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Wildfires in Bulen

Bulen, Ethiopia: 83 fires since 2016 burned 470,501 hectares inside its boundaries, 1.6 times its area, because some ground burned more than once. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 1).

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. Mon 26 Low 30° · 32 % · 31 km/h
  2. Tue 27 Very low 28° · 52 % · 29 km/h
  3. Wed 28 Very low 27° · 56 % · 30 km/h
  4. Thu 29 Very low 29° · 43 % · 16 km/h
  5. Fri 30 Very low 30° · 41 % · 21 km/h
  6. Sat 31 Very low 29° · 41 % · 18 km/h
  7. Sun 1 Low 30° · 34 % · 19 km/h
  8. Mon 2 Low 30° · 33 % · 23 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

470,501
hectares burned
1.6×
times its area (some ground burned more than once)
83
fires
3,028
km²

How many times has Bulen burned?

Bulen has burned 83 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Bulen fire, March 2026, with 229 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 13× 16
  2. 9× 17
  3. 3× 18
  4. 12× 19
  5. 3× 20
  6. 13× 21
  7. 5× 22
  8. 7× 23
  9. 5× 24
  10. 5× 25
  11. 8× 26
83
fires
11
years with fire
470,501
cumulative ha
4 Mar 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 Ethiopia →

Fires that entered Bulen

  1. 229 ha Bulen fire, March 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,936 ha in total · 6 days
  2. 3,014 ha Bulen fire, 23 February 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,999 ha in total · 5 days
  3. 3,584 ha Bulen fire, 20 February 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,560 ha in total · 5 days
  4. 226 ha Wenbera fire, 11 February 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 3,929 ha in total · 17 days
  5. 29,918 ha Dangura fire, 10 February 2026 9.9% of the municipality · 92,220 ha in total · 39 days
  6. 8,129 ha Bulen fire, 7 February 2026 where it started 2.7% of the municipality · 8,074 ha in total · 14 days
  7. 265 ha Yaso fire, 6 February 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 4,865 ha in total · 15 days
  8. 3,196 ha Bulen fire, January 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,180 ha in total · 9 days
  9. 8,784 ha Bulen fire, March 2025 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 8,724 ha in total · 5 days
  10. 5,411 ha Bulen fire, 24 February 2025 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 5,375 ha in total · 12 days
  11. 3,447 ha Bulen fire, 22 February 2025 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,429 ha in total · 10 days
  12. 6,431 ha Dangura fire, 17 February 2025 2.1% of the municipality · 39,575 ha in total · 29 days
  13. 6,205 ha Bulen fire, 11 February 2025 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 6,187 ha in total · 13 days
  14. 4,881 ha Bulen fire, March 2024 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 5,199 ha in total · 6 days
  15. 5,233 ha Bulen fire, 26 February 2024 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 5,196 ha in total · 8 days
  16. 2,301 ha Bulen fire, 21 February 2024 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,287 ha in total · 17 days
  17. 6,239 ha Mandura fire, 18 February 2024 2.1% of the municipality · 55,089 ha in total · 23 days
  18. 5,053 ha Bulen fire, 17 February 2024 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 5,019 ha in total · 18 days
  19. 29 ha Wenbera fire, 23 March 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 2,485 ha in total · 12 days
  20. 2,509 ha Bulen fire, 1 March 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,620 ha in total · 8 days
  21. 2,660 ha Bulen fire, 1 March 2023 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 8,025 ha in total · 8 days
  22. 6,713 ha Bulen fire, 8 February 2023 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 6,778 ha in total · 10 days
  23. 2,871 ha Bulen fire, 6 February 2023 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,851 ha in total · 7 days
  24. 3,130 ha Bulen fire, 1 February 2023 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,464 ha in total · 13 days
  25. 2,402 ha Bulen fire, January 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,403 ha in total · 14 days
  26. 45 ha Yaso fire, February 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 4,629 ha in total · 11 days
  27. 4,802 ha Bulen fire, February 2022 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 5,550 ha in total · 8 days
  28. 40,706 ha Bulen fire, 25 January 2022 where it started 13% of the municipality · 91,996 ha in total · 61 days
  29. 5,516 ha Bulen fire, 21 January 2022 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 5,476 ha in total · 10 days
  30. 3,172 ha Bulen fire, 20 January 2022 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,156 ha in total · 12 days
  31. 4,986 ha Bulen fire, April 2021 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 4,952 ha in total · 6 days
  32. 583 ha Wenbera fire, 23 March 2021 0.2% of the municipality · 3,109 ha in total · 11 days
  33. 3,064 ha Bulen fire, 5 March 2021 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,049 ha in total · 6 days
  34. 2,189 ha Bulen fire, 3 March 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,177 ha in total · 8 days
  35. 1,300 ha Mandura fire, March 2021 0.4% of the municipality · 42,975 ha in total · 22 days
  36. 2,079 ha Bulen fire, 23 February 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,068 ha in total · 7 days
  37. 4,369 ha Bulen fire, 11 February 2021 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 4,345 ha in total · 5 days
