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Wildfires in Yaso

Yaso, Ethiopia, has had 80 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 191,832 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 74% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 3).

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 31 Very low 25° · 53 % · 26 km/h
  2. Sun 1 Very low 25° · 47 % · 24 km/h
  3. Mon 2 Low 26° · 39 % · 23 km/h
  4. Tue 3 Low 26° · 37 % · 18 km/h
  5. Wed 4 Low 26° · 39 % · 19 km/h
  6. Thu 5 Low 26° · 28 % · 24 km/h
  7. Fri 6 Moderate 26° · 28 % · 19 km/h
  8. Sat 7 Low 27° · 31 % · 19 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

191,832
hectares burned
74 %
of its area
80
fires
2,609
km²

How many times has Yaso burned?

Yaso has burned 80 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Yaso fire, March 2026, with 2,259 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 15× 16
  2. 10× 17
  3. 1× 18
  4. 14× 19
  5. 10× 20
  6. 8× 21
  7. 4× 22
  8.   23
  9. 1× 24
  10. 7× 25
  11. 10× 26
80
fires
10
years with fire
191,832
cumulative ha
7 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 Yaso

  1. 2,259 ha Yaso fire, March 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,244 ha in total · 8 days
  2. 3,259 ha Yaso fire, 13 February 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 7,432 ha in total · 21 days
  3. 4,046 ha Yaso fire, 11 February 2026 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 4,020 ha in total · 20 days
  4. 277 ha Kamashi fire, 9 February 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 2,434 ha in total · 9 days
  5. 1,312 ha Haro Limu fire, February 2026 0.5% of the municipality · 2,005 ha in total · 7 days
  6. 4,630 ha Yaso fire, 6 February 2026 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 4,865 ha in total · 15 days
  7. 2,140 ha Yaso fire, 4 February 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,128 ha in total · 21 days
  8. 5,080 ha Yaso fire, 3 February 2026 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 5,049 ha in total · 18 days
  9. 2,605 ha Wenbera fire, 15 January 2026 1.0% of the municipality · 2,946 ha in total · 17 days
  10. 3,411 ha Yaso fire, January 2026 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 3,386 ha in total · 6 days
  11. 100 ha Yaso fire, December 2025 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 5,420 ha in total · 12 days
  12. 2,821 ha Yaso fire, November 2025 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 2,805 ha in total · 8 days
  13. 3,087 ha Yaso fire, March 2025 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,067 ha in total · 3 days
  14. 2,085 ha Yaso fire, 21 February 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,070 ha in total · 5 days
  15. 2,176 ha Yaso fire, 18 February 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,163 ha in total · 4 days
  16. 3,784 ha Yaso fire, 13 February 2025 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,770 ha in total · 16 days
  17. 77 ha Kiremu fire, January 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 3,531 ha in total · 5 days
  18. 2,362 ha Yaso fire, February 2024 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,349 ha in total · 8 days
  19. 4,613 ha Yaso fire, February 2022 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 4,629 ha in total · 11 days
  20. 2,215 ha Yaso fire, 27 January 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,202 ha in total · 11 days
  21. 1,927 ha Yaso fire, 19 January 2022 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,919 ha in total · 9 days
  22. 36 ha Kiremu fire, 9 January 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 2,352 ha in total · 6 days
  23. 3,663 ha Yaso fire, December 2021 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,673 ha in total · 4 days
  24. 5,113 ha Yaso fire, March 2021 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 5,077 ha in total · 10 days
  25. 2,276 ha Yaso fire, 25 February 2021 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,261 ha in total · 4 days
  26. 5 ha Dibat fire, 4 February 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 2,883 ha in total · 10 days
  27. 5,762 ha Yaso fire, 3 February 2021 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 5,726 ha in total · 7 days
  28. 183 ha Kamashi fire, 3 February 2021 0.1% of the municipality · 4,592 ha in total · 4 days
  29. 7,455 ha Yaso fire, 24 January 2021 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 8,938 ha in total · 11 days
  30. 2,172 ha Yaso fire, 8 January 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,488 ha in total · 8 days
  31. 2,746 ha Yaso fire, December 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,725 ha in total · 13 days
  32. 270 ha Gida Ayana fire, 10 March 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 2,253 ha in total · 2 days
  33. 4,040 ha Yaso fire, 28 February 2020 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 7,039 ha in total · 6 days
  34. 3,534 ha Yaso fire, 16 February 2020 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 4,506 ha in total · 16 days
  35. 0 ha Kamashi fire, 6 February 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 3,177 ha in total · 12 days
