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Wildfires in Bahr-Köh

Bahr-Köh, Chad, has had 138 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 399,897 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 23% of its area. Fire danger today: very high (FWI 44).

Only fires of 2,000 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. Sat 7 Very high 40° · 17 % · 28 km/h
  2. Sun 8 Very high 39° · 21 % · 35 km/h
  3. Mon 9 Very extreme 40° · 11 % · 44 km/h
  4. Tue 10 Very extreme 39° · 9 % · 47 km/h
  5. Wed 11 Very extreme 38° · 10 % · 43 km/h
  6. Thu 12 Extreme 37° · 11 % · 30 km/h
  7. Fri 13 Extreme 38° · 9 % · 25 km/h
  8. Sat 14 Extreme 39° · 9 % · 33 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 Bahr-Köh: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

399,897
hectares burned
23 %
of its area
138
fires
17,387
km²

How many times has Bahr-Köh burned?

Bahr-Köh has burned 138 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Bahr-Köh fire, 24 February 2026, with 3,587 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 26× 16
  2. 20× 17
  3. 3× 18
  4. 14× 19
  5. 6× 20
  6. 7× 21
  7. 8× 22
  8. 9× 23
  9. 8× 24
  10. 15× 25
  11. 22× 26
138
fires
11
years with fire
399,897
cumulative ha
24 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 Chad

