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Wildfires in Sandor

Sandor, Sierra Leone, has had 82 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 94,080 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 63% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 0).

Only fires of 1,000 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. Tue 3 Very low 29° · 68 % · 23 km/h
  2. Wed 4 Very low 29° · 69 % · 29 km/h
  3. Thu 5 Very low 30° · 63 % · 22 km/h
  4. Fri 6 Very low 30° · 64 % · 16 km/h
  5. Sat 7 Very low 31° · 66 % · 17 km/h
  6. Sun 8 Very low 30° · 63 % · 15 km/h
  7. Mon 9 Very low 30° · 63 % · 21 km/h
  8. Tue 10 Very low 30° · 71 % · 45 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

94,080
hectares burned
63 %
of its area
82
fires
1,484
km²

How many times has Sandor burned?

Sandor has burned 82 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Sandor fire, 3 April 2026, with 1,330 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 12× 16
  2. 6× 17
  3. 2× 18
  4. 17× 19
  5. 7× 20
  6. 2× 21
  7. 10× 22
  8. 7× 23
  9. 3× 24
  10. 6× 25
  11. 10× 26
82
fires
11
years with fire
94,080
cumulative ha
3 Apr 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 1,000 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 Sierra Leone →

Fires that entered Sandor

  1. 1,330 ha Sandor fire, 3 April 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,338 ha in total · 6 days
  2. 1,579 ha Sandor fire, 1 April 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,569 ha in total · 6 days
  3. 1,721 ha Sandor fire, 30 March 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,710 ha in total · 9 days
  4. 2,213 ha Sandor fire, 29 March 2026 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 2,199 ha in total · 13 days
  5. 24 ha Nieni fire, 29 March 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 1,475 ha in total · 9 days
  6. 1,348 ha Sandor fire, 28 March 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,340 ha in total · 10 days
  7. 3,680 ha Sandor fire, 25 March 2026 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 5,571 ha in total · 17 days
  8. 2,236 ha Sandor fire, 25 March 2026 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 4,312 ha in total · 20 days
  9. 1,588 ha Sandor fire, 25 March 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,578 ha in total · 13 days
  10. 302 ha Lei fire, 26 January 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 1,068 ha in total · 2 days
  11. 1,616 ha Sandor fire, April 2025 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,605 ha in total · 6 days
  12. 1,114 ha Sandor fire, March 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,107 ha in total · 4 days
  13. 91 ha Neya fire, February 2025 0.1% of the municipality · 1,337 ha in total · 12 days
  14. 1,239 ha Sandor fire, February 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,231 ha in total · 13 days
  15. 1,154 ha Sandor fire, 29 January 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,146 ha in total · 15 days
  16. 724 ha Sandor fire, 1 January 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,010 ha in total · 5 days
  17. 4 ha Lei fire, 22 December 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 1,628 ha in total · 17 days
  18. 554 ha Sandor fire, December 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,027 ha in total · 10 days
  19. 1,045 ha Sandor fire, April 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 1,038 ha in total · 10 days
  20. 590 ha Nieni fire, 4 April 2023 0.4% of the municipality · 1,237 ha in total · 5 days
  21. 1,184 ha Sandor fire, 24 March 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,176 ha in total · 5 days
  22. 836 ha Sandor fire, 22 March 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 1,656 ha in total · 9 days
  23. 0 ha Nieni fire, 17 March 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 1,276 ha in total · 11 days
  24. 1,068 ha Sandor fire, 14 March 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 1,061 ha in total · 14 days
  25. 1,008 ha Sandor fire, 14 March 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 1,002 ha in total · 12 days
  26. 96 ha Lei fire, 2 January 2023 0.1% of the municipality · 2,879 ha in total · 7 days
  27. 3,020 ha Sandor fire, April 2022 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 3,001 ha in total · 12 days
  28. 9 ha Nimiyama fire, 5 April 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 1,295 ha in total · 12 days
  29. 1,154 ha Sandor fire, 18 March 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,256 ha in total · 6 days
  30. 607 ha Nieni fire, 18 March 2022 0.4% of the municipality · 1,217 ha in total · 8 days
  31. 743 ha Sandor fire, 11 March 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,260 ha in total · 15 days
  32. 667 ha Nieni fire, 11 March 2022 0.4% of the municipality · 4,437 ha in total · 16 days
  33. 1,458 ha Sandor fire, February 2022 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,448 ha in total · 3 days
  34. 1,571 ha Lei fire, February 2022 1.1% of the municipality · 2,721 ha in total · 12 days
  35. 1,160 ha Neya fire, 18 January 2022 0.8% of the municipality · 1,717 ha in total · 13 days
  36. 429 ha Sandor fire, January 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,426 ha in total · 7 days
  37. 1,098 ha Sandor fire, March 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 1,091 ha in total · 8 days
  38. 65 ha Nieni fire, 19 March 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 1,508 ha in total · 9 days
  39. 1,073 ha Sandor fire, 29 March 2020 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 1,066 ha in total · 7 days
  40. 189 ha Nieni fire, 18 March 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 1,728 ha in total · 7 days
  41. 1,352 ha Sandor fire, 14 March 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 2,136 ha in total · 11 days
  42. 1,488 ha Sandor fire, 12 March 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,479 ha in total · 11 days
  43. 11 ha Nimiyama fire, March 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 1,130 ha in total · 9 days
  44. 1,102 ha Sandor fire, 3 March 2020 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 1,094 ha in total · 2 days
  45. 348 ha Lei fire, February 2020 0.2% of the municipality · 1,284 ha in total · 13 days
  46. 1,206 ha Sandor fire, 11 April 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,199 ha in total · 5 days
  47. 1,273 ha Sandor fire, 10 April 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,265 ha in total · 6 days
  48. 1,454 ha Sandor fire, 7 April 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,445 ha in total · 12 days
  49. 2,100 ha Sandor fire, 6 April 2019 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 2,916 ha in total · 15 days
  50. 182 ha Nieni fire, 28 March 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 1,342 ha in total · 5 days
  51. 68 ha Nieni fire, 25 March 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 1,336 ha in total · 8 days
  52. 1,546 ha Sandor fire, 19 March 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,535 ha in total · 10 days
  53. 1,087 ha Sandor fire, 12 March 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 1,079 ha in total · 3 days
  54. 1,552 ha Sandor fire, 11 March 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,542 ha in total · 10 days
  55. 1,280 ha Sandor fire, 5 March 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,271 ha in total · 15 days
  56. 412 ha Nieni fire, 3 March 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 10,359 ha in total · 18 days
  57. 8,226 ha Sandor fire, 23 February 2019 where it started 5.5% of the municipality · 24,116 ha in total · 33 days
  58. 1,705 ha Sandor fire, 23 February 2019 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 2,348 ha in total · 14 days
  59. 14 ha Neya fire, 23 February 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 4,228 ha in total · 18 days
  60. 281 ha Neya fire, 22 February 2019 0.2% of the municipality · 2,463 ha in total · 14 days
  61. 1,755 ha Sandor fire, 15 February 2019 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,743 ha in total · 4 days
  62. 2,093 ha Nimiyama fire, February 2019 1.4% of the municipality · 3,096 ha