  36. 2,611 ha Yaso fire, 5 February 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,597 ha in total · 6 days
  37. 3,828 ha Dibat fire, 4 February 2020 1.5% of the municipality · 4,759 ha in total · 20 days
  38. 213 ha Yaso fire, 21 January 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 6,825 ha in total · 6 days
  39. 31 ha Dibat fire, 16 January 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 7,791 ha in total · 29 days
  40. 3,154 ha Yaso fire, 10 January 2020 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 4,935 ha in total · 11 days
  41. 2,456 ha Yaso fire, 14 March 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,442 ha in total · 10 days
  42. 1,032 ha Yaso fire, 5 March 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,075 ha in total · 7 days
  43. 330 ha Gida Ayana fire, 25 February 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 3,686 ha in total · 5 days
  44. 861 ha Ibantu fire, February 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 2,935 ha in total · 4 days
  45. 2,069 ha Yaso fire, February 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,058 ha in total · 4 days
  46. 1,115 ha Yaso fire, 13 January 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,057 ha in total · 17 days
  47. 1,283 ha Yaso fire, 11 January 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 12,926 ha in total · 19 days
  48. 6,009 ha Yaso fire, 6 January 2019 where it started 2.3% of the municipality · 6,045 ha in total · 9 days
  49. 1,862 ha Dibat fire, 6 January 2019 0.7% of the municipality · 2,135 ha in total · 5 days
  50. 2,115 ha Yaso fire, 5 January 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,103 ha in total · 17 days
  51. 2,091 ha Yaso fire, 4 January 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,822 ha in total · 11 days
  52. 3,524 ha Yaso fire, 3 January 2019 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 4,409 ha in total · 5 days
  53. 3,293 ha Yaso fire, 3 January 2019 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 3,280 ha in total · 4 days
  54. 37 ha Haro Limu fire, January 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 3,463 ha in total · 14 days
  55. 32 ha Dibat fire, January 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 3,615 ha in total · 8 days
  56. 97 ha Kiremu fire, December 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 6,755 ha in total · 21 days
  57. 2,488 ha Yaso fire, December 2017 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,469 ha in total · 4 days
  58. 122 ha Gida Ayana fire, February 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 2,817 ha in total · 5 days
  59. 450 ha Kamashi fire, 26 January 2017 0.2% of the municipality · 2,429 ha in total · 8 days
  60. 2,368 ha Yaso fire, 25 January 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,354 ha in total · 19 days
  61. 3,524 ha Yaso fire, 11 January 2017 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,499 ha in total · 9 days
  62. 2,397 ha Yaso fire, 4 January 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,382 ha in total · 10 days
  63. 16 ha Wemberma fire, January 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 4,201 ha in total · 6 days
  64. 320 ha Bio Jiganifado fire, January 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 2,581 ha in total · 6 days
  65. 10,830 ha Yaso fire, 1 January 2017 where it started 4.2% of the municipality · 11,905 ha in total · 15 days
  66. 2,222 ha Yaso fire, 19 December 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,397 ha in total · 11 days
  67. 4,286 ha Yaso fire, 5 December 2016 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 4,255 ha in total · 10 days
  68. 2,306 ha Yaso fire, November 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,515 ha in total · 12 days
  69. 1,780 ha Ibantu fire, February 2016 0.7% of the municipality · 2,506 ha in total · 8 days
  70. 20 ha Gida Ayana fire, 16 February 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 4,320 ha in total · 6 days
  71. 2,508 ha Yaso fire, 12 February 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,493 ha in total · 4 days
  72. 3,133 ha Yaso fire, 7 February 2016 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,111 ha in total · 13 days
  73. 2,563 ha Yaso fire, 3 February 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,547 ha in total · 17 days
  74. 4,548 ha Yaso fire, 1 February 2016 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 4,520 ha in total · 9 days
  75. 2,837 ha Yaso fire, 24 January 2016 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 2,822 ha in total · 16 days
  76. 3,343 ha Dibat fire, 23 January 2016 1.3% of the municipality · 4,223 ha in total · 6 days
  77. 2,087 ha Yaso fire, 19 January 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,102 ha in total · 12 days
  78. 2,467 ha Yaso fire, 18 January 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,449 ha in total · 5 days
  79. 5,580 ha Yaso fire, 5 January 2016 where it started 2.1% of the municipality · 8,828 ha in total · 17 days
  80. 68 ha Wemberma fire, January 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 13,228 ha in total · 18 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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