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Wildfires in Lugela

Lugela, Mozambique: 119 fires since 2016 burned 1,401,014 hectares inside its boundaries, 2.3 times its area, because some ground burned more than once. Fire danger today: high (FWI 24).

Only fires of 3,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

These figures leave out one page with faulty data, under review. They appear in the lists, marked.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Wed 4 High 32° · 47 % · 37 km/h
  2. Thu 5 High 33° · 37 % · 26 km/h
  3. Fri 6 High 34° · 33 % · 24 km/h
  4. Sat 7 Very high 37° · 20 % · 30 km/h
  5. Sun 8 Very high 37° · 21 % · 32 km/h
  6. Mon 9 High 32° · 43 % · 49 km/h
  7. Tue 10 Very low 29° · 58 % · 43 km/h
  8. Wed 11 Moderate 32° · 32 % · 41 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 Lugela: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

1,401,014
hectares burned
2.3×
times its area (some ground burned more than once)
119
fires
6,162
km²

How many times has Lugela burned?

Lugela has burned 119 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Lugela fire, 6 October 2026, with 4,795 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 8× 16
  2. 11× 17
  3. 14× 18
  4. 10× 19
  5. 8× 20
  6. 12× 21
  7. 9× 22
  8. 12× 23
  9. 13× 24
  10. 6× 25
  11. 16× 26
119
fires
11
years with fire
1,401,014
cumulative ha
6 Oct 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 Lugela

