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Wildfires in Derre

Derre, Mozambique: 73 fires since 2016 burned 581,493 hectares inside its boundaries, 1.2 times its area, because some ground burned more than once. Fire danger today: very high (FWI 41).

Only fires of 3,000 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. Tue 27 High 38° · 22 % · 23 km/h
  2. Wed 28 Very high 39° · 20 % · 42 km/h
  3. Thu 29 Low 32° · 48 % · 45 km/h
  4. Fri 30 Moderate 30° · 32 % · 36 km/h
  5. Sat 31 High 30° · 32 % · 36 km/h
  6. Sun 1 High 33° · 31 % · 44 km/h
  7. Mon 2 High 35° · 33 % · 48 km/h
  8. Tue 3 High 37° · 31 % · 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

581,493
hectares burned
1.2×
times its area (some ground burned more than once)
73
fires
4,775
km²

How many times has Derre burned?

Derre has burned 73 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Mocuba fire, September 2026, with 728 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 4× 16
  2. 5× 17
  3. 6× 18
  4. 7× 19
  5. 3× 20
  6. 9× 21
  7. 4× 22
  8. 3× 23
  9. 4× 24
  10. 9× 25
  11. 19× 26
73
fires
11
years with fire
581,493
cumulative ha
12 Sept 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 3,000 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 Mozambique →

