in total · 3 days
  19. 1,186 ha Kandi fire, 11 February 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,180 ha in total · 8 days
  20. 1,413 ha Kandi fire, 4 February 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,403 ha in total · 4 days
  21. 1,578 ha Kandi fire, 27 January 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,567 ha in total · 4 days
  22. 1,076 ha Kandi fire, 9 January 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,069 ha in total · 6 days
  23. 1,473 ha Kandi fire, 8 January 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,463 ha in total · 4 days
  24. 2,148 ha Kandi fire, 23 November 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,134 ha in total · 5 days
  25. 2,916 ha Kandi fire, 23 November 2024 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,897 ha in total · 11 days
  26. 1,292 ha Kandi fire, February 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,682 ha in total · 6 days
  27. 1,046 ha Segbana fire, January 2024 0.3% of the municipality · 1,377 ha in total · 10 days
  28. 1,604 ha Kandi fire, 25 December 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,593 ha in total · 3 days
  29. 877 ha Kandi fire, 20 December 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,160 ha in total · 6 days
  30. 1,503 ha Kandi fire, 20 December 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,492 ha in total · 5 days
  31. 1,406 ha Kandi fire, 17 December 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,396 ha in total · 11 days
  32. 1,501 ha Kandi fire, 9 December 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,491 ha in total · 4 days
  33. 3,859 ha Kandi fire, 6 December 2023 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,833 ha in total · 3 days
  34. 558 ha Malanville fire, March 2023 0.2% of the municipality · 1,833 ha in total · 4 days
  35. 1,066 ha Kandi fire, February 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,059 ha in total · 5 days
  36. 829 ha Malanville fire, January 2023 0.2% of the municipality · 1,776 ha in total · 4 days
  37. 2,410 ha Kandi fire, 20 January 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,393 ha in total · 7 days
  38. 5,198 ha Kandi fire, 8 January 2023 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 5,163 ha in total · 8 days
  39. 885 ha Kandi fire, 2 January 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,658 ha in total · 4 days
  40. 1,705 ha Kandi fire, 1 January 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,694 ha in total · 5 days
  41. 2,101 ha Kandi fire, December 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,087 ha in total · 7 days
  42. 1,766 ha Kandi fire, 27 January 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,471 ha in total · 11 days
  43. 1,469 ha Kandi fire, 19 January 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,461 ha in total · 13 days
  44. 1,112 ha Kandi fire, 29 December 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,104 ha in total · 2 days
  45. 1,207 ha Kandi fire, 26 December 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,199 ha in total · 6 days
  46. 7,541 ha Kandi fire, 15 December 2021 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 7,488 ha in total · 12 days
  47. 464 ha Malanville fire, December 2021 0.1% of the municipality · 1,046 ha in total · 4 days
  48. 1,975 ha Kandi fire, 8 December 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 1,962 ha in total · 3 days
  49. 86 ha Karimama fire, 21 November 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 1,580 ha in total · 1 day
  50. 1,064 ha Kandi fire, February 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,058 ha in total · 11 days
  51. 894 ha Malanville fire, 24 January 2021 0.2% of the municipality · 3,008 ha in total · 7 days
  52. 4,073 ha Kandi fire, January 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 4,045 ha in total · 4 days
  53. 155 ha Malanville fire, 14 January 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 1,603 ha in total · 2 days
  54. 2,658 ha Kandi fire, 29 December 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,639 ha in total · 5 days
  55. 1,045 ha Kandi fire, 4 December 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,038 ha in total · 3 days
  56. 1,121 ha Kandi fire, November 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,113 ha in total · 4 days
  57. 2,084 ha Kandi fire, 24 December 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,401 ha in total · 11 days
  58. 3,128 ha Kandi fire, 10 December 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,107 ha in total · 3 days
  59. 54 ha Malanville fire, 10 December 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 1,157 ha in total · 4 days
  60. 1,322 ha Kandi fire, 28 November 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,313 ha in total · 6 days
  61. 4,124 ha Kandi fire, 28 November 2019 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 4,094 ha in total · 2 days
  62. 9 ha Karimama fire, 15 November 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 1,059 ha in total · 4 days
  63. 1,039 ha Kandi fire, 24 December 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,206 ha in total · 5 days
  64. 1,943 ha Kandi fire, 13 December 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,455 ha in total · 5 days
  65. 4,843 ha Kandi fire, 20 December 2017 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 5,024 ha in total · 7 days
  66. 3,116 ha Kandi fire, 4 December 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,300 ha in total · 4 days
  67. 1,140 ha Kandi fire, 4 December 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,133 ha in total · 3 days
  68. 4,298 ha Kandi fire, 3 December 2017 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 4,502 ha in total · 8 days
  69. 527 ha Malanville fire, 30 November 2017 0.2% of the municipality · 1,424 ha in total · 2 days
  70. 7,096 ha Karimama fire, 19 November 2017 2.0% of the municipality · 9,325 ha in total · 12 days
  71. 44 ha Karimama fire, 19 November 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 2,469 ha in total · 2 days
  72. 1,318 ha Kandi fire, December 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,321 ha in total · 7 days
  73. 1 ha Segbana fire, 9 December 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 1,586 ha in total · 8 days
  74. 1,498 ha Kandi fire, 25 November 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,553 ha in total · 8 days
  75. 768 ha Malanville fire, November 2016 0.2% of the municipality · 2,323 ha in total · 4 days
  76. 2,756 ha Kandi fire, 18 November 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,738 ha in total · 4 days
  77. 1,169 ha Kandi fire, 18 November 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,161 ha in total · 1 day
  78. 1,022 ha Kandi fire, 16 November 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,015 ha in total · 3 days
  79. 1,770 ha Kandi fire, 5 November 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,759 ha in total · 1 day

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Map Maker Ltd., Stanford earthworks (Public Domain). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).