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Wildfires in Pekan

Pekan, Malaysia, has had 77 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 77,001 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 21% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 0).

Only fires of 500 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 32° · 72 % · 19 km/h
  2. Sat 24 Very low 28° · 88 % · 19 km/h
  3. Sun 25 Very low 30° · 85 % · 23 km/h
  4. Mon 26 Very low 30° · 77 % · 22 km/h
  5. Tue 27 Very low 31° · 68 % · 22 km/h
  6. Wed 28 Very low 30° · 76 % · 18 km/h
  7. Thu 29 Very low 31° · 75 % · 24 km/h
  8. Fri 30 Very low 31° · 70 % · 23 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

77,001
hectares burned
21 %
of its area
77
fires
3,744
km²

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Fires that entered Pekan

  1. 619 ha Pekan fire, October 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 615 ha in total · 11 days
  2. 859 ha Pekan fire, April 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 854 ha in total · 6 days
  3. 1,861 ha Pekan fire, 20 March 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,849 ha in total · 8 days
  4. 513 ha Pekan fire, 8 March 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 510 ha in total · 3 days
  5. 538 ha Pekan fire, February 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 535 ha in total · 8 days
  6. 117 ha Rompin fire, 26 July 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 825 ha in total · 6 days
  7. 502 ha Pekan fire, 14 March 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 621 ha in total · 5 days
  8. 698 ha Pekan fire, 6 March 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 693 ha in total · 13 days
  9. 589 ha Pekan fire, October 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 585 ha in total · 2 days
  10. 967 ha Pekan fire, September 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 960 ha in total · 8 days
  11. 1,248 ha Pekan fire, 13 August 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,277 ha in total · 9 days
  12. 918 ha Pekan fire, 13 August 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 912 ha in total · 8 days
  13. 518 ha Pekan fire, 9 August 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 515 ha in total · 7 days
  14. 1,470 ha Pekan fire, 28 March 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,461 ha in total · 10 days
  15. 623 ha Pekan fire, 28 March 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 619 ha in total · 9 days
  16. 1,012 ha Pekan fire, 24 March 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,005 ha in total · 8 days
  17. 818 ha Pekan fire, 22 March 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 812 ha in total · 10 days
  18. 913 ha Pekan fire, 19 March 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,458 ha in total · 22 days
  19. 545 ha Pekan fire, April 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 564 ha in total · 6 days
  20. 1,078 ha Pekan fire, September 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,071 ha in total · 8 days
  21. 775 ha Pekan fire, July 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 770 ha in total · 6 days
  22. 637 ha Pekan fire, 8 March 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 633 ha in total · 2 days
  23. 3 ha Rompin fire, March 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 1,037 ha in total · 3 days
  24. 1,389 ha Pekan fire, 5 March 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,380 ha in total · 5 days
  25. 902 ha Pekan fire, February 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 896 ha in total · 14 days
  26. 1,262 ha Pekan fire, 17 April 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,253 ha in total · 4 days
  27. 789 ha Pekan fire, 15 April 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 784 ha in total · 6 days
  28. 583 ha Pekan fire, 8 April 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 579 ha in total · 13 days
  29. 511 ha Pekan fire, March 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 508 ha in total · 13 days
  30. 599 ha Pekan fire, 18 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 595 ha in total · 6 days
  31. 553 ha Pekan fire, 18 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 549 ha in total · 4 days
  32. 641 ha Pekan fire, 16 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 637 ha in total · 5 days
  33. 14 ha Rompin fire, August 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 527 ha in total · 1 day
  34. 1,367 ha Pekan fire, 30 July 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,358 ha in total · 6 days
  35. 2,148 ha Pekan fire, 26 July 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,133 ha in total · 13 days
  36. 888 ha Pekan fire, 25 May 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 882 ha in total · 7 days
  37. 519 ha Pekan fire, 23 May 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 617 ha in total · 9 days
  38. 521 ha Pekan fire, 23 May 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 517 ha in total · 9 days
  39. 690 ha Pekan fire, 14 May 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 686 ha in total · 7 days
  40. 601 ha Pekan fire, 5 May 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 597 ha in total · 6 days
  41. 618 ha Pekan fire, April 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 614 ha in total · 9 days
  42. 508 ha Pekan fire, 20 March 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 505 ha in total · 7 days
  43. 575 ha Pekan fire, 16 March 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 571 ha in total · 4 days
  44. 1,555 ha Pekan fire, 14 March 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,545 ha in total · 7 days
  45. 522 ha Pekan fire, 13 March 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 518 ha in total · 6 days
  46. 256 ha Pekan fire, 7 March 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,365 ha in total · 13 days
  47. 2,396 ha Pekan fire, 7 March 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,380 ha in total · 19 days
  48. 856 ha Pekan fire, 5 March 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 850 ha in total · 16 days
  49. 2,746 ha Pekan fire, 4 March 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,728 ha in total · 23 days
  50. 524 ha Pekan fire, 30 September 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 520 ha in total · 9 days
  51. 684 ha Pekan fire, 28 September 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 679 ha in total · 8 days
  52. 1,494 ha Pekan fire, 25 September 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,484 ha in total · 8 days
  53. 510 ha Pekan fire, 21 August 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 507 ha in total · 8 days
  54. 1,418 ha Pekan fire, 9 August 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,408 ha in total · 8 days
  55. 818 ha Pekan fire, 19 July 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 813 ha in total · 4 days
  56. 874 ha Pekan fire, 17 July 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 868 ha in total · 14 days
  57. 2,332 ha Pekan fire, 8 July 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,316 ha in total · 16 days
  58. 555 ha Pekan fire, 16 May 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 551 ha in total · 12 days
  59. 680 ha Pekan fire, 7 May 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 676 ha in total · 8 days
  60. 1,064 ha Pekan fire, 7 April 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,057 ha in total · 7 days
  61. 774 ha Pekan fire, 2 April 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 768 ha in total · 4 days
  62. 3,130 ha Pekan fire, 13 March 2018 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,303 ha in total · 26 days
  63. 528 ha Pekan fire, 4 March 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 536 ha in total · 5 days
  64. 18 ha Rompin fire, June 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 584 ha in total · 3 days
  65. 543 ha Pekan fire, 12 August 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 539 ha in total · 8 days
  66. 697 ha Pekan fire, 4 August 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 692 ha in total · 12 days
  67. 907 ha Pekan fire, 19 April 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 901 ha in total · 6 days
  68. 764 ha Pekan fire, 19 April 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 759 ha in total · 6 days
  69. 1,164 ha Pekan fire, 19 April 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,156 ha in total · 8 days
  70. 1,804 ha Pekan fire, 18 April 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,792 ha in total · 17 days
  71. 566 ha Pekan fire, 17 April 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 562 ha in total · 4 days
  72. 553 ha Pekan fire, 17 April 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 549 ha in total · 4 days
  73. 1,088 ha Pekan fire, 4 April 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,081 ha in total · 11 days
  74. 6,245 ha Pekan fire, 26 March 2016 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 6,277 ha in total · 39 days
  75. 702 ha Pekan fire, 26 March 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 697 ha in total · 6 days
  76. 3,426 ha Pekan fire, 25 March 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,403 ha in total · 29 days
  77. 1,311 ha Pekan fire, 20 March 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,302 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/geoBoundaries, citypopulation.de (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).