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Wildfires in Dibat

Dibat, Ethiopia, has had 74 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 208,575 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 93% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 22).

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. Fri 23 High 32° · 25 % · 28 km/h
  2. Sat 24 High 33° · 25 % · 25 km/h
  3. Sun 25 High 33° · 24 % · 29 km/h
  4. Mon 26 High 34° · 25 % · 32 km/h
  5. Tue 27 Moderate 31° · 35 % · 34 km/h
  6. Wed 28 Very low 30° · 40 % · 31 km/h
  7. Thu 29 Moderate 32° · 31 % · 34 km/h
  8. Fri 30 High 33° · 25 % · 34 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

208,575
hectares burned
93 %
of its area
74
fires
2,246
km²

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Fires that entered Dibat

  1. 2,728 ha Bulen fire, March 2026 1.2% of the municipality · 2,936 ha in total · 3 days
  2. 2,875 ha Dibat fire, March 2026 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 2,859 ha in total · 11 days
  3. 5 ha Bulen fire, 25 February 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 2,999 ha in total · 3 days
  4. 6,223 ha Dibat fire, February 2026 where it started 2.8% of the municipality · 6,184 ha in total · 10 days
  5. 4,817 ha Guangua fire, February 2026 2.2% of the municipality · 6,740 ha in total · 7 days
  6. 6,649 ha Dangura fire, 17 February 2026 3.0% of the municipality · 92,220 ha in total · 26 days
  7. 2,142 ha Dibat fire, January 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,131 ha in total · 4 days
  8. 2,092 ha Dibat fire, March 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,792 ha in total · 2 days
  9. 3,768 ha Dangura fire, 24 February 2025 1.7% of the municipality · 39,575 ha in total · 15 days
  10. 2,332 ha Dibat fire, 21 February 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,317 ha in total · 6 days
  11. 3,732 ha Dibat fire, 19 February 2025 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 3,711 ha in total · 8 days
  12. 2,392 ha Dibat fire, 19 February 2025 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,389 ha in total · 4 days
  13. 2,064 ha Mandura fire, 25 February 2024 0.9% of the municipality · 55,089 ha in total · 15 days
  14. 2,437 ha Dibat fire, 25 February 2024 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 2,424 ha in total · 6 days
  15. 3,170 ha Dibat fire, 25 February 2024 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,151 ha in total · 7 days
  16. 2,583 ha Dibat fire, 9 February 2024 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,600 ha in total · 5 days
  17. 586 ha Bulen fire, 2 March 2023 0.3% of the municipality · 8,025 ha in total · 5 days
  18. 130 ha Bulen fire, 1 March 2023 0.1% of the municipality · 2,620 ha in total · 6 days
  19. 2,089 ha Dibat fire, February 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,078 ha in total · 4 days
  20. 5,010 ha Bulen fire, 26 January 2022 2.2% of the municipality · 91,996 ha in total · 53 days
  21. 2,150 ha Dibat fire, March 2021 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,279 ha in total · 3 days
  22. 2,275 ha Mandura fire, March 2021 1.0% of the municipality · 42,975 ha in total · 9 days
  23. 2,893 ha Dibat fire, 6 February 2021 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 2,883 ha in total · 7 days
  24. 3,015 ha Dibat fire, 1 February 2021 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 2,997 ha in total · 5 days
  25. 333 ha Yaso fire, 8 January 2021 0.2% of the municipality · 2,488 ha in total · 6 days
  26. 3,171 ha Dibat fire, January 2021 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,155 ha in total · 7 days
  27. 3 ha Guangua fire, 31 December 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 3,132 ha in total · 6 days
  28. 15 ha Guangua fire, 27 December 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 2,720 ha in total · 8 days
  29. 2,110 ha Dibat fire, 28 March 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,098 ha in total · 9 days
  30. 3,636 ha Dibat fire, 19 March 2020 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 3,940 ha in total · 2 days
  31. 3,440 ha Dibat fire, 14 March 2020 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 4,902 ha in total · 3 days
  32. 1,266 ha Dibat fire, 7 March 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,469 ha in total · 8 days
  33. 7,874 ha Dibat fire, 28 February 2020 where it started 3.5% of the municipality · 7,826 ha in total · 8 days
  34. 961 ha Dibat fire, 11 February 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,759 ha in total · 13 days