  1. 4,795 ha Lugela fire, 6 October 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,768 ha in total · 20 days
  2. 31,774 ha Lugela fire, 5 October 2026 where it started 5.2% of the municipality · 57,742 ha in total · 28 days
  3. 94,338 ha Lugela fire, 5 October 2026 where it started 15% of the municipality · 79,454 ha in total · 32 days
  4. 3,776 ha Lugela fire, 11 September 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,751 ha in total · 16 days
  5. 6,341 ha Lugela fire, 11 September 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,308 ha in total · 18 days
  6. 4,692 ha Lugela fire, 11 September 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,669 ha in total · 18 days
  7. 15,029 ha Lugela fire, 10 September 2026 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 14,875 ha in total · 19 days
  8. 5,204 ha Lugela fire, 10 September 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,181 ha in total · 19 days
  9. 7,940 ha Lugela fire, 10 September 2026 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 7,961 ha in total · 20 days
  10. 8,567 ha Lugela fire, 10 September 2026 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 12,329 ha in total · 19 days
  11. 61 ha Mocuba fire, 27 August 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 4,454 ha in total · 12 days
  12. 12,384 ha Lugela fire, 25 August 2026 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 12,295 ha in total · 14 days
  13. 3,152 ha Mocuba fire, 23 August 2026 0.5% of the municipality · 16,851 ha in total · 16 days
  14. 11,024 ha Lugela fire, 21 August 2026 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 10,952 ha in total · 25 days
  15. 64,036 ha Namarrói fire, 16 August 2026 10% of the municipality · 213,498 ha in total · 44 days
  16. 69,313 ha Mocuba fire, 16 August 2026 11% of the municipality · 505,138 ha in total · 45 days
  17. 50,573 ha Lugela fire, 10 August 2026 where it started 8.2% of the municipality · 70,698 ha in total · 36 days
  18. 6,802 ha Lugela fire, October 2025 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 8,767 ha in total · 23 days
  19. 7,896 ha Lugela fire, 11 September 2025 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 7,347 ha in total · 19 days
  20. 6,208 ha Lugela fire, 11 September 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,167 ha in total · 22 days
  21. 1,348 ha Namarrói fire, 4 September 2025 0.2% of the municipality · 49,801 ha in total · 26 days
  22. 9 ha Molumbo fire, September 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 5,102 ha in total · 27 days
  23. 162,026 ha Lugela fire, 27 August 2025 where it started 26% of the municipality · 184,318 ha in total · 77 days
  24. 4,208 ha Lugela fire, 19 October 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,185 ha in total · 11 days
  25. 4,528 ha Lugela fire, 12 October 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,500 ha in total · 19 days
  26. 6,668 ha Lugela fire, 11 October 2024 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 6,628 ha in total · 20 days
  27. 11,076 ha Lugela fire, 7 October 2024 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 11,010 ha in total · 16 days
  28. 4,987 ha Lugela fire, 26 September 2024 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,964 ha in total · 6 days
  29. 6,066 ha Lugela fire, 25 September 2024 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,038 ha in total · 7 days
  30. 509 ha Namarrói fire, 25 September 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 7,420 ha in total · 7 days
  31. 5,152 ha Lugela fire, 14 September 2024 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,122 ha in total · 8 days
  32. 812 ha Mocuba fire, 13 September 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 9,628 ha in total · 9 days
  33. 25 ha Mocuba fire, 13 September 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 5,961 ha in total · 9 days
  34. 42,978 ha Lugela fire, 7 September 2024 where it started 7.0% of the municipality · 43,919 ha in total · 23 days
  35. 4,556 ha Lugela fire, 5 September 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,527 ha in total · 17 days
  36. 78 ha Namarrói fire, 30 August 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 15,365 ha in total · 23 days
  37. 3,220 ha Lugela fire, 21 October 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,201 ha in total · 9 days
  38. 4,343 ha Lugela fire, 9 October 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,319 ha in total · 8 days
  39. 1,726 ha Lugela fire, 7 October 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,624 ha in total · 10 days
  40. 2,534 ha Milange fire, 6 October 2023 0.4% of the municipality · 5,749 ha in total · 11 days
  41. 4,742 ha Lugela fire, 5 October 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,715 ha in total · 11 days
  42. 9,887 ha Lugela fire, 4 October 2023 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 9,839 ha in total · 11 days
  43. 11,024 ha Lugela fire, 22 September 2023 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 17,879 ha in total · 25 days
  44. 9,123 ha Lugela fire, 9 September 2023 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 9,063 ha in total · 23 days
  45. 3,018 ha Lugela fire, 9 September 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,004 ha in total · 18 days
  46. 4,086 ha Lugela fire, 8 September 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,069 ha in total · 17 days
  47. 3,102 ha Lugela fire, 8 September 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,089 ha in total · 19 days
  48. 17,593 ha Mocuba fire, 4 September 2023 2.9% of the municipality · 40,202 ha in total · 43 days
  49. 1,546 ha Lugela fire, 4 October 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,005 ha in total · 13 days
  50. 3,400 ha Milange fire, 4 October 2022 0.6% of the municipality · 24,944 ha in total · 30 days
  51. 11,870 ha Lugela fire, 4 October 2022 where it started 1.9% of the municipality · 11,729 ha in total · 13 days
  52. 2 ha Molumbo fire, October 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 3,774 ha in total · 20 days
  53. 3,225 ha Lugela fire, 1 October 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,207 ha in total · 17 days
  54. 11,362 ha Mocuba fire, 21 September 2022 1.8% of the municipality · 32,678 ha in total · 44 days
  55. 162 ha Molumbo fire, September 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 4,300 ha in total · 27 days
  56. 148,722 ha Lugela fire, September 2022 where it started 24% of the municipality · 172,167 ha in total · 48 days
  57. 8 ha Mocuba fire, 16 September 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 7,158 ha in total · 15 days
  58. 4,091 ha Lugela fire, 15 October 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,074 ha in total · 17 days
  59. 3,674 ha Lugela fire, 10 October 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,714 ha in total · 17 days
  60. 8,739 ha Lugela fire, 10 October 2021 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 8,691 ha in total · 10 days
