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Wildfires in Sene West

Sene West, Ghana: 61 fires since 2016 burned 400,548 hectares inside its boundaries, 1.2 times its area, because some ground burned more than once. Fire danger today: low (FWI 7).

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 13 Very low 33° · 50 % · 21 km/h
  2. Sat 14 Low 32° · 49 % · 19 km/h
  3. Sun 15 Low 33° · 48 % · 19 km/h
  4. Mon 16 Low 33° · 52 % · 18 km/h
  5. Tue 17 Low 33° · 47 % · 19 km/h
  6. Wed 18 Low 34° · 42 % · 17 km/h
  7. Thu 19 Moderate 34° · 33 % · 15 km/h
  8. Fri 20 Moderate 34° · 47 % · 15 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 Sene West: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

400,548
hectares burned
1.2×
times its area (some ground burned more than once)
61
fires
3,284
km²

How many times has Sene West burned?

Sene West has burned 61 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Sene East fire, 11 January 2026, with 675 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 8× 16
  2. 10× 17
  3. 3× 18
  4. 3× 19
  5. 7× 20
  6. 1× 21
  7. 5× 22
  8. 2× 23
  9. 8× 24
  10. 5× 25
  11. 9× 26
61
fires
11
years with fire
400,548
cumulative ha
11 Jan 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 Ghana

Fires that entered Sene West

  1. 675 ha Sene East fire, 11 January 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 2,131 ha in total · 20 days
  2. 1,954 ha Sene West fire, 10 January 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 10,630 ha in total · 27 days
  3. 8,608 ha Sene West fire, 9 January 2026 where it started 2.6% of the municipality · 8,553 ha in total · 26 days
  4. 5,423 ha Sene West fire, 8 January 2026 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 5,388 ha in total · 26 days
  5. 2,020 ha Sene West fire, 5 January 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,007 ha in total · 8 days
  6. 12,351 ha Sene West fire, 5 January 2026 where it started 3.8% of the municipality · 11,801 ha in total · 25 days
  7. 4,068 ha Atebubu Amantin fire, 4 January 2026 1.2% of the municipality · 21,152 ha in total · 30 days
  8. 776 ha Sene East fire, 2 January 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 80,136 ha in total · 38 days
  9. 2,956 ha Sene West fire, 1 January 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,935 ha in total · 20 days
  10. 55,165 ha Sene West fire, December 2025 where it started 17% of the municipality · 117,662 ha in total · 44 days
  11. 3,154 ha Sene West fire, 7 January 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,135 ha in total · 4 days
  12. 146 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, 4 January 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 8,858 ha in total · 7 days
  13. 2,164 ha Sene West fire, 4 January 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,151 ha in total · 11 days
  14. 2,160 ha Sene West fire, 3 January 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,147 ha in total · 2 days
  15. 3,755 ha Sene West fire, 26 December 2024 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,733 ha in total · 10 days
  16. 3,363 ha Sene West fire, 25 December 2024 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,342 ha in total · 25 days
  17. 673 ha Atebubu Amantin fire, December 2024 0.2% of the municipality · 3,147 ha in total · 25 days
  18. 13,952 ha Sene East fire, 5 December 2024 4.2% of the municipality · 93,441 ha in total · 49 days
  19. 410 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, 25 January 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 4,298 ha in total · 16 days
  20. 1,952 ha Atebubu Amantin fire, 17 January 2024 0.6% of the municipality · 3,402 ha in total · 22 days
  21. 31 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, 9 January 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 3,392 ha in total · 19 days
  22. 25,893 ha Sene East fire, 7 January 2024 7.9% of the municipality · 98,434 ha in total · 45 days
  23. 2,737 ha Sene West fire, December 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,718 ha in total · 19 days
  24. 2,204 ha Sene West fire, January 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,189 ha in total · 4 days
  25. 3,015 ha Sene West fire, 25 December 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,996 ha in total · 18 days
  26. 2,438 ha Sene West fire, 18 December 2022 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,421 ha in total · 9 days
  27. 37,274 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, 14 December 2022 11% of the municipality · 116,710 ha in total · 46 days
  28. 33,254 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, 12 January 2022 10% of the municipality · 113,296 ha in total · 33 days
  29. 2,282 ha Sene West fire, January 2022 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,269 ha in total · 12 days
  30. 0 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, January 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 2,097 ha in total · 6 days
  31. 2,469 ha Sene West fire, 20 December 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,803 ha in total · 17 days
  32. 11,382 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, December 2020 3.5% of the municipality · 40,067 ha in total · 29 days
  33. 2,067 ha Sene West fire, 13 December 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,055 ha in total · 5 days
  34. 6,957 ha Sene West fire, 21 January 2020 where it started 2.1% of the municipality · 7,047 ha in total · 16 days
  35. 31 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, 10 January 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 4,523 ha in total · 19 days
  36. 2,860 ha Sene West fire, 8 January 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,841 ha in total · 19 days
  37. 25,853 ha Sene East fire, January 2020 7.9% of the municipality · 125,649 ha in total · 43 days
  38. 3,640 ha Sene West fire, December 2019 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 3,614 ha in total · 14 days
  39. 1,009 ha Sene East fire, 22 December 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 4,131 ha in total · 15 days
  40. 34,712 ha Sene West fire, January 2019 where it started 11% of the municipality · 58,811 ha in total · 26 days
  41. 603 ha Sene West fire, 14 January 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,928 ha in total · 7 days
  42. 1,656 ha Sene East fire, 13 January 2018 0.5% of the municipality · 13,788 ha in total · 20 days
  43. 1,905 ha Sene West fire, 2 January 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,107 ha in total · 4 days
  44. 25,205 ha Sene East fire, December 2017 7.7% of the municipality · 87,599 ha in total · 44 days
  45. 198 ha Sene East fire, February 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 2,347 ha in total · 3 days
  46. 2,414 ha Sene West fire, February 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,399 ha in total · 3 days
  47. 436 ha Sene East fire, 19 January 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 6,650 ha in total · 13 days
  48. 70 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, 13 January 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 2,306 ha in total · 7 days
  49. 18 ha Sene East fire, 12 January 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 4,785 ha in total · 16 days
  50. 12,789 ha Sene West fire, 4 January 2017 where it started 3.9% of the municipality · 20,878 ha in total · 24 days
  51. 2,803 ha Sene West fire, 4 January 2017 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,786 ha in total · 9 days
  52. 5,964 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, 1 January 2017 1.8% of the municipality · 6,446 ha in total · 15 days
  53. 36 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, 1 January 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 4,127 ha in total · 18 days
  54. 779 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, December 2016 0.2% of the municipality · 2,366 ha in total · 18 days
  55. 22 ha Sekyere Afram Plains North fire, 16 January 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 3,305 ha in total · 4 days
  56. 37 ha Sene East fire, 7 January 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 2,778 ha in total · 3 days
  57. 5,079 ha Sene West fire, 3 January 2016 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 5,478 ha in total · 10 days
  58. 3,324 ha Sene West fire, 2 January 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,304 ha in total · 9 days
  59. 801 ha Sene West fire, 1 January 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,830 ha in total · 9 days
  60. 1,168 ha Sene West fire, 1 January 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,110 ha in total · 14 days
  61. 9,408 ha Sene West fire, 1 January 2016 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 10,413 ha in total · 9 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/USAID Ghana HPNO, Ghana Statistical Service (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)). 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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