  35. 2,169 ha Dangura fire, 29 January 2020 1.0% of the municipality · 125,093 ha in total · 52 days
  36. 7,806 ha Dibat fire, 23 January 2020 where it started 3.5% of the municipality · 7,791 ha in total · 15 days
  37. 122 ha Dibat fire, 15 January 2020 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 2,783 ha in total · 5 days
  38. 745 ha Guangua fire, January 2020 0.3% of the municipality · 3,702 ha in total · 5 days
  39. 2,516 ha Dibat fire, 13 March 2019 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,238 ha in total · 2 days
  40. 4,192 ha Dibat fire, 8 March 2019 where it started 1.9% of the municipality · 4,965 ha in total · 4 days
  41. 753 ha Mandura fire, 3 March 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 14,961 ha in total · 4 days
  42. 767 ha Bulen fire, February 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 10,720 ha in total · 7 days
  43. 3,354 ha Dibat fire, 31 January 2019 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 3,334 ha in total · 8 days
  44. 7,934 ha Bulen fire, 10 January 2019 3.5% of the municipality · 8,720 ha in total · 14 days
  45. 288 ha Dibat fire, 6 January 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,135 ha in total · 5 days
  46. 749 ha Yaso fire, 5 January 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 2,822 ha in total · 7 days
  47. 3,318 ha Dibat fire, 3 January 2019 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 3,299 ha in total · 4 days
  48. 2,262 ha Dibat fire, 3 January 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,248 ha in total · 4 days
  49. 4,627 ha Guangua fire, December 2018 2.1% of the municipality · 4,833 ha in total · 12 days
  50. 3,202 ha Dibat fire, March 2018 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,182 ha in total · 5 days
  51. 5,499 ha Dangura fire, March 2018 2.4% of the municipality · 55,315 ha in total · 6 days
  52. 3,517 ha Dibat fire, January 2018 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 3,615 ha in total · 7 days
  53. 3,638 ha Dibat fire, 12 March 2017 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 3,617 ha in total · 11 days
  54. 2,643 ha Dibat fire, 8 March 2017 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 2,900 ha in total · 2 days
  55. 3,019 ha Dibat fire, 3 March 2017 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 4,986 ha in total · 6 days
  56. 2,205 ha Mandura fire, 23 February 2017 1.0% of the municipality · 33,850 ha in total · 7 days
  57. 418 ha Dangura fire, 21 February 2017 0.2% of the municipality · 39,054 ha in total · 10 days
  58. 2,870 ha Dibat fire, February 2017 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 2,852 ha in total · 3 days
  59. 1,998 ha Guangua fire, February 2017 0.9% of the municipality · 3,159 ha in total · 3 days
  60. 2,178 ha Dibat fire, 31 January 2017 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,166 ha in total · 4 days
  61. 3,512 ha Dibat fire, 30 January 2017 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 3,491 ha in total · 6 days
  62. 3,009 ha Dibat fire, 11 January 2017 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 2,991 ha in total · 9 days
  63. 3,404 ha Dibat fire, 4 January 2017 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 3,386 ha in total · 5 days
  64. 193 ha Yaso fire, 19 December 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 2,397 ha in total · 11 days
  65. 1,811 ha Guangua fire, 16 December 2016 0.8% of the municipality · 5,733 ha in total · 9 days
  66. 4,278 ha Dibat fire, 8 March 2016 where it started 1.9% of the municipality · 6,018 ha in total · 3 days
  67. 680 ha Guangua fire, March 2016 0.3% of the municipality · 5,738 ha in total · 5 days
  68. 2,451 ha Dibat fire, 1 March 2016 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 2,435 ha in total · 4 days
  69. 8,189 ha Dibat fire, 29 February 2016 where it started 3.6% of the municipality · 8,143 ha in total · 8 days
  70. 5,652 ha Dangura fire, 15 February 2016 2.5% of the municipality · 89,959 ha in total · 23 days
  71. 2,207 ha Dibat fire, 11 February 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,195 ha in total · 8 days
  72. 5,194 ha Dibat fire, 6 February 2016 where it started 2.3% of the municipality · 5,163 ha in total · 11 days
  73. 907 ha Dibat fire, 23 January 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,223 ha in total · 5 days
  74. 3,334 ha Dibat fire, 4 January 2016 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 3,313 ha in total · 8 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).