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Wildfires in Monghsat

Monghsat, Myanmar, has had 70 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 220,039 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 47% 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. Sun 8 Very low 26° · 67 % · 31 km/h
  2. Mon 9 Very low 26° · 70 % · 34 km/h
  3. Tue 10 Very low 22° · 61 % · 19 km/h
  4. Wed 11 Very low 18° · 93 % · 13 km/h
  5. Thu 12 Very low 23° · 68 % · 22 km/h
  6. Fri 13 Very low 24° · 67 % · 19 km/h
  7. Sat 14 Very low 26° · 62 % · 19 km/h
  8. Sun 15 Very low 27° · 58 % · 16 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 Monghsat: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

220,039
hectares burned
47 %
of its area
70
fires
4,642
km²

How many times has Monghsat burned?

Monghsat has burned 70 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Monghsat fire, 24 March 2026, with 2,051 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 7× 16
  2. 5× 17
  3. 1× 18
  4. 10× 19
  5. 7× 20
  6. 7× 21
  7. 1× 22
  8. 10× 23
  9. 5× 24
  10. 3× 25
  11. 14× 26
70
fires
11
years with fire
220,039
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 Monghsat

  1. 2,051 ha Monghsat fire, 24 March 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,045 ha in total · 6 days
  2. 3,262 ha Monghsat fire, 23 March 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,249 ha in total · 16 days
  3. 2,107 ha Monghsat fire, 23 March 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,097 ha in total · 8 days
  4. 2,134 ha Monghsat fire, 22 March 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,227 ha in total · 9 days
  5. 2,937 ha Monghsat fire, 22 March 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,927 ha in total · 19 days
  6. 1,241 ha Tachileik fire, 22 March 2026 0.3% of the municipality · 6,935 ha in total · 22 days
  7. 2,662 ha Monghsat fire, 21 March 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,648 ha in total · 15 days
  8. 6,187 ha Mongton fire, 21 March 2026 1.3% of the municipality · 41,489 ha in total · 30 days
  9. 2,302 ha Monghsat fire, 21 March 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,290 ha in total · 15 days
  10. 4,116 ha Monghsat fire, 21 March 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,092 ha in total · 16 days
  11. 2,758 ha Monghsat fire, 21 March 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,743 ha in total · 15 days
  12. 2,890 ha Mongping fire, 20 March 2026 0.6% of the municipality · 19,187 ha in total · 25 days
  13. 5,376 ha Monghsat fire, 19 March 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 5,352 ha in total · 21 days
  14. 27,263 ha Monghsat fire, 19 March 2026 where it started 5.9% of the municipality · 34,370 ha in total · 21 days
  15. 1,055 ha Tachileik fire, March 2025 0.2% of the municipality · 2,656 ha in total · 12 days
  16. 741 ha Mongton fire, 20 March 2025 0.2% of the municipality · 2,480 ha in total · 6 days
  17. 3,764 ha Monghsat fire, March 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,748 ha in total · 8 days
  18. 5,083 ha Monghsat fire, 26 March 2024 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 5,056 ha in total · 14 days
  19. 2,481 ha Monghsat fire, 25 March 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,467 ha in total · 9 days
  20. 841 ha Mongton fire, March 2024 0.2% of the municipality · 3,506 ha in total · 11 days
  21. 4,549 ha Monghsat fire, 11 March 2024 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 4,528 ha in total · 16 days
  22. 607 ha Tachileik fire, March 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 4,588 ha in total · 13 days
  23. 1,886 ha Tachileik fire, 23 March 2023 0.4% of the municipality · 6,201 ha in total · 7 days
  24. 459 ha Mongton fire, 23 March 2023 0.1% of the municipality · 2,532 ha in total · 10 days
  25. 8,045 ha Monghsat fire, 22 March 2023 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 8,686 ha in total · 14 days
  26. 2,310 ha Monghsat fire, 22 March 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,297 ha in total · 9 days
  27. 3,410 ha Monghsat fire, 22 March 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,395 ha in total · 14 days
  28. 2,619 ha Monghsat fire, 21 March 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,605 ha in total · 7 days
  29. 3,464 ha Monghsat fire, 21 March 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,443 ha in total · 12 days
  30. 6,373 ha Monghsat fire, 20 March 2023 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 6,348 ha in total · 18 days
  31. 4,533 ha Monghsat fire, 20 March 2023 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 4,506 ha in total · 16 days