  38. 7,638 ha Bulen fire, 2 February 2021 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 8,987 ha in total · 11 days
  39. 5,031 ha Bulen fire, 31 January 2021 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 5,004 ha in total · 10 days
  40. 489 ha Wenbera fire, 27 January 2021 0.2% of the municipality · 2,228 ha in total · 5 days
  41. 6,437 ha Bulen fire, 18 January 2021 where it started 2.1% of the municipality · 6,391 ha in total · 7 days
  42. 2,456 ha Bulen fire, 14 January 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,444 ha in total · 9 days
  43. 2,795 ha Bulen fire, 6 January 2021 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,779 ha in total · 8 days
  44. 4,860 ha Bulen fire, February 2020 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 4,833 ha in total · 12 days
  45. 2,453 ha Bulen fire, January 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,441 ha in total · 16 days
  46. 55,080 ha Dangura fire, 22 January 2020 18% of the municipality · 125,093 ha in total · 66 days
  47. 2,930 ha Bulen fire, 16 March 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,110 ha in total · 6 days
  48. 9,934 ha Bulen fire, 16 March 2019 where it started 3.3% of the municipality · 10,199 ha in total · 7 days
  49. 3,654 ha Bulen fire, 15 March 2019 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,629 ha in total · 6 days
  50. 2,944 ha Bulen fire, 15 March 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,924 ha in total · 4 days
  51. 3,431 ha Bulen fire, 9 March 2019 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,412 ha in total · 6 days
  52. 766 ha Yaso fire, 5 March 2019 0.2% of the municipality · 2,075 ha in total · 7 days
  53. 8,973 ha Bulen fire, February 2019 where it started 3.0% of the municipality · 10,720 ha in total · 7 days
  54. 4,750 ha Bulen fire, 23 January 2019 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 4,716 ha in total · 9 days
  55. 2,681 ha Bulen fire, 22 January 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,668 ha in total · 17 days
  56. 2,827 ha Bulen fire, 20 January 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,813 ha in total · 10 days
  57. 12,418 ha Bulen fire, 16 January 2019 where it started 4.1% of the municipality · 13,586 ha in total · 12 days
  58. 832 ha Bulen fire, 4 January 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,720 ha in total · 25 days
  59. 3,250 ha Dangura fire, March 2018 1.1% of the municipality · 55,315 ha in total · 17 days
  60. 4,153 ha Bulen fire, 16 January 2018 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 4,123 ha in total · 7 days
  61. 7,321 ha Bulen fire, 11 January 2018 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 7,324 ha in total · 8 days
  62. 42 ha Wenbera fire, 19 December 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 2,012 ha in total · 11 days
  63. 2,834 ha Bulen fire, 23 March 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,816 ha in total · 3 days
  64. 8,164 ha Bulen fire, 20 March 2017 where it started 2.7% of the municipality · 8,105 ha in total · 3 days
  65. 7 ha Dangura fire, March 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 4,004 ha in total · 4 days
  66. 29,350 ha Mandura fire, 22 February 2017 9.7% of the municipality · 33,850 ha in total · 10 days
  67. 2,841 ha Bulen fire, February 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,819 ha in total · 4 days
  68. 1,168 ha Dangura fire, 19 February 2017 0.4% of the municipality · 39,054 ha in total · 18 days
  69. 5,904 ha Bulen fire, January 2017 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 5,864 ha in total · 7 days
  70. 2 ha Dangura fire, 7 January 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 8,780 ha in total · 15 days
  71. 4,686 ha Bulen fire, 23 December 2016 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 4,662 ha in total · 16 days
  72. 5,758 ha Bulen fire, 22 December 2016 where it started 1.9% of the municipality · 5,760 ha in total · 24 days
  73. 488 ha Bulen fire, 6 December 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,029 ha in total · 5 days
  74. 6,017 ha Bulen fire, April 2016 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 10,492 ha in total · 9 days
  75. 2,769 ha Bulen fire, March 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,750 ha in total · 6 days
  76. 11,777 ha Bulen fire, 25 February 2016 where it started 3.9% of the municipality · 11,694 ha in total · 4 days
  77. 22,737 ha Dangura fire, 9 February 2016 7.5% of the municipality · 89,959 ha in total · 34 days
  78. 2,610 ha Bulen fire, 5 February 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,596 ha in total · 3 days
  79. 21 ha Wenbera fire, 22 January 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 3,015 ha in total · 9 days
  80. 28 ha Yaso fire, 19 January 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 2,102 ha in total · 12 days
  81. 5,195 ha Bulen fire, 17 January 2016 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 5,157 ha in total · 4 days
  82. 4,329 ha Bulen fire, 12 January 2016 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 4,299 ha in total · 8 days
  83. 2 ha Dangura fire, 4 January 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 2,955 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/Open Africa, Code for Ethiopia (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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