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Wildfires in Zina

Zina, Cameroon: 74 fires since 2016 burned 142,871 hectares inside its boundaries, 1.3 times its area, because some ground burned more than once. Fire danger today: high (FWI 26).

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. Fri 23 High 35° · 22 % · 27 km/h
  2. Sat 24 High 34° · 25 % · 21 km/h
  3. Sun 25 High 34° · 22 % · 21 km/h
  4. Mon 26 High 35° · 21 % · 22 km/h
  5. Tue 27 High 35° · 21 % · 24 km/h
  6. Wed 28 High 35° · 19 % · 31 km/h
  7. Thu 29 High 36° · 20 % · 41 km/h
  8. Fri 30 High 37° · 20 % · 30 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

142,871
hectares burned
1.3×
times its area (some ground burned more than once)
74
fires
1,112
km²

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Fires that entered Zina

  1. 23 ha Bogo fire, October 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 1,935 ha in total · 11 days
  2. 1,134 ha Zina fire, April 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,127 ha in total · 1 day
  3. 116 ha Logone-Birni fire, 12 April 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 1,138 ha in total · 2 days
  4. 1,073 ha Zina fire, 24 March 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,067 ha in total · 2 days
  5. 1,725 ha Zina fire, 18 March 2026 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 1,715 ha in total · 2 days
  6. 2,347 ha Zina fire, 1 March 2026 where it started 2.1% of the municipality · 4,063 ha in total · 9 days
  7. 158 ha Maga fire, February 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 1,056 ha in total · 3 days
  8. 1,138 ha Zina fire, 24 January 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,159 ha in total · 5 days
  9. 45,400 ha Zina fire, 6 January 2026 where it started 41% of the municipality · 82,158 ha in total · 66 days
  10. 194 ha Maga fire, December 2025 0.2% of the municipality · 1,653 ha in total · 7 days
  11. 1,034 ha Zina fire, May 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,028 ha in total · 3 days
  12. 1,110 ha Zina fire, April 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,399 ha in total · 9 days
  13. 2,486 ha Zina fire, 24 March 2025 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 2,700 ha in total · 13 days
  14. 3,591 ha Zina fire, 16 March 2025 where it started 3.2% of the municipality · 3,570 ha in total · 4 days
  15. 1,108 ha Zina fire, 21 February 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,101 ha in total · 2 days
  16. 3,692 ha Zina fire, 16 February 2025 where it started 3.3% of the municipality · 3,726 ha in total · 16 days
  17. 1,438 ha Zina fire, March 2024 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 1,429 ha in total · 4 days
  18. 1,064 ha Zina fire, 14 February 2024 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,058 ha in total · 5 days
  19. 1,758 ha Zina fire, 14 February 2024 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 1,770 ha in total · 4 days
  20. 1,132 ha Zina fire, January 2024 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,126 ha in total · 4 days
  21. 2,391 ha Zina fire, 13 April 2023 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 2,377 ha in total · 3 days
  22. 1,841 ha Zina fire, 1 April 2023 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 1,930 ha in total · 3 days
  23. 1,189 ha Zina fire, 18 February 2023 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,183 ha in total · 5 days
  24. 1,690 ha Zina fire, 1 February 2023 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 1,680 ha in total · 9 days
  25. 1,983 ha Zina fire, March 2022 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 2,111 ha in total · 4 days
  26. 1,043 ha Zina fire, February 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,037 ha in total · 5 days
  27. 1,150 ha Zina fire, 28 January 2022 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,144 ha in total · 5 days
  28. 1,518 ha Zina fire, 20 January 2022 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 1,509 ha in total · 10 days
  29. 64 ha Waza fire, 18 January 2022 0.1% of the municipality · 1,567 ha in total · 6 days
  30. 1,072 ha Zina fire, 30 December 2021 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,066 ha in total · 2 days
  31. 1,554 ha Zina fire, 26 December 2021 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 1,545 ha in total · 9 days
  32. 370 ha Maga fire, March 2021 0.3% of the municipality · 1,264 ha in total · 3 days
  33. 1,009 ha Zina fire, March 2021 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,004 ha in total · 2 days
  34. 1,382 ha Zina fire, 16 February 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,375 ha in total · 4 days
