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Wildfires in Milange

Milange, Mozambique: 63 fires since 2016 burned 624,107 hectares inside its boundaries, 1.1 times its area, because some ground burned more than once. Fire danger today: low (FWI 10).

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. Sat 24 High 33° · 39 % · 37 km/h
  2. Sun 25 Low 31° · 43 % · 35 km/h
  3. Mon 26 High 34° · 24 % · 30 km/h
  4. Tue 27 High 36° · 23 % · 34 km/h
  5. Wed 28 High 38° · 17 % · 36 km/h
  6. Thu 29 Very low 30° · 52 % · 40 km/h
  7. Fri 30 Moderate 29° · 37 % · 43 km/h
  8. Sat 31 Moderate 28° · 33 % · 44 km/h
  9. Sun 1 High 30° · 33 % · 39 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

624,107
hectares burned
1.1×
times its area (some ground burned more than once)
63
fires
5,538
km²

How many times has Milange burned?

Milange has burned 63 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Lugela fire, 5 October 2026, with 3,238 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 5× 16
  2. 6× 17
  3. 9× 18
  4. 5× 19
  5. 8× 20
  6. 5× 21
  7. 5× 22
  8. 4× 23
  9. 2× 24
  10. 5× 25
  11. 9× 26
63
fires
11
years with fire
624,107
cumulative ha
5 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 Milange

