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Wildfires in Mese

Mese, Myanmar: 64 fires since 2016 burned 317,979 hectares inside its boundaries, 1.7 times its area, because some ground burned more than once. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 1).

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. Sat 31 Very low 33° · 52 % · 18 km/h
  2. Sun 1 Very low 33° · 53 % · 16 km/h
  3. Mon 2 Very low 33° · 51 % · 26 km/h
  4. Tue 3 Very low 32° · 53 % · 14 km/h
  5. Wed 4 Low 33° · 49 % · 21 km/h
  6. Thu 5 Low 33° · 46 % · 19 km/h
  7. Fri 6 Very low 32° · 49 % · 28 km/h
  8. Sat 7 Very low 29° · 67 % · 30 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

317,979
hectares burned
1.7×
times its area (some ground burned more than once)
64
fires
1,820
km²

How many times has Mese burned?

Mese has burned 64 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Mese fire, 18 March 2026, with 5,819 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 2× 16
  2. 6× 17
  3. 5× 18
  4. 7× 19
  5. 8× 20
  6. 13× 21
  7. 2× 22
  8. 3× 23
  9. 3× 24
  10. 6× 25
  11. 9× 26
64
fires
11
years with fire
317,979
cumulative ha
18 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 Mese

  1. 5,819 ha Mese fire, 18 March 2026 where it started 3.2% of the municipality · 5,793 ha in total · 17 days
  2. 9,577 ha Mese fire, 17 March 2026 where it started 5.3% of the municipality · 9,531 ha in total · 19 days
  3. 37,256 ha Mese fire, 15 March 2026 where it started 20% of the municipality · 110,593 ha in total · 41 days
  4. 2,183 ha Mese fire, 5 March 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 2,173 ha in total · 5 days
  5. 1 ha Hpasawng fire, 2 March 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 2,484 ha in total · 8 days
  6. 3,059 ha Mese fire, 1 March 2026 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 3,045 ha in total · 13 days
  7. 3,248 ha Mese fire, 1 March 2026 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 3,231 ha in total · 10 days
  8. 2,091 ha Mese fire, 28 February 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 2,080 ha in total · 11 days
  9. 2,828 ha Mese fire, 10 February 2026 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 2,814 ha in total · 11 days
  10. 7 ha Bawlake fire, 19 March 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 2,073 ha in total · 14 days
  11. 8,901 ha Mese fire, 7 March 2025 where it started 4.9% of the municipality · 21,189 ha in total · 25 days
  12. 5,688 ha Mese fire, 6 March 2025 where it started 3.1% of the municipality · 5,770 ha in total · 25 days
  13. 3,307 ha Mese fire, 2 March 2025 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 3,290 ha in total · 21 days
  14. 6,155 ha Mese fire, 2 March 2025 where it started 3.4% of the municipality · 6,126 ha in total · 19 days
  15. 2,216 ha Mese fire, 2 March 2025 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 2,206 ha in total · 14 days
  16. 33,612 ha Mese fire, 17 February 2024 where it started 18% of the municipality · 45,818 ha in total · 36 days
  17. 139 ha Bawlake fire, 17 February 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 8,160 ha in total · 26 days
  18. 19,008 ha Mese fire, 17 February 2024 where it started 10% of the municipality · 36,428 ha in total · 37 days
  19. 3,590 ha Mese fire, 18 March 2023 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 4,412 ha in total · 14 days
  20. 2,599 ha Mese fire, 3 March 2023 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 2,583 ha in total · 8 days
  21. 6,667 ha Mese fire, February 2023 where it started 3.7% of the municipality · 6,705 ha in total · 9 days
  22. 129 ha Bawlake fire, 16 March 2022 0.1% of the municipality · 3,473 ha in total · 5 days
  23. 2,327 ha Mese fire, February 2022 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 2,316 ha in total · 4 days
  24. 3,502 ha Mese fire, 3 March 2021 where it started 1.9% of the municipality · 3,490 ha in total · 7 days
  25. 3,957 ha Mese fire, 1 March 2021 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 3,937 ha in total · 9 days
  26. 2,298 ha Mese fire, 27 February 2021 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 2,284 ha in total · 18 days
  27. 2,322 ha Mese fire, 25 February 2021 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 2,309 ha in total · 15 days
