Skip to content
worldfires
LA · Laos · Luang Prabang

Wildfires in Phonxay

Phonxay, Laos, has had 67 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 245,831 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 94% of its area. 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 23 Very low 28° · 56 % · 25 km/h
  2. Sat 24 Low 29° · 53 % · 27 km/h
  3. Sun 25 Very low 29° · 60 % · 17 km/h
  4. Mon 26 Very low 27° · 65 % · 28 km/h
  5. Tue 27 Very low 27° · 53 % · 31 km/h
  6. Wed 28 Very low 26° · 58 % · 37 km/h
  7. Thu 29 Very low 27° · 54 % · 20 km/h
  8. Fri 30 Very low 28° · 58 % · 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

245,831
hectares burned
94 %
of its area
67
fires
2,603
km²

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Fires that entered Phonxay

  1. 1,213 ha Phonxay fire, 7 April 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,074 ha in total · 12 days
  2. 3,086 ha Phonxay fire, 3 April 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,266 ha in total · 14 days
  3. 5,190 ha Phonxay fire, 1 April 2026 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 5,159 ha in total · 18 days
  4. 2,895 ha Phonxay fire, 1 April 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 2,881 ha in total · 7 days
  5. 2,161 ha Phonxay fire, 28 March 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,150 ha in total · 17 days
  6. 2,157 ha Phonxay fire, 28 March 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,147 ha in total · 9 days
  7. 2,185 ha Phonxay fire, 25 March 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,494 ha in total · 9 days
  8. 2,279 ha Phonxay fire, 25 March 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,267 ha in total · 13 days
  9. 13,138 ha Pak Xeng fire, March 2026 5.0% of the municipality · 47,642 ha in total · 35 days
  10. 1,365 ha Phookood fire, 19 March 2026 0.5% of the municipality · 5,813 ha in total · 21 days
  11. 9,774 ha Phookood fire, 16 March 2026 3.8% of the municipality · 36,914 ha in total · 37 days
  12. 2,539 ha Phonxay fire, March 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 4,484 ha in total · 5 days
  13. 1,748 ha Phonxay fire, 4 April 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,785 ha in total · 5 days
  14. 1,613 ha Phonxay fire, 1 April 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,610 ha in total · 8 days
  15. 9,919 ha Phonxay fire, March 2024 where it started 3.8% of the municipality · 9,867 ha in total · 12 days
  16. 2,293 ha Phonxay fire, 26 March 2024 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,279 ha in total · 15 days
  17. 2,083 ha Phonxay fire, 31 March 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,073 ha in total · 7 days
  18. 3,310 ha Phonxay fire, 25 March 2023 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 3,290 ha in total · 21 days
  19. 2,479 ha Phonxay fire, 25 March 2023 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,468 ha in total · 5 days
  20. 7,056 ha Phonxay fire, 24 March 2023 where it started 2.7% of the municipality · 7,213 ha in total · 26 days
  21. 594 ha Xieng Ngeun fire, 23 March 2023 0.2% of the municipality · 2,095 ha in total · 6 days
  22. 2,735 ha Phonxay fire, 22 March 2023 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,722 ha in total · 6 days
  23. 326 ha Xieng Ngeun fire, 22 March 2023 0.1% of the municipality · 3,230 ha in total · 12 days
  24. 2,264 ha Pak Xeng fire, March 2023 0.9% of the municipality · 30,865 ha in total · 26 days
  25. 0 ha Phookood fire, 20 March 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 3,363 ha in total · 11 days
  26. 3,437 ha Phonxay fire, 18 March 2023 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 3,419 ha in total · 18 days
  27. 2,375 ha Phonxay fire, 15 March 2023 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,282 ha in total · 15 days
  28. 2,426 ha Phonxay fire, 15 March 2023 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,415 ha in total · 12 days
  29. 6,794 ha Phonxay fire, 8 March 2023 where it started 2.6% of the municipality · 6,759 ha in total · 30 days
  30. 1,952 ha Phonxay fire, 27 February 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,092 ha in total · 13 days
  31. 3,620 ha Phonxay fire, 3 April 2022 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,601 ha in total · 11 days