Fires that entered Bahr-Köh

  1. 3,587 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 24 February 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,560 ha in total · 5 days
  2. 4,610 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 22 February 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,575 ha in total · 7 days
  3. 2,224 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 21 February 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,211 ha in total · 10 days
  4. 2,503 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 21 February 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,483 ha in total · 7 days
  5. 2,285 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 19 February 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,266 ha in total · 11 days
  6. 2,419 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 12 February 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,398 ha in total · 3 days
  7. 2,077 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 11 February 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,064 ha in total · 7 days
  8. 2,046 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 9 February 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,032 ha in total · 3 days
  9. 1,357 ha Barh-Signaka fire, 9 February 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 3,474 ha in total · 8 days
  10. 5,343 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 7 February 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,300 ha in total · 11 days
  11. 3,261 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 2 February 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,235 ha in total · 8 days
  12. 3,453 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 27 January 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,429 ha in total · 12 days
  13. 69 ha Barh-Signaka fire, 27 January 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 18,222 ha in total · 15 days
  14. 2,047 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 25 January 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,035 ha in total · 15 days
  15. 3,394 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 21 January 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,373 ha in total · 8 days
  16. 11,789 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 17 January 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 14,308 ha in total · 11 days
  17. 3,011 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 17 January 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,991 ha in total · 12 days
  18. 860 ha Lac Iro fire, 14 January 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 2,504 ha in total · 9 days
  19. 303 ha Barh-Signaka fire, 9 January 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 8,516 ha in total · 8 days
  20. 3,863 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 4 January 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,829 ha in total · 8 days
  21. 2,042 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 4 January 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,028 ha in total · 9 days
  22. 2,585 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 3 January 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,563 ha in total · 4 days
  23. 2,074 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 14 December 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,056 ha in total · 2 days
  24. 2,168 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 7 December 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,158 ha in total · 15 days
  25. 2,151 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 1 December 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,132 ha in total · 6 days
  26. 2,345 ha Bahr-Köh fire, November 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,550 ha in total · 7 days
  27. 2,349 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 17 February 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,330 ha in total · 7 days
  28. 607 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 8 February 2025 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 2,394 ha in total · 4 days
  29. 2,454 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 30 January 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,434 ha in total · 7 days
  30. 2,843 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 27 January 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,820 ha in total · 5 days
  31. 7,362 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 20 January 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,300 ha in total · 14 days
  32. 2,116 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 17 January 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,100 ha in total · 4 days
  33. 2,769 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 15 January 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,750 ha in total · 5 days
  34. 3,300 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 12 January 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,274 ha in total · 6 days
  35. 7,333 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 9 January 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,437 ha in total · 13 days
  36. 2,659 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 6 January 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,636 ha in total · 5 days
  37. 2,254 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 4 January 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,236 ha in total · 7 days
  38. 2,666 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 31 December 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,645 ha in total · 9 days
  39. 2,453 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 24 December 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,437 ha in total · 10 days
  40. 3,452 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 16 December 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,423 ha in total · 8 days
  41. 4,895 ha Bahr-Köh fire, March 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,853 ha in total · 8 days
  42. 2,422 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 19 January 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,405 ha in total · 9 days
  43. 165 ha Barh-Signaka fire, 14 January 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 12,354 ha in total · 15 days
  44. 2,119 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 12 January 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,101 ha in total · 2 days
  45. 5,274 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 4 January 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,231 ha in total · 12 days
  46. 4,605 ha Bahr-Köh fire, December 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,652 ha in total · 12 days
  47. 68 ha Barh-Signaka fire, 10 February 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 2,755 ha in total · 9 days
  48. 2,960 ha Bahr-Köh fire, February 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,934 ha in total · 8 days
  49. 1,919 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 31 January 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,247 ha in total · 6 days
  50. 2,213 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 27 January 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,197 ha in total · 4 days
  51. 2,880 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 27 January 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,857 ha in total · 9 days
  52. 2,469 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 23 January 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,448 ha in total · 3 days
  53. 2,354 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 23 January 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,334 ha in total · 4 days
  54. 4,022 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 22 January 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,995 ha in total · 8 days
  55. 1,231 ha Barh-Signaka fire, 22 December 2022 0.1% of the municipality · 2,684 ha in total · 2 days
  56. 21 ha Lac Iro fire, 16 November 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 3,946 ha in total · 16 days
  57. 5,273 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 15 November 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,245 ha in total · 22 days
  58. 2,940 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 12 November 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,925 ha in total · 4 days
  59. 73 ha Barh-Signaka fire, 16 January 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 2,917 ha in total · 4 days
  60. 2,679 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 15 January 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,658 ha in total · 5 days
  61. 2,155 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 13 January 2022 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,168 ha in total · 4 days
  62. 1,084 ha Barh-Signaka fire, 9 January 2022 0.1% of the municipality · 6,324 ha in total · 11 days
  63. 2,860 ha Bahr-Köh fire, December 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,846 ha in total · 17 days
  64. 2,478 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 27 November 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,466 ha in total · 11 days
  65. 2,870 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 26 November 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,856 ha in total · 14 days
  66. 2,131 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 22 November 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,121 ha in total · 7 days
  67. 353 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 21 November 2021 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 2,505 ha in total · 17 days
  68. 2,218 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 19 January 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,203 ha in total · 5 days
  69. 3,530 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 15 January 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,505 ha in total · 6 days
  70. 2,697 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 30 November 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,684 ha in total · 7 days
