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Wildfires in Sambour

Sambour, Cambodia, has had 67 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 249,494 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 46% of its area. Fire danger today: low (FWI 6).

Only fires of 2,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

These figures leave out 3 pages with faulty data, under review. They appear in the lists, marked.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Thu 5 Very low 34° · 41 % · 22 km/h
  2. Fri 6 Low 34° · 45 % · 27 km/h
  3. Sat 7 Low 34° · 49 % · 30 km/h
  4. Sun 8 Moderate 34° · 41 % · 32 km/h
  5. Mon 9 Low 34° · 45 % · 35 km/h
  6. Tue 10 Moderate 33° · 50 % · 45 km/h
  7. Wed 11 Low 34° · 50 % · 45 km/h
  8. Thu 12 Very low 33° · 53 % · 42 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. Put this widget on your website

Smoke today in Sambour: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

249,494
hectares burned
46 %
of its area
67
fires
5,403
km²

How many times has Sambour burned?

Sambour has burned 67 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Sambour fire, 10 February 2026, with 3,535 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 6× 16
  2. 8× 17
  3. 4× 18
  4. 8× 19
  5. 7× 20
  6. 9× 21
  7. 5× 22
  8. 7× 23
  9. 3× 24
  10. 1× 25
  11. 9× 26
67
fires
11
years with fire
249,494
cumulative ha
10 Feb 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 2,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in Cambodia

