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Wildfires in Bétaré-Oya

Bétaré-Oya, Cameroon, has had 112 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 435,315 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 37% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 22).

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

These figures leave out one page 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. Sat 14 Moderate 31° · 35 % · 22 km/h
  2. Sun 15 High 32° · 31 % · 24 km/h
  3. Mon 16 Moderate 33° · 28 % · 19 km/h
  4. Tue 17 High 32° · 25 % · 18 km/h
  5. Wed 18 Moderate 32° · 31 % · 14 km/h
  6. Thu 19 High 32° · 26 % · 16 km/h
  7. Fri 20 Moderate 31° · 44 % · 18 km/h
  8. Sat 21 High 32° · 35 % · 19 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 Bétaré-Oya: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

435,315
hectares burned
37 %
of its area
112
fires
11,834
km²

How many times has Bétaré-Oya burned?

Bétaré-Oya has burned 112 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Bétaré-Oya fire, 25 February 2026, with 1,007 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 2× 16
  2. 6× 17
  3.   18
  4. 9× 19
  5. 8× 20
  6. 18× 21
  7. 5× 22
  8. 20× 23
  9. 10× 24
  10. 23× 25
  11. 11× 26
112
fires
10
years with fire
435,315
cumulative ha
25 Feb 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 1,000 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 Cameroon