  28. 5,758 ha Mese fire, 24 February 2021 where it started 3.2% of the municipality · 5,725 ha in total · 19 days
  29. 4,105 ha Mese fire, 24 February 2021 where it started 2.3% of the municipality · 4,083 ha in total · 16 days
  30. 2,732 ha Mese fire, 23 February 2021 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 2,718 ha in total · 17 days
  31. 1,647 ha Bawlake fire, 22 February 2021 0.9% of the municipality · 21,859 ha in total · 24 days
  32. 2,102 ha Mese fire, 21 February 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 3,274 ha in total · 12 days
  33. 2,570 ha Mese fire, 14 February 2021 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 2,555 ha in total · 5 days
  34. 3,003 ha Mese fire, 9 February 2021 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 2,990 ha in total · 10 days
  35. 2,012 ha Mese fire, 9 February 2021 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 2,002 ha in total · 10 days
  36. 2,814 ha Mese fire, January 2021 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 2,801 ha in total · 12 days
  37. 2,031 ha Mese fire, March 2020 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 2,058 ha in total · 6 days
  38. 5,608 ha Mese fire, 7 February 2020 where it started 3.1% of the municipality · 5,585 ha in total · 13 days
  39. 4,974 ha Mese fire, 3 February 2020 where it started 2.7% of the municipality · 4,948 ha in total · 19 days
  40. 2,212 ha Shadaw fire, 27 January 2020 1.2% of the municipality · 51,616 ha in total · 52 days
  41. 3,565 ha Mese fire, 26 January 2020 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 4,211 ha in total · 27 days
  42. 7,810 ha Mese fire, 22 January 2020 where it started 4.3% of the municipality · 7,773 ha in total · 9 days
  43. 5 ha Hpasawng fire, 17 January 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 3,078 ha in total · 15 days
  44. 7,109 ha Mese fire, 16 January 2020 where it started 3.9% of the municipality · 7,069 ha in total · 28 days
  45. 2,468 ha Mese fire, March 2019 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 2,454 ha in total · 18 days
  46. 1,347 ha Bawlake fire, 2 March 2019 0.7% of the municipality · 2,013 ha in total · 10 days
  47. 1,393 ha Bawlake fire, 27 February 2019 0.8% of the municipality · 3,053 ha in total · 8 days
  48. 3,067 ha Mese fire, 26 February 2019 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 3,054 ha in total · 6 days
  49. 2,107 ha Bawlake fire, 23 February 2019 1.2% of the municipality · 4,965 ha in total · 18 days
  50. 2,532 ha Mese fire, 21 February 2019 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 2,520 ha in total · 7 days
  51. 7,631 ha Mese fire, 15 February 2019 where it started 4.2% of the municipality · 7,596 ha in total · 19 days
  52. 2,557 ha Mese fire, 20 March 2018 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 2,542 ha in total · 9 days
  53. 1,787 ha Mese fire, 13 March 2018 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 2,176 ha in total · 11 days
  54. 5,664 ha Bawlake fire, March 2018 3.1% of the municipality · 13,125 ha in total · 24 days
  55. 2,900 ha Mese fire, 3 March 2018 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 2,888 ha in total · 7 days
  56. 12,442 ha Mese fire, 1 March 2018 where it started 6.8% of the municipality · 12,374 ha in total · 29 days
  57. 2,963 ha Mese fire, 12 March 2017 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 2,949 ha in total · 8 days
  58. 1,010 ha Mese fire, 8 March 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,686 ha in total · 13 days
  59. 2,304 ha Mese fire, 6 March 2017 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 3,142 ha in total · 15 days
  60. 5,086 ha Mese fire, 21 February 2017 where it started 2.8% of the municipality · 5,270 ha in total · 11 days
  61. 4,620 ha Mese fire, 16 February 2017 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 4,593 ha in total · 24 days
  62. 4,551 ha Mese fire, 3 February 2017 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 4,530 ha in total · 7 days
  63. 4,223 ha Mese fire, 8 March 2016 where it started 2.3% of the municipality · 5,303 ha in total · 15 days
  64. 14,784 ha Mese fire, 3 March 2016 where it started 8.1% of the municipality · 14,694 ha in total · 25 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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