  35. 1,392 ha Zina fire, 9 February 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,384 ha in total · 3 days
  36. 1,178 ha Zina fire, 28 January 2021 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,171 ha in total · 3 days
  37. 1,014 ha Zina fire, 27 January 2021 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,008 ha in total · 5 days
  38. 2,647 ha Zina fire, 27 January 2021 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 2,631 ha in total · 10 days
  39. 1,396 ha Zina fire, May 2020 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 1,388 ha in total · 3 days
  40. 1,341 ha Zina fire, April 2020 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,333 ha in total · 4 days
  41. 19 ha Waza fire, 17 March 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 1,143 ha in total · 3 days
  42. 1,116 ha Zina fire, 7 March 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,110 ha in total · 7 days
  43. 1,309 ha Zina fire, 3 March 2020 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,301 ha in total · 6 days
  44. 1,274 ha Zina fire, 1 March 2020 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,266 ha in total · 4 days
  45. 1,203 ha Zina fire, 28 February 2020 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,196 ha in total · 4 days
  46. 2,762 ha Zina fire, 22 February 2020 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 2,744 ha in total · 5 days
  47. 1,656 ha Zina fire, 20 February 2020 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 1,646 ha in total · 7 days
  48. 1,646 ha Zina fire, 7 February 2020 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 1,635 ha in total · 5 days
  49. 1,233 ha Zina fire, February 2019 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,226 ha in total · 5 days
  50. 1,266 ha Zina fire, 9 January 2019 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,258 ha in total · 5 days
  51. 1,984 ha Zina fire, 8 January 2019 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 1,971 ha in total · 9 days
  52. 1,036 ha Zina fire, October 2018 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,030 ha in total · 8 days
  53. 1,207 ha Zina fire, April 2018 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,203 ha in total · 1 day
  54. 1,615 ha Zina fire, March 2018 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 1,605 ha in total · 2 days
  55. 1,113 ha Zina fire, 21 January 2018 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,106 ha in total · 9 days
  56. 1,012 ha Zina fire, 12 January 2018 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,006 ha in total · 6 days
  57. 1,245 ha Zina fire, 7 January 2018 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,237 ha in total · 6 days
  58. 1,050 ha Zina fire, 11 March 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,043 ha in total · 1 day
  59. 1,283 ha Zina fire, 2 March 2017 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,275 ha in total · 3 days
  60. 6 ha Maga fire, February 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 1,009 ha in total · 2 days
  61. 450 ha Zina fire, 20 February 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,287 ha in total · 3 days
  62. 1,590 ha Zina fire, 14 February 2017 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 1,580 ha in total · 4 days
  63. 1,473 ha Zina fire, 13 February 2017 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 1,779 ha in total · 4 days
  64. 1,415 ha Zina fire, 11 February 2017 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 1,406 ha in total · 3 days
  65. 1,269 ha Zina fire, 1 February 2017 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,261 ha in total · 4 days
  66. 1,445 ha Zina fire, 30 January 2017 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 1,437 ha in total · 3 days
  67. 1,296 ha Zina fire, 27 January 2017 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,288 ha in total · 4 days
  68. 1,511 ha Zina fire, 20 January 2017 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 1,502 ha in total · 4 days
  69. 1,353 ha Zina fire, 19 January 2017 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,344 ha in total · 9 days
  70. 1,400 ha Zina fire, 3 January 2017 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 1,392 ha in total · 7 days
  71. 1,214 ha Zina fire, December 2016 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,207 ha in total · 6 days
  72. 1,481 ha Zina fire, 17 February 2016 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 1,473 ha in total · 8 days
  73. 1,878 ha Zina fire, 10 February 2016 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 1,987 ha in total · 2 days
  74. 1,117 ha Zina fire, January 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,110 ha in total · 5 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).