  1. 3,238 ha Lugela fire, 5 October 2026 0.6% of the municipality · 91,910 ha in total · 21 days
  2. 661 ha Morrumbala fire, 4 September 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 6,834 ha in total · 24 days
  3. 6,021 ha Milange fire, September 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 5,986 ha in total · 14 days
  4. 622 ha Morrumbala fire, 23 August 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 6,215 ha in total · 23 days
  5. 544 ha Derre fire, 21 August 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 72,301 ha in total · 28 days
  6. 1,142 ha Morrumbala fire, 20 August 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 28,047 ha in total · 26 days
  7. 24,406 ha Milange fire, August 2026 where it started 4.4% of the municipality · 24,962 ha in total · 29 days
  8. 139,642 ha Mocuba fire, 16 August 2026 25% of the municipality · 505,288 ha in total · 45 days
  9. 10,539 ha Lugela fire, 10 August 2026 1.9% of the municipality · 74,073 ha in total · 36 days
  10. 4,223 ha Milange fire, 13 October 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,559 ha in total · 19 days
  11. 3,859 ha Milange fire, 7 October 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,853 ha in total · 10 days
  12. 3,209 ha Derre fire, 8 September 2025 0.6% of the municipality · 72,800 ha in total · 33 days
  13. 20,558 ha Lugela fire, 3 September 2025 3.7% of the municipality · 188,911 ha in total · 64 days
  14. 3,212 ha Milange fire, August 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,195 ha in total · 9 days
  15. 25 ha Mocuba fire, 16 September 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 5,961 ha in total · 6 days
  16. 1,124 ha Lugela fire, 7 September 2024 0.2% of the municipality · 43,967 ha in total · 16 days
  17. 2,917 ha Milange fire, 8 October 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,749 ha in total · 9 days
  18. 2,926 ha Lugela fire, 7 October 2023 0.5% of the municipality · 4,624 ha in total · 9 days
  19. 4,883 ha Milange fire, 6 October 2023 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,853 ha in total · 11 days
  20. 9,610 ha Milange fire, 4 October 2023 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 10,299 ha in total · 11 days
  21. 14,304 ha Milange fire, 4 October 2022 where it started 2.6% of the municipality · 14,998 ha in total · 14 days
  22. 21,837 ha Milange fire, 4 October 2022 where it started 3.9% of the municipality · 25,080 ha in total · 30 days
  23. 1,461 ha Lugela fire, 4 October 2022 0.3% of the municipality · 3,005 ha in total · 13 days
  24. 1,156 ha Derre fire, September 2022 0.2% of the municipality · 47,144 ha in total · 20 days
  25. 345 ha Mocuba fire, 28 September 2022 0.1% of the municipality · 32,862 ha in total · 33 days
  26. 7,576 ha Milange fire, 2 October 2021 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 7,529 ha in total · 9 days
  27. 6,910 ha Milange fire, 1 October 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 6,868 ha in total · 10 days
  28. 3,383 ha Milange fire, 30 September 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,233 ha in total · 6 days
  29. 3,384 ha Milange fire, 26 September 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,361 ha in total · 8 days
  30. 1,569 ha Morrumbala fire, 26 September 2021 0.3% of the municipality · 6,010 ha in total · 11 days
  31. 1,883 ha Morrumbala fire, 26 September 2020 0.3% of the municipality · 3,368 ha in total · 8 days
  32. 5,094 ha Milange fire, 17 September 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 6,794 ha in total · 14 days
  33. 25,230 ha Milange fire, 15 September 2020 where it started 4.6% of the municipality · 41,830 ha in total · 26 days
  34. 823 ha Morrumbala fire, 15 September 2020 0.2% of the municipality · 3,596 ha in total · 6 days
  35. 13,260 ha Milange fire, 14 September 2020 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 13,179 ha in total · 8 days
  36. 6,529 ha Milange fire, 13 September 2020 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 12,091 ha in total · 20 days
  37. 13,837 ha Milange fire, 11 September 2020 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 13,746 ha in total · 11 days
  38. 7,641 ha Morrumbala fire, 9 September 2020 1.4% of the municipality · 33,528 ha in total · 15 days
  39. 13,643 ha Milange fire, 19 September 2019 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 16,916 ha in total · 13 days
  40. 16,180 ha Lugela fire, 17 September 2019 2.9% of the municipality · 37,409 ha in total · 29 days
  41. 4,143 ha Milange fire, 12 September 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,117 ha in total · 10 days
  42. 3,082 ha Milange fire, 10 September 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,654 ha in total · 15 days
  43. 3,731 ha Morrumbala fire, 9 September 2019 0.7% of the municipality · 29,579 ha in total · 17 days
  44. 22 ha Lugela fire, 22 September 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 3,014 ha in total · 8 days
  45. 1,076 ha Morrumbala fire, 18 September 2018 0.2% of the municipality · 5,077 ha in total · 12 days
  46. 990 ha Morrumbala fire, 18 September 2018 0.2% of the municipality · 3,456 ha in total · 4 days
  47. 3,672 ha Lugela fire, 17 September 2018 0.7% of the municipality · 4,235 ha in total · 7 days
  48. 10,541 ha Morrumbala fire, 16 September 2018 1.9% of the municipality · 38,678 ha in total · 14 days
  49. 4,395 ha Milange fire, 16 September 2018 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,369 ha in total · 6 days
  50. 21,456 ha Milange fire, 15 September 2018 where it started 3.9% of the municipality · 21,540 ha in total · 26 days
  51. 4,738 ha Milange fire, 14 September 2018 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,707 ha in total · 9 days
  52. 14,434 ha Mocuba fire, 2 September 2018 2.6% of the municipality · 116,289 ha in total · 28 days
  53. 22,492 ha Mocuba fire, September 2017 4.1% of the municipality · 44,276 ha in total · 28 days
  54. 8,540 ha Morrumbala fire, 24 September 2017 1.5% of the municipality · 12,018 ha in total · 17 days
  55. 3,822 ha Milange fire, 17 September 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 12,648 ha in total · 15 days
  56. 3,190 ha Milange fire, 12 September 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,169 ha in total · 6 days
  57. 640 ha Morrumbala fire, 11 September 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 3,503 ha in total · 8 days
  58. 1,156 ha Derre fire, 9 September 2017 0.2% of the municipality · 5,529 ha in total · 10 days
  59. 3,162 ha Lugela fire, 19 September 2016 0.6% of the municipality · 4,353 ha in total · 8 days
  60. 4,012 ha Milange fire, 18 September 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,987 ha in total · 13 days
  61. 43,014 ha Milange fire, 13 September 2016 where it started 7.8% of the municipality · 99,267 ha in total · 40 days
  62. 35,968 ha Morrumbala fire, 5 September 2016 6.5% of the municipality · 75,456 ha in total · 27 days
  63. 16,428 ha Derre fire, 2 September 2016 3.0% of the municipality · 116,560 ha in total · 31 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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