Fires that entered Bétaré-Oya

  1. 1,007 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 25 February 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,000 ha in total · 11 days
  2. 1,953 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 24 February 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,940 ha in total · 11 days
  3. 838 ha Mandjou fire, 23 February 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 1,170 ha in total · 12 days
  4. 1,223 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 21 February 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,215 ha in total · 15 days
  5. 1,388 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 21 February 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,379 ha in total · 15 days
  6. 16 ha Bélabo fire, 21 February 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 1,573 ha in total · 16 days
  7. 1,315 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 21 February 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,306 ha in total · 8 days
  8. 16,480 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 17 February 2026 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 15,829 ha in total · 26 days
  9. 9,640 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 13 February 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 9,573 ha in total · 30 days
  10. 23,769 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 12 February 2026 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 23,603 ha in total · 31 days
  11. 1,072 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, January 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,065 ha in total · 8 days
  12. 950 ha Ngaoundal fire, December 2025 0.1% of the municipality · 1,717 ha in total · 14 days
  13. 1,281 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 14 February 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,272 ha in total · 16 days
  14. 1,031 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 13 February 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,023 ha in total · 18 days
  15. 1,604 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 12 February 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,592 ha in total · 14 days
  16. 1,050 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 10 February 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,043 ha in total · 18 days
  17. 1,220 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 10 February 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,211 ha in total · 19 days
  18. 4,965 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 10 February 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,932 ha in total · 23 days
  19. 3,163 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 10 February 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,140 ha in total · 22 days
  20. 2,508 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 9 February 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,491 ha in total · 17 days
  21. 3,796 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 9 February 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,684 ha in total · 16 days
  22. 1,226 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 9 February 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,218 ha in total · 16 days
  23. 5,124 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 9 February 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,808 ha in total · 27 days
  24. 2,106 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 9 February 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,092 ha in total · 24 days
  25. 5,595 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 9 February 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,556 ha in total · 23 days
  26. 1,438 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 7 February 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,428 ha in total · 4 days
  27. 1,198 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 6 February 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,190 ha in total · 5 days
  28. 1,025 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 5 February 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,018 ha in total · 6 days
  29. 1,482 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 29 January 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,472 ha in total · 19 days
  30. 1,025 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 23 January 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,018 ha in total · 10 days
  31. 4,746 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 22 January 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,995 ha in total · 23 days
  32. 3,885 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 21 January 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,860 ha in total · 28 days
  33. 7,146 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 16 January 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,199 ha in total · 34 days
  34. 1,042 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 1 January 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,034 ha in total · 18 days
  35. 3,635 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 25 December 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,609 ha in total · 16 days
  36. 4,462 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 20 December 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,148 ha in total · 25 days
  37. 1,204 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 16 February 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,195 ha in total · 18 days
  38. 1,781 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 16 February 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,769 ha in total · 13 days
  39. 1,714 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 16 February 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,702 ha in total · 19 days
  40. 1,192 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 14 February 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,184 ha in total · 10 days
  41. 1,133 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 13 February 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,126 ha in total · 14 days
  42. 1,783 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 7 February 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,770 ha in total · 20 days
  43. 3,442 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 3 February 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,418 ha in total · 25 days
  44. 4,946 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, January 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,911 ha in total · 25 days
  45. 1,150 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 12 February 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,143 ha in total · 13 days
  46. 1,364 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 12 February 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,355 ha in total · 16 days
  47. 1,083 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 11 February 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,075 ha in total · 19 days
  48. 1,471 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 11 February 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,461 ha in total · 11 days
  49. 1,306 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 11 February 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,296 ha in total · 17 days
  50. 1,468 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 10 February 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,459 ha in total · 20 days
  51. 1,311 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 10 February 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,302 ha in total · 16 days
  52. 1,535 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 9 February 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,524 ha in total · 17 days
  53. 466 ha Dir fire, 8 February 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 1,076 ha in total · 16 days
  54. 1,174 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 8 February 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,485 ha in total · 17 days
  55. 1,309 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 7 February 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,300 ha in total · 17 days
  56. 6,649 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 7 February 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,527 ha in total · 17 days
  57. 4,867 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 5 February 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,835 ha in total · 27 days
  58. 1,627 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 4 February 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,615 ha in total · 18 days
  59. 5,296 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 4 February 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,624 ha in total · 26 days
  60. 1,476 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 3 February 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,466 ha in total · 8 days
  61. 3,019 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 2 February 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,998 ha in total · 23 days
  62. 2,910 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 1 February 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,891 ha in total · 24 days
  63. 62,227 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 1 February 2023 where it started 5.3% of the municipality · 60,062 ha in total · 32 days
  64. 3,664 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, January 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,639 ha in total · 12 days
  65. 4,411 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 19 February 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,383 ha in total · 14 days
  66. 3,394 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 10 February 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,370 ha in total · 28 days
  67. 7,076 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 1 February 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,895 ha in total · 37 days
  68. 2,174 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 23 January 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,159 ha in total · 18 days
  69. 1,716 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 17 January 2022 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,704 ha in total · 21 days
  70. 1,436 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 25 February 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,426 ha in total · 12 days
  71. 1,158 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 22 February 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,150 ha in total · 8 days
  72. 1,700 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 17 February 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,689 ha in total · 22 days
  73. 1,454 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 17 February 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,444 ha in total · 13 days
  74. 1,920 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 17 February 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,908 ha in total · 20 days
  75. 2,366 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 17 February 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,583 ha in total · 24 days
  76. 3,434 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 14 February 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,412 ha in total · 24 days
  77. 1,983 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 14 February 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,970 ha in total · 16 days
  78. 1,125 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 11 February 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,118 ha in total · 12 days
  79. 1,091 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 11 February 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,083 ha in total · 8 days
  80. 1,345 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 8 February 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,336 ha in total · 15 days
  81. 1,941 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 8 February 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,926 ha in total · 14 days
  82. 1,206 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 8 February 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,198 ha in total · 13 days
  83. 11,292 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 6 February 2021 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 9,192 ha in total · 29 days
  84. 3,655 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 6 February 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,624 ha in total · 31 days
  85. 4,733 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 5 February 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,506 ha in total · 27 days
  86. 1,525 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 3 February 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,514 ha in total · 11 days
  87. 1,150 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 3 February 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,143 ha in total · 11 days
  88. 34,438 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, January 2021 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 30,699 ha in total · 48 days
  89. 1,117 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, March 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,109 ha in total · 13 days
  90. 3,350 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 15 February 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,329 ha in total · 14 days
  91. 1,007 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 14 February 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,000 ha in total · 12 days
  92. 1,723 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 11 February 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,711 ha in total · 17 days
  93. 65 ha Mandjou fire, 5 February 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 1,071 ha in total · 10 days
  94. 3,295 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 1 February 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,123 ha in total · 27 days
  95. 1,127 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 20 January 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,128 ha in total · 9 days
  96. 12,284 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 19 January 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 10,360 ha in total · 65 days
  97. 1,049 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, December 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,042 ha in total · 2 days
  98. 1,053 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 14 February 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,046 ha in total · 11 days
  99. 1,260 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 11 February 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,252 ha in total · 14 days
  100. 1,164 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 11 February 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,156 ha in total · 14 days
  101. 1,120 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 9 February 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,112 ha in total · 15 days
  102. 2,265 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 7 February 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,250 ha in total · 18 days
  103. 2,028 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 5 February 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,014 ha in total · 20 days
  104. 8,288 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 5 February 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 8,230 ha in total · 18 days
  105. 12,016 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 1 February 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 11,307 ha in total · 23 days
  106. 1,052 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 12 February 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,045 ha in total · 20 days
  107. 15,321 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 5 February 2017 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 13,685 ha in total · 31 days
  108. 8,704 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 5 February 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 7,507 ha in total · 20 days
  109. 1,089 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 1 February 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,082 ha in total · 9 days
  110. 1,604 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 1 February 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,593 ha in total · 9 days
  111. 14,719 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, January 2017 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 14,438 ha in total · 35 days
  112. 1,024 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 12 February 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,017 ha in total · 15 days
  113. 3,192 ha Bétaré-Oya fire, 1 February 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,170 ha in total · 31 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/OpenStreetMap, Wambacher (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0). 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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