  32. 40 ha Mongping fire, 16 March 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 10,446 ha in total · 23 days
  33. 2,668 ha Monghsat fire, March 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,652 ha in total · 3 days
  34. 4,102 ha Mongton fire, 26 March 2021 0.9% of the municipality · 5,268 ha in total · 8 days
  35. 2,099 ha Monghsat fire, 23 March 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,087 ha in total · 10 days
  36. 251 ha Mongton fire, 16 March 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 2,292 ha in total · 7 days
  37. 2,156 ha Monghsat fire, 16 March 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,146 ha in total · 2 days
  38. 2,082 ha Monghsat fire, 13 March 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,072 ha in total · 7 days
  39. 2,380 ha Monghsat fire, 12 March 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,369 ha in total · 18 days
  40. 2,402 ha Monghsat fire, 6 March 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,389 ha in total · 23 days
  41. 695 ha Mongton fire, 23 March 2020 0.2% of the municipality · 2,300 ha in total · 13 days
  42. 2,822 ha Monghsat fire, 17 March 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,867 ha in total · 18 days
  43. 2,099 ha Monghsat fire, 12 March 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,090 ha in total · 8 days
  44. 4,067 ha Mongton fire, 6 March 2020 0.9% of the municipality · 8,206 ha in total · 28 days
  45. 2,792 ha Monghsat fire, 6 March 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,782 ha in total · 14 days
  46. 2,689 ha Monghsat fire, 5 March 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,024 ha in total · 15 days
  47. 3,753 ha Monghsat fire, 5 March 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,730 ha in total · 14 days
  48. 865 ha Mongton fire, 20 March 2019 0.2% of the municipality · 5,895 ha in total · 16 days
  49. 2,651 ha Monghsat fire, 19 March 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,633 ha in total · 20 days
  50. 14 ha Mongping fire, 18 March 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 22,442 ha in total · 33 days
  51. 2,209 ha Monghsat fire, 17 March 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,202 ha in total · 7 days
  52. 2,868 ha Monghsat fire, 15 March 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,855 ha in total · 11 days
  53. 4,346 ha Monghsat fire, 10 March 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 4,537 ha in total · 16 days
  54. 577 ha Tachileik fire, 9 March 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 3,533 ha in total · 8 days
  55. 3,820 ha Monghsat fire, 9 March 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,797 ha in total · 17 days
  56. 2,654 ha Monghsat fire, 9 March 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,639 ha in total · 16 days
  57. 7,628 ha Monghsat fire, 9 March 2019 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 7,582 ha in total · 18 days
  58. 2,855 ha Monghsat fire, April 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,842 ha in total · 4 days
  59. 2,979 ha Monghsat fire, April 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,958 ha in total · 6 days
  60. 3,012 ha Monghsat fire, 25 March 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,998 ha in total · 3 days
  61. 2,580 ha Monghsat fire, 24 March 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,569 ha in total · 4 days
  62. 2,994 ha Monghsat fire, 14 March 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,980 ha in total · 17 days
  63. 4,769 ha Monghsat fire, 13 March 2017 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 4,741 ha in total · 16 days
  64. 254 ha Mongton fire, April 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 2,796 ha in total · 16 days
  65. 2,294 ha Monghsat fire, 24 March 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,278 ha in total · 20 days
  66. 2,267 ha Monghsat fire, 23 March 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,255 ha in total · 21 days
  67. 6,232 ha Monghsat fire, 14 March 2016 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 6,556 ha in total · 17 days
  68. 2,143 ha Monghsat fire, 14 March 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,133 ha in total · 14 days
  69. 2,824 ha Monghsat fire, 14 March 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,808 ha in total · 14 days
  70. 601 ha Mongton fire, 10 March 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 4,402 ha in total · 24 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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