Fires that entered Sambour

  1. 3,535 ha Sambour fire, 10 February 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,514 ha in total · 16 days
  2. 11,264 ha Sambour fire, 9 February 2026 where it started 2.1% of the municipality · 11,199 ha in total · 16 days
  3. 2,308 ha Sambour fire, 8 February 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,293 ha in total · 15 days
  4. 6,566 ha Sambour fire, 7 February 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 6,530 ha in total · 19 days
  5. 2,189 ha Sambour fire, 1 February 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,177 ha in total · 4 days
  6. 2,533 ha Sambour fire, 15 January 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,518 ha in total · 13 days
  7. 13,375 ha Sambour fire, 7 January 2026 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 13,028 ha in total · 30 days
  8. 4,619 ha Sambour fire, 7 January 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,956 ha in total · 27 days
  9. 16,389 ha Kaoh Nheaek fire, 1 January 2026 3.0% of the municipality · 53,010 ha in total · 35 days
  10. 2,013 ha Sambour fire, January 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,002 ha in total · 12 days
  11. 6,886 ha Sambour fire, 5 February 2024 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 8,003 ha in total · 13 days
  12. 2,588 ha Sambour fire, 1 February 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,575 ha in total · 20 days
  13. 2,376 ha Sambour fire, January 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,363 ha in total · 13 days
  14. 2,352 ha Sambour fire, 21 February 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,338 ha in total · 20 days
  15. 160 ha Sandan fire, February 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 2,325 ha in total · 15 days
  16. 2,888 ha Sambour fire, 9 February 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,872 ha in total · 17 days
  17. 7,313 ha Sambour fire, 3 February 2023 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 6,888 ha in total · 39 days
  18. 2,076 ha Sambour fire, 1 February 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,520 ha in total · 12 days
  19. 2,745 ha Sambour fire, 15 January 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,731 ha in total · 25 days
  20. 2,014 ha Sambour fire, 15 January 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,847 ha in total · 6 days
  21. 4,741 ha Sambour fire, February 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,750 ha in total · 23 days
  22. 2,107 ha Sambour fire, 12 January 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,096 ha in total · 16 days
  23. 2,197 ha Sambour fire, 7 January 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,186 ha in total · 14 days
  24. 3,233 ha Sambour fire, 4 January 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,214 ha in total · 24 days
  25. 2,267 ha Sambour fire, 4 January 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,254 ha in total · 19 days
  26. 1,829 ha Chetr Borei fire, 29 December 2021 0.3% of the municipality · 3,860 ha in total · 14 days
  27. 0 ha Chetr Borei fire, 24 December 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 11,261 ha in total · 23 days
  28. 2,308 ha Sambour fire, 12 February 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,295 ha in total · 18 days
  29. 2,471 ha Sambour fire, 11 February 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,458 ha in total · 12 days
  30. 2,362 ha Sambour fire, 11 February 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,479 ha in total · 11 days
  31. 21,754 ha Sambour fire, 7 February 2021 where it started 4.0% of the municipality · 20,110 ha in total · 55 days
  32. 2,449 ha Sambour fire, 26 January 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,433 ha in total · 14 days
  33. 15,454 ha Sambour fire, 6 January 2021 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 12,579 ha in total · 97 days
  34. 1,543 ha Sambour fire, 5 January 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,948 ha in total · 14 days
  35. 67 ha Chetr Borei fire, January 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 2,266 ha in total · 15 days
  36. 2,305 ha Sambour fire, 15 February 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,291 ha in total · 23 days
  37. 48 ha Sandan fire, 9 February 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 5,839 ha in total · 21 days
  38. 2,212 ha Sambour fire, 8 February 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,907 ha in total · 33 days
  39. 7,958 ha Sambour fire, 1 February 2020 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 15,814 ha in total · 30 days
  40. 431 ha Kaoh Nheaek fire, 22 January 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 4,770 ha in total · 28 days
  41. 4,921 ha Sambour fire, 19 January 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,010 ha in total · 81 days
  42. 2,349 ha Sambour fire, 8 January 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,333 ha in total · 18 days
  43. 6,458 ha Sambour fire, 1 January 2020 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 6,422 ha in total · 9 days
  44. 2,373 ha Sambour fire, 31 December 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,357 ha in total · 15 days
  45. 2,741 ha Sambour fire, 28 December 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,725 ha in total · 16 days
  46. 2,524 ha Sambour fire, 24 December 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,624 ha in total · 23 days
  47. 1,629 ha Chetr Borei fire, 20 December 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 3,727 ha in total · 20 days
  48. 5,307 ha Sambour fire, 17 December 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 5,274 ha in total · 33 days
  49. 789 ha Kaoh Nheaek fire, 16 February 2019 0.2% of the municipality · 5,475 ha in total · 43 days
  50. 492 ha Kaoh Nheaek fire, 7 February 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 5,579 ha in total · 12 days
  51. 245 ha Kaoh Nheaek fire, January 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 2,680 ha in total · 36 days
  52. 3,119 ha Sambour fire, December 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,100 ha in total · 17 days
  53. 3,668 ha Sambour fire, March 2018 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,647 ha in total · 10 days
  54. 6,064 ha Kaoh Nheaek fire, March 2018 1.1% of the municipality · 9,578 ha in total · 38 days
  55. 2,728 ha Sambour fire, February 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,714 ha in total · 51 days
  56. 3,732 ha Sambour fire, 26 February 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,269 ha in total · 17 days
  57. 148 ha Sandan fire, February 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 2,185 ha in total · 7 days
  58. 1 ha Santuk fire, 25 February 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 2,480 ha in total · 16 days
  59. 13,339 ha Sambour fire, 18 February 2017 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 13,270 ha in total · 25 days
  60. 6,038 ha Sambour fire, 17 February 2017 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 9,777 ha in total · 31 days
  61. 3,079 ha Sambour fire, 5 February 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,060 ha in total · 14 days
  62. 1,305 ha Prek Prasab fire, February 2017 0.2% of the municipality · 6,360 ha in total · 22 days
  63. 2,486 ha Sambour fire, January 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,473 ha in total · 7 days
  64. 2,029 ha Sambour fire, March 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,073 ha in total · 27 days
  65. 3,066 ha Sambour fire, February 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,051 ha in total · 26 days
  66. 4,902 ha Sambour fire, 30 January 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,874 ha in total · 19 days
  67. 2,480 ha Sambour fire, 25 January 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,466 ha in total · 18 days
  68. 5,944 ha Sambour fire, 17 January 2016 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 6,653 ha in total · 17 days
  69. 15,500 ha Sambour fire, 16 January 2016 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 14,654 ha in total · 101 days
  70. 1,989 ha Prek Prasab fire, 14 January 2016 0.4% of the municipality · 6,824 ha in total · 21 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Open Development Mekong, Open Development Cambodia (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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