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Wildfires in Gog

Gog, Ethiopia, has had 76 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 176,721 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 55% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 29).

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 24 High 40° · 20 % · 23 km/h
  2. Sun 25 High 38° · 25 % · 28 km/h
  3. Mon 26 Moderate 39° · 26 % · 30 km/h
  4. Tue 27 Very low 32° · 52 % · 34 km/h
  5. Wed 28 Low 35° · 39 % · 22 km/h
  6. Thu 29 Low 35° · 42 % · 23 km/h
  7. Fri 30 Low 35° · 40 % · 27 km/h
  8. Sat 31 Moderate 36° · 33 % · 32 km/h
  9. Sun 1 Low 37° · 41 % · 44 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

176,721
hectares burned
55 %
of its area
76
fires
3,241
km²

How many times has Gog burned?

Gog has burned 76 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Gog fire, 24 February 2026, with 2,761 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 14× 16
  2. 8× 17
  3. 4× 18
  4. 5× 19
  5. 4× 20
  6. 12× 21
  7. 7× 22
  8. 3× 23
  9. 1× 24
  10. 8× 25
  11. 10× 26
76
fires
11
years with fire
176,721
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 Ethiopia →

Fires that entered Gog

  1. 2,761 ha Gog fire, 24 February 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,745 ha in total · 3 days
  2. 2,441 ha Gog fire, 20 February 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,715 ha in total · 5 days
  3. 3,343 ha Gog fire, 14 February 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 4,727 ha in total · 4 days
  4. 422 ha Jore fire, February 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 76,225 ha in total · 35 days
  5. 698 ha Dima fire, 3 February 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 2,123 ha in total · 4 days
  6. 2,064 ha Gog fire, 29 January 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,051 ha in total · 1 day
  7. 3,180 ha Gog fire, 28 January 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,160 ha in total · 3 days
  8. 2,682 ha Gog fire, 22 January 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,665 ha in total · 2 days
  9. 1,988 ha Gog fire, 17 January 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,649 ha in total · 3 days
  10. 2,042 ha Gog fire, 10 January 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,029 ha in total · 5 days
  11. 6,134 ha Abobo fire, December 2025 1.9% of the municipality · 7,057 ha in total · 8 days
  12. 452 ha Gog fire, February 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,043 ha in total · 6 days
  13. 920 ha Dima fire, 1 February 2025 0.3% of the municipality · 2,232 ha in total · 1 day
  14. 533 ha Dima fire, 29 January 2025 0.2% of the municipality · 2,585 ha in total · 2 days
  15. 2,767 ha Gog fire, 25 January 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,750 ha in total · 6 days
  16. 2,223 ha Gog fire, 23 January 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,208 ha in total · 3 days
  17. 2,571 ha Gog fire, 18 January 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,555 ha in total · 1 day
  18. 3,284 ha Gog fire, 15 January 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,264 ha in total · 2 days
  19. 785 ha Dima fire, 28 February 2024 0.2% of the municipality · 3,586 ha in total · 3 days
  20. 110 ha Jore fire, 15 February 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 4,888 ha in total · 6 days
  21. 2,271 ha Gog fire, January 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,257 ha in total · 4 days
  22. 28 ha Dima fire, 6 January 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 2,154 ha in total · 2 days
  23. 2,660 ha Gog fire, December 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,643 ha in total · 6 days
  24. 566 ha Dima fire, 6 March 2022 0.2% of the municipality · 2,780 ha in total · 3 days
  25. 0 ha Dima fire, 5 March 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 3,010 ha in total · 4 days
  26. 2,491 ha Gog fire, February 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,069 ha in total · 3 days
  27. 63 ha Dima fire, 29 January 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 2,720 ha in total · 2 days
  28. 3,352 ha Gog fire, January 2022 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,331 ha in total · 4 days
  29. 16 ha Jore fire, January 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 201,499 ha in total · 78 days
  30. 2,840 ha Gog fire, 14 February 2021 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,823 ha in total · 2 days
  31. 2,163 ha Gog fire, 12 February 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,823 ha in total · 7 days
  32. 3,030 ha Gog fire, 6 February 2021 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,011 ha in total · 4 days
  33. 3,635 ha Gog fire, 4 February 2021 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,612 ha in total · 3 days