  61. 3,945 ha Lugela fire, 8 October 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,926 ha in total · 12 days
  62. 344 ha Lugela fire, 6 October 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 7,441 ha in total · 28 days
  63. 5 ha Namarrói fire, 4 October 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 3,188 ha in total · 14 days
  64. 4,088 ha Lugela fire, 3 October 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,063 ha in total · 15 days
  65. 5,792 ha Lugela fire, 1 October 2021 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,756 ha in total · 10 days
  66. 34 ha Namarrói fire, 28 September 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 3,023 ha in total · 13 days
  67. 8,980 ha Lugela fire, 26 September 2021 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 8,847 ha in total · 22 days
  68. 3,486 ha Lugela fire, 25 September 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,464 ha in total · 16 days
  69. 13 ha Mocuba fire, 4 September 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 6,296 ha in total · 12 days
  70. 6,026 ha Lugela fire, 11 October 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 5,996 ha in total · 20 days
  71. 25,141 ha Lugela fire, 4 October 2020 where it started 4.1% of the municipality · 24,423 ha in total · 25 days
  72. 3,858 ha Lugela fire, 14 September 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,833 ha in total · 15 days
  73. 7 ha Mocuba fire, 13 September 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 3,385 ha in total · 9 days
  74. 13,010 ha Milange fire, 9 September 2020 2.1% of the municipality · 41,024 ha in total · 33 days
  75. 293 ha Mocuba fire, 8 September 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 84,586 ha in total · 34 days
  76. 5,628 ha Milange fire, 8 September 2020 0.9% of the municipality · 12,091 ha in total · 31 days
  77. 75,066 ha Lugela fire, 6 September 2020 where it started 12% of the municipality · 110,845 ha in total · 39 days
  78. 9,489 ha Lugela fire, 6 October 2019 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 9,436 ha in total · 12 days
  79. 13,656 ha Lugela fire, 5 October 2019 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 13,589 ha in total · 7 days
  80. 15,038 ha Lugela fire, 5 October 2019 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 14,946 ha in total · 7 days
  81. 5,873 ha Lugela fire, 4 October 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 5,844 ha in total · 8 days
  82. 653 ha Namarrói fire, September 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 12,881 ha in total · 26 days
  83. 18,823 ha Lugela fire, 12 September 2019 where it started 3.0% of the municipality · 35,850 ha in total · 41 days
  84. 1,720 ha Lugela fire, 11 September 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 9,198 ha in total · 21 days
  85. 3,602 ha Lugela fire, 11 September 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,585 ha in total · 20 days
  86. 5,527 ha Lugela fire, 10 September 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,504 ha in total · 15 days
  87. 3,472 ha Lugela fire, August 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,459 ha in total · 16 days
  88. 3,946 ha Lugela fire, October 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,927 ha in total · 12 days
  89. 3,365 ha Lugela fire, 26 September 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,350 ha in total · 14 days
  90. 3,495 ha Lugela fire, 21 September 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,475 ha in total · 9 days
  91. 5,923 ha Lugela fire, 15 September 2018 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 5,893 ha in total · 21 days
  92. 3,007 ha Lugela fire, 15 September 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,014 ha in total · 15 days
  93. 4,349 ha Lugela fire, 14 September 2018 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,321 ha in total · 16 days
  94. 349 ha Molumbo fire, 14 September 2018 0.1% of the municipality · 3,813 ha in total · 16 days
  95. 5,322 ha Lugela fire, 14 September 2018 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,288 ha in total · 15 days
  96. 585 ha Lugela fire, 14 September 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,235 ha in total · 14 days
  97. 1,791 ha Molumbo fire, 13 September 2018 0.3% of the municipality · 4,186 ha in total · 16 days
  98. 4,506 ha Lugela fire, 13 September 2018 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,479 ha in total · 17 days
  99. 221 ha Milange fire, 12 September 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 21,405 ha in total · 35 days
  100. 29,927 ha Lugela fire, 7 September 2018 where it started 4.9% of the municipality · 37,327 ha in total · 35 days
  101. 7,406 ha Mocuba fire, 2 September 2018 1.2% of the municipality · 115,943 ha in total · 35 days
  102. 3,047 ha Lugela fire, November 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,032 ha in total · 7 days
  103. 14,470 ha Lugela fire, 6 October 2017 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 14,380 ha in total · 23 days
  104. 14,809 ha Lugela fire, 4 October 2017 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 14,441 ha in total · 25 days
  105. 3,969 ha Lugela fire, 3 October 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,944 ha in total · 18 days
  106. 13,378 ha Namarrói fire, 3 October 2017 2.2% of the municipality · 45,014 ha in total · 25 days
  107. 31,349 ha Lugela fire, 2 October 2017 where it started 5.1% of the municipality · 31,129 ha in total · 27 days
  108. 3,920 ha Lugela fire, 2 October 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,897 ha in total · 8 days
  109. 16,909 ha Mocuba fire, September 2017 2.7% of the municipality · 44,276 ha in total · 37 days
  110. 4,283 ha Lugela fire, 12 September 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,264 ha in total · 23 days
  111. 4,633 ha Lugela fire, 7 September 2017 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,612 ha in total · 25 days
  112. 20,564 ha Lugela fire, 7 September 2017 where it started 3.3% of the municipality · 39,888 ha in total · 29 days
  113. 3,086 ha Lugela fire, 17 October 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,070 ha in total · 22 days
  114. 3,292 ha Lugela fire, 5 October 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,277 ha in total · 7 days
  115. 1,215 ha Lugela fire, 14 September 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,353 ha in total · 19 days
  116. 56,363 ha Milange fire, 7 September 2016 9.2% of the municipality · 97,453 ha in total · 53 days
  117. 4,657 ha Lugela fire, 6 September 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,628 ha in total · 26 days
  118. 6,435 ha Lugela fire, 6 September 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,394 ha in total · 23 days
  119. 38,009 ha Namarrói fire, 5 September 2016 6.2% of the municipality · 76,091 ha in total · 51 days
  120. 3,072 ha Lugela fire, 1 September 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,051 ha in total · 21 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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