Fires that entered Derre

  1. 728 ha Mocuba fire, September 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 8,561 ha in total · 15 days
  2. 5,239 ha Derre fire, 11 September 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 5,202 ha in total · 16 days
  3. 3,243 ha Derre fire, 11 September 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,222 ha in total · 17 days
  4. 4,260 ha Derre fire, 11 September 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,237 ha in total · 17 days
  5. 4,257 ha Derre fire, 11 September 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,587 ha in total · 18 days
  6. 832 ha Nicoadala fire, 10 September 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 3,196 ha in total · 12 days
  7. 4,389 ha Derre fire, 10 September 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,362 ha in total · 12 days
  8. 5,863 ha Morrumbala fire, 10 September 2026 1.2% of the municipality · 11,978 ha in total · 19 days
  9. 13,618 ha Nicoadala fire, 4 September 2026 2.8% of the municipality · 35,252 ha in total · 26 days
  10. 3,661 ha Derre fire, 31 August 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,635 ha in total · 7 days
  11. 3,868 ha Derre fire, 30 August 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,842 ha in total · 9 days
  12. 5,463 ha Derre fire, 30 August 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 5,431 ha in total · 9 days
  13. 35 ha Nicoadala fire, August 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 3,115 ha in total · 14 days
  14. 5,334 ha Derre fire, 23 August 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 7,924 ha in total · 16 days
  15. 4,641 ha Derre fire, 23 August 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 4,613 ha in total · 15 days
  16. 3,638 ha Derre fire, 21 August 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,619 ha in total · 17 days
  17. 62,224 ha Derre fire, 21 August 2026 where it started 13% of the municipality · 72,301 ha in total · 28 days
  18. 37,113 ha Mocuba fire, 16 August 2026 7.8% of the municipality · 141,123 ha in total · 30 days
  19. 65,815 ha Mocuba fire, 16 August 2026 14% of the municipality · 505,288 ha in total · 45 days
  20. 297 ha Mocuba fire, 3 October 2025 0.1% of the municipality · 5,200 ha in total · 24 days
  21. 915 ha Mocuba fire, 15 September 2025 0.2% of the municipality · 3,194 ha in total · 22 days
  22. 1,788 ha Derre fire, 13 September 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,092 ha in total · 17 days
  23. 3,124 ha Derre fire, 13 September 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,103 ha in total · 17 days
  24. 4,456 ha Derre fire, 12 September 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,422 ha in total · 18 days
  25. 5,233 ha Derre fire, 9 September 2025 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 5,205 ha in total · 28 days
  26. 3,713 ha Derre fire, 7 September 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,111 ha in total · 23 days
  27. 4,410 ha Derre fire, 7 September 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,383 ha in total · 18 days
  28. 39,351 ha Derre fire, 4 September 2025 where it started 8.2% of the municipality · 72,800 ha in total · 44 days
  29. 6,483 ha Derre fire, 8 September 2024 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 6,455 ha in total · 14 days
  30. 12,817 ha Derre fire, 8 September 2024 where it started 2.7% of the municipality · 12,753 ha in total · 14 days
  31. 3,013 ha Derre fire, 7 September 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,002 ha in total · 15 days
  32. 975 ha Mocuba fire, 3 September 2024 0.2% of the municipality · 73,182 ha in total · 19 days
  33. 3,488 ha Derre fire, 3 September 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,611 ha in total · 10 days
  34. 3,101 ha Derre fire, 1 September 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,087 ha in total · 20 days
  35. 2,873 ha Derre fire, August 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,151 ha in total · 12 days
  36. 3,617 ha Derre fire, 2 October 2022 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 3,617 ha in total · 14 days
  37. 15,890 ha Derre fire, 1 October 2022 where it started 3.3% of the municipality · 15,820 ha in total · 14 days
  38. 1,308 ha Mocuba fire, 23 September 2022 0.3% of the municipality · 32,518 ha in total · 28 days
  39. 14,429 ha Derre fire, September 2022 where it started 3.0% of the municipality · 47,144 ha in total · 34 days
  40. 5,771 ha Derre fire, 26 September 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 5,749 ha in total · 15 days
  41. 103 ha Mocuba fire, 14 September 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 7,946 ha in total · 26 days
  42. 4,242 ha Derre fire, 13 September 2021 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,224 ha in total · 9 days
  43. 3,081 ha Derre fire, 13 September 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,058 ha in total · 9 days
  44. 49 ha Mocuba fire, 13 September 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 7,851 ha in total · 9 days
  45. 3,355 ha Derre fire, 13 September 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,339 ha in total · 9 days
  46. 3,110 ha Derre fire, 13 September 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,094 ha in total · 9 days
  47. 3,718 ha Derre fire, 5 September 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,696 ha in total · 5 days
  48. 3,405 ha Derre fire, 4 September 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,383 ha in total · 5 days
  49. 9,736 ha Mocuba fire, 8 September 2020 2.0% of the municipality · 86,463 ha in total · 34 days
  50. 376 ha Morrumbala fire, 8 September 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 10,838 ha in total · 21 days
  51. 20,577 ha Morrumbala fire, 8 September 2020 4.3% of the municipality · 33,528 ha in total · 23 days
  52. 792 ha Milange fire, 10 September 2019 0.2% of the municipality · 4,654 ha in total · 22 days
  53. 3,114 ha Derre fire, 10 September 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,102 ha in total · 12 days
  54. 1,604 ha Mocuba fire, 9 September 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 21,775 ha in total · 23 days
  55. 3,948 ha Derre fire, 6 September 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,930 ha in total · 13 days
  56. 3,712 ha Derre fire, 6 September 2019 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 3,712 ha in total · 7 days
  57. 10,690 ha Derre fire, 5 September 2019 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 10,860 ha in total · 27 days
  58. 497 ha Morrumbala fire, 2 September 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 29,579 ha in total · 30 days
  59. 3,062 ha Derre fire, 4 September 2018 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 3,062 ha in total · 8 days
  60. 8,968 ha Mocuba fire, 3 September 2018 1.9% of the municipality · 10,600 ha in total · 7 days
  61. 31,925 ha Mocuba fire, 2 September 2018 6.7% of the municipality · 116,289 ha in total · 35 days
  62. 236 ha Morrumbala fire, 2 September 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 3,098 ha in total · 15 days
  63. 3,162 ha Derre fire, 2 September 2018 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 3,162 ha in total · 11 days
  64. 193 ha Morrumbala fire, 1 September 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 13,593 ha in total · 19 days
  65. 9,612 ha Derre fire, 15 September 2017 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 14,637 ha in total · 33 days
  66. 4,316 ha Derre fire, 7 September 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,529 ha in total · 19 days
  67. 48 ha Morrumbala fire, 6 September 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 8,786 ha in total · 22 days
  68. 3,688 ha Derre fire, 6 September 2017 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,661 ha in total · 22 days
  69. 3,629 ha Derre fire, 6 September 2017 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 3,629 ha in total · 7 days
  70. 3,758 ha Derre fire, 6 September 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 7,403 ha in total · 7 days
  71. 3,327 ha Derre fire, 4 September 2016 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 3,327 ha in total · 8 days
  72. 54,923 ha Derre fire, 2 September 2016 where it started 12% of the municipality · 116,560 ha in total · 31 days
  73. 3,269 ha Derre fire, 2 September 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,251 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/Mozambique INE (Instituto Nacional de Estatistica), OCHA ROSEA (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).

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