  32. 4,759 ha Phonxay fire, 27 March 2022 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 4,734 ha in total · 14 days
  33. 2,293 ha Phonxay fire, 27 March 2021 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,281 ha in total · 8 days
  34. 2,906 ha Phonxay fire, 25 March 2021 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 2,890 ha in total · 10 days
  35. 1,404 ha Phookood fire, March 2021 0.5% of the municipality · 5,102 ha in total · 16 days
  36. 3,213 ha Phonxay fire, 26 March 2020 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,196 ha in total · 16 days
  37. 2,850 ha Phonxay fire, 22 March 2020 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 2,837 ha in total · 18 days
  38. 7,056 ha Phonxay fire, 19 March 2020 where it started 2.7% of the municipality · 7,020 ha in total · 16 days
  39. 4,040 ha Phonxay fire, 18 March 2020 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 4,852 ha in total · 21 days
  40. 6,915 ha Phonxay fire, 12 March 2020 where it started 2.7% of the municipality · 6,878 ha in total · 24 days
  41. 2,901 ha Phonxay fire, 12 March 2020 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 2,886 ha in total · 8 days
  42. 438 ha Luangprabang fire, March 2020 0.2% of the municipality · 2,344 ha in total · 13 days
  43. 12,285 ha Park Ou fire, 9 March 2020 4.7% of the municipality · 35,409 ha in total · 29 days
  44. 2,276 ha Phonxay fire, 23 March 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,266 ha in total · 4 days
  45. 3,651 ha Phonxay fire, 21 March 2019 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,633 ha in total · 6 days
  46. 2,041 ha Phonxay fire, 13 March 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,073 ha in total · 20 days
  47. 4,852 ha Phonxay fire, 9 March 2019 where it started 1.9% of the municipality · 4,827 ha in total · 17 days
  48. 1,587 ha Phonxay fire, 6 March 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,032 ha in total · 12 days
  49. 4,079 ha Phonxay fire, 4 March 2019 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 4,057 ha in total · 14 days
  50. 4,275 ha Phonxay fire, 10 April 2018 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 4,256 ha in total · 5 days
  51. 10,713 ha Phonxay fire, 9 April 2018 where it started 4.1% of the municipality · 10,652 ha in total · 6 days
  52. 11,170 ha Phonxay fire, 8 April 2018 where it started 4.3% of the municipality · 11,228 ha in total · 7 days
  53. 2,292 ha Phonxay fire, 8 April 2018 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,279 ha in total · 6 days
  54. 2,240 ha Phonxay fire, 1 April 2018 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,228 ha in total · 13 days
  55. 2,121 ha Phonxay fire, 8 April 2017 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,110 ha in total · 4 days
  56. 2,267 ha Phonxay fire, 8 April 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,063 ha in total · 5 days
  57. 3,944 ha Phonxay fire, 8 April 2017 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 3,922 ha in total · 4 days
  58. 2,686 ha Phonxay fire, 7 April 2017 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,670 ha in total · 6 days
  59. 7,260 ha Phonxay fire, 3 April 2017 where it started 2.8% of the municipality · 7,327 ha in total · 10 days
  60. 2,448 ha Phonxay fire, March 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,435 ha in total · 13 days
  61. 2,546 ha Phonxay fire, 31 March 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,535 ha in total · 15 days
  62. 4,589 ha Phonxay fire, 31 March 2016 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 4,563 ha in total · 17 days
  63. 2,263 ha Pak Xeng fire, March 2016 0.9% of the municipality · 3,120 ha in total · 18 days
  64. 3,722 ha Phonxay fire, 30 March 2016 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,702 ha in total · 18 days
  65. 3,094 ha Phonxay fire, 30 March 2016 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,078 ha in total · 14 days
  66. 3,603 ha Phonxay fire, 30 March 2016 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,584 ha in total · 10 days
  67. 44 ha Luangprabang fire, March 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 2,272 ha in total · 1 day

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/National Geographic Department, OCHA ROAP (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).