  34. 775 ha Jore fire, 2 February 2021 0.2% of the municipality · 47,727 ha in total · 36 days
  35. 22 ha Jore fire, January 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 2,766 ha in total · 3 days
  36. 3,745 ha Gog fire, 30 January 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,722 ha in total · 6 days
  37. 352 ha Dima fire, 28 January 2021 0.1% of the municipality · 102,019 ha in total · 20 days
  38. 1,444 ha Dima fire, 20 January 2021 0.4% of the municipality · 7,225 ha in total · 3 days
  39. 533 ha Dima fire, 17 January 2021 0.2% of the municipality · 2,760 ha in total · 4 days
  40. 2,711 ha Gog fire, 11 January 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,695 ha in total · 3 days
  41. 4,129 ha Gog fire, 8 January 2021 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 4,103 ha in total · 6 days
  42. 804 ha Gog fire, 27 February 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 13,679 ha in total · 5 days
  43. 4,174 ha Gog fire, 23 February 2020 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 4,147 ha in total · 3 days
  44. 8,043 ha Gog fire, 9 February 2020 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 7,994 ha in total · 6 days
  45. 2,052 ha Gog fire, January 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,039 ha in total · 4 days
  46. 3,120 ha Gog fire, March 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,099 ha in total · 4 days
  47. 434 ha Jore fire, 26 January 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 3,919 ha in total · 5 days
  48. 5,284 ha Gog fire, January 2019 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 5,250 ha in total · 6 days
  49. 6,118 ha Dima fire, 8 January 2019 1.9% of the municipality · 20,169 ha in total · 15 days
  50. 3,103 ha Dima fire, 3 January 2019 1.0% of the municipality · 26,386 ha in total · 7 days
  51. 324 ha Jore fire, 15 December 2018 0.1% of the municipality · 2,568 ha in total · 9 days
  52. 4,272 ha Dima fire, 11 January 2018 1.3% of the municipality · 17,819 ha in total · 9 days
  53. 1,606 ha Dima fire, 10 January 2018 0.5% of the municipality · 9,823 ha in total · 5 days
  54. 163 ha Abobo fire, 6 January 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 2,580 ha in total · 7 days
  55. 8 ha Abobo fire, December 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 2,928 ha in total · 3 days
  56. 2,299 ha Gog fire, 26 December 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,284 ha in total · 7 days
  57. 3,256 ha Gog fire, 21 December 2017 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,236 ha in total · 3 days
  58. 2,162 ha Gog fire, 20 December 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,149 ha in total · 3 days
  59. 2,046 ha Gog fire, 20 December 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,032 ha in total · 5 days
  60. 2,259 ha Gog fire, 11 December 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,245 ha in total · 4 days
  61. 2,254 ha Gog fire, 11 December 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,240 ha in total · 6 days
  62. 2,840 ha Gog fire, January 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,845 ha in total · 5 days
  63. 3,538 ha Gog fire, 31 December 2016 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,516 ha in total · 3 days
  64. 1,865 ha Dima fire, 31 December 2016 0.6% of the municipality · 48,364 ha in total · 23 days
  65. 4,385 ha Gog fire, 29 December 2016 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 4,357 ha in total · 4 days
  66. 11,464 ha Jore fire, 27 December 2016 3.5% of the municipality · 30,249 ha in total · 23 days
  67. 2,656 ha Gog fire, 25 December 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,148 ha in total · 7 days
  68. 2,674 ha Jore fire, 21 December 2016 0.8% of the municipality · 64,789 ha in total · 42 days
  69. 2,281 ha Gog fire, 19 December 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,267 ha in total · 3 days
  70. 1,279 ha Dima fire, 18 December 2016 0.4% of the municipality · 7,056 ha in total · 5 days
  71. 1,927 ha Gog fire, 8 December 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,745 ha in total · 6 days
  72. 2,701 ha Gog fire, 7 December 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,682 ha in total · 3 days
  73. 721 ha Gog fire, 26 January 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,940 ha in total · 3 days
  74. 92 ha Dima fire, 23 January 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 4,702 ha in total · 4 days
  75. 1,195 ha Dima fire, 13 January 2016 0.4% of the municipality · 4,062 ha in total · 3 days
  76. 5,099 ha Gog fire, 2 January 2016 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 5,067 ha in total · 2 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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