  71. 2,849 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 18 November 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,824 ha in total · 8 days
  72. 3,325 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 22 February 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,299 ha in total · 6 days
  73. 2,781 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 22 February 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,760 ha in total · 8 days
  74. 4,567 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 12 February 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,535 ha in total · 10 days
  75. 2,390 ha Bahr-Köh fire, January 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,369 ha in total · 5 days
  76. 10,276 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 28 December 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 10,196 ha in total · 9 days
  77. 2,904 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 27 December 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,923 ha in total · 8 days
  78. 2,296 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 24 December 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,277 ha in total · 7 days
  79. 2,729 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 18 December 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,707 ha in total · 6 days
  80. 2,309 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 15 December 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,298 ha in total · 4 days
  81. 2,041 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 13 December 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,024 ha in total · 2 days
  82. 2,378 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 5 December 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,358 ha in total · 5 days
  83. 2,628 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 1 December 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,605 ha in total · 2 days
  84. 4,385 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 27 January 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,351 ha in total · 9 days
  85. 2,251 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 16 January 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,231 ha in total · 1 day
  86. 2,128 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 11 January 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,110 ha in total · 6 days
  87. 3,334 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 4 January 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,305 ha in total · 10 days
  88. 2,631 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 3 January 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,612 ha in total · 13 days
  89. 2,376 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 2 January 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,356 ha in total · 5 days
  90. 1,163 ha Bahr-Köh fire, December 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,361 ha in total · 5 days
  91. 2,495 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 5 January 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,477 ha in total · 5 days
  92. 2,336 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 2 January 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,318 ha in total · 8 days
  93. 2,061 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 30 December 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,045 ha in total · 6 days
  94. 2,295 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 30 December 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,275 ha in total · 7 days
  95. 11,916 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 26 December 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 11,833 ha in total · 19 days
  96. 2,145 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 24 December 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,129 ha in total · 8 days
  97. 2,294 ha Barh-Signaka fire, 24 December 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 2,724 ha in total · 8 days
  98. 4,405 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 23 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,370 ha in total · 3 days
  99. 2,623 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 22 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,605 ha in total · 4 days
  100. 2,966 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 18 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,942 ha in total · 6 days
  101. 7,115 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 16 December 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,053 ha in total · 10 days
  102. 2,871 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 15 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,853 ha in total · 8 days
  103. 3,253 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 14 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,229 ha in total · 9 days
  104. 3,021 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 12 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,997 ha in total · 2 days
  105. 4,924 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 11 December 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,885 ha in total · 14 days
  106. 2,804 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 2 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,782 ha in total · 3 days
  107. 2,302 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 2 December 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,284 ha in total · 5 days
  108. 724 ha Lac Iro fire, 1 December 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 2,409 ha in total · 3 days
  109. 2,201 ha Bahr-Köh fire, February 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,187 ha in total · 4 days
  110. 2,200 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 5 January 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,185 ha in total · 4 days
  111. 2,734 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 2 January 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,714 ha in total · 5 days
  112. 3,061 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 1 January 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,037 ha in total · 8 days
  113. 3,855 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 28 December 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,830 ha in total · 7 days
  114. 2,043 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 25 December 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,029 ha in total · 7 days
  115. 2,646 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 23 December 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,627 ha in total · 4 days
  116. 4,248 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 13 December 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,215 ha in total · 12 days
  117. 3,605 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 10 December 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,954 ha in total · 16 days
  118. 4,267 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 10 December 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,233 ha in total · 12 days
  119. 3,007 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 9 December 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,987 ha in total · 6 days
  120. 2,608 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 9 December 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,590 ha in total · 8 days
  121. 2,081 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 6 December 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,065 ha in total · 11 days
  122. 5,784 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 5 December 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,933 ha in total · 6 days
  123. 2,708 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 3 December 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,691 ha in total · 10 days
  124. 3,399 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 26 November 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,371 ha in total · 11 days
  125. 2,289 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 23 November 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,268 ha in total · 4 days
  126. 3,444 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 20 November 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,414 ha in total · 8 days
  127. 520 ha Barh-Signaka fire, 15 November 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 2,000 ha in total · 3 days
  128. 2,446 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 6 November 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,426 ha in total · 3 days
  129. 3,023 ha Bahr-Köh fire, October 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,996 ha in total · 5 days
  130. 3,869 ha Bahr-Köh fire, March 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,836 ha in total · 3 days
  131. 2,272 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 7 February 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,253 ha in total · 4 days
  132. 228 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 4 February 2016 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 3,689 ha in total · 7 days
  133. 1,471 ha Barh-Signaka fire, 24 January 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 2,590 ha in total · 4 days
  134. 2,120 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 22 January 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,105 ha in total · 4 days
  135. 3,284 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 20 January 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,256 ha in total · 7 days
  136. 2,835 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 16 January 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,816 ha in total · 8 days
  137. 2,666 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 9 January 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,650 ha in total · 14 days
  138. 3,250 ha Bahr-Köh fire, 7 January 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,225 ha in total · 4 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/OCHA Chad, OCHA Chad (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). 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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