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Wildfires in Hsipaw

Hsipaw, Myanmar, has had 62 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 189,532 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 36% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 0).

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. Mon 9 Very low 21° · 93 % · 27 km/h
  2. Tue 10 Very low 18° · 92 % · 31 km/h
  3. Wed 11 Very low 21° · 72 % · 18 km/h
  4. Thu 12 Very low 21° · 81 % · 26 km/h
  5. Fri 13 Very low 23° · 64 % · 17 km/h
  6. Sat 14 Very low 24° · 58 % · 23 km/h
  7. Sun 15 Very low 24° · 56 % · 22 km/h
  8. Mon 16 Very low 25° · 67 % · 22 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 Hsipaw: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

189,532
hectares burned
36 %
of its area
62
fires
5,276
km²

How many times has Hsipaw burned?

Hsipaw has burned 62 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Hsipaw fire, 24 March 2026, with 6,207 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 1× 16
  2. 5× 17
  3. 1× 18
  4. 4× 19
  5. 5× 20
  6. 7× 21
  7. 5× 22
  8. 7× 23
  9. 10× 24
  10. 4× 25
  11. 13× 26
62
fires
11
years with fire
189,532
cumulative ha
24 Mar 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 2,000 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 Myanmar

Fires that entered Hsipaw

  1. 6,207 ha Hsipaw fire, 24 March 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 6,192 ha in total · 11 days
  2. 2,474 ha Mongkaing fire, 24 March 2026 0.5% of the municipality · 2,732 ha in total · 10 days
  3. 3,182 ha Hsipaw fire, 10 March 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,304 ha in total · 19 days
  4. 326 ha Kyaukme fire, March 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 2,912 ha in total · 18 days
  5. 168 ha Lashio fire, March 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 3,606 ha in total · 10 days
  6. 13,330 ha Hsipaw fire, 28 February 2026 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 22,007 ha in total · 38 days
  7. 6,997 ha Hsipaw fire, 25 February 2026 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 6,954 ha in total · 22 days
  8. 4,234 ha Hsipaw fire, 23 February 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,873 ha in total · 2 days
  9. 2,037 ha Hsipaw fire, 9 February 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,024 ha in total · 11 days
  10. 3,384 ha Hsipaw fire, 8 February 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,363 ha in total · 17 days
  11. 2,279 ha Hsipaw fire, 19 January 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,273 ha in total · 21 days
  12. 5,239 ha Hsipaw fire, 16 January 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 5,218 ha in total · 23 days
  13. 8,668 ha Hsipaw fire, 16 January 2026 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 11,940 ha in total · 31 days
  14. 2,376 ha Hsipaw fire, 20 March 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,362 ha in total · 16 days
  15. 224 ha Lashio fire, March 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 4,923 ha in total · 20 days
  16. 5,557 ha Hsipaw fire, 1 March 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 5,733 ha in total · 7 days
  17. 2,178 ha Hsipaw fire, February 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,169 ha in total · 20 days
  18. 2,038 ha Hsipaw fire, 26 March 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,129 ha in total · 19 days
  19. 163 ha Kyaukme fire, 5 March 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 2,134 ha in total · 17 days
  20. 74 ha Lashio fire, March 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 6,156 ha in total · 12 days
  21. 4,792 ha Hsipaw fire, 2 March 2024 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,612 ha in total · 14 days
  22. 3,797 ha Hsipaw fire, 1 March 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,010 ha in total · 3 days
  23. 2,541 ha Hsipaw fire, 1 March 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,532 ha in total · 7 days
  24. 3,033 ha Hsipaw fire, 22 February 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,017 ha in total · 20 days
  25. 3,029 ha Hsipaw fire, 20 February 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,014 ha in total · 25 days
  26. 2,292 ha Hsipaw fire, 18 February 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,282 ha in total · 31 days
  27. 2,213 ha Hsipaw fire, 11 February 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,204 ha in total · 17 days
  28. 2,132 ha Hsipaw fire, March 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,191 ha in total · 9 days
  29. 33 ha Lashio fire, 11 February 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 2,157 ha in total · 16 days
  30. 4,644 ha Hsipaw fire, 5 February 2023 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,353 ha in total · 12 days
  31. 2,276 ha Hsipaw fire, 4 February 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,264 ha in total · 20 days
  32. 2,163 ha Hsipaw fire, 16 January 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,155 ha in total · 13 days
  33. 9,080 ha Hsipaw fire, 10 January 2023 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 9,041 ha in total · 23 days
  34. 365 ha Mongkaing fire, January 2023 0.1% of the municipality · 2,937 ha in total · 22 days
  35. 1,097 ha Mongyai fire, March 2022 0.2% of the municipality · 2,070 ha in total · 10 days
  36. 2,022 ha Hsipaw fire, 10 March 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,011 ha in total · 11 days
  37. 5,228 ha Hsipaw fire, 7 March 2022 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 5,901 ha in total · 15 days
  38. 3,135 ha Lashio fire, March 2022 0.6% of the municipality · 11,560 ha in total · 19 days
  39. 2,031 ha Kyaukme fire, February 2022 0.4% of the municipality · 2,257 ha in total · 13 days
  40. 1,037 ha Hsipaw fire, 12 March 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,152 ha in total · 19 days
  41. 6,304 ha Hsipaw fire, 11 March 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 6,475 ha in total · 16 days
  42. 41 ha Lashio fire, 2 March 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 10,446 ha in total · 23 days
  43. 251 ha Namtu fire, February 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 2,604 ha in total · 20 days
  44. 3,505 ha Hsipaw fire, February 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,817 ha in total · 11 days
  45. 3,702 ha Hsipaw fire, 15 January 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,687 ha in total · 23 days
  46. 5,045 ha Hsipaw fire, 15 January 2021 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 5,032 ha in total · 22 days
  47. 2,321 ha Hsipaw fire, March 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,325 ha in total · 17 days
  48. 104 ha Lashio fire, 2 March 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 5,460 ha in total · 22 days
  49. 4,567 ha Hsipaw fire, 18 February 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,760 ha in total · 8 days
  50. 6,662 ha Hsipaw fire, 3 February 2020 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 6,634 ha in total · 9 days
  51. 4,829 ha Hsipaw fire, January 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,132 ha in total · 25 days
  52. 2,838 ha Hsipaw fire, April 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,926 ha in total · 4 days
  53. 57 ha Lashio fire, 23 March 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 3,296 ha in total · 13 days
  54. 2,301 ha Hsipaw fire, March 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,293 ha in total · 23 days
  55. 3 ha Lashio fire, 15 March 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 12,510 ha in total · 21 days
  56. 7,051 ha Lashio fire, 13 March 2018 1.3% of the municipality · 22,027 ha in total · 20 days
  57. 2,652 ha Hsipaw fire, April 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,645 ha in total · 13 days
  58. 130 ha Hsipaw fire, 18 March 2017 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 2,093 ha in total · 16 days
  59. 3,383 ha Hsipaw fire, 17 March 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,373 ha in total · 12 days
  60. 23 ha Lashio fire, 14 March 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 4,352 ha in total · 14 days
  61. 3,508 ha Hsipaw fire, February 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,803 ha in total · 16 days
  62. 2,178 ha Hsipaw fire, March 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,165 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/The Myanmar Analytics Project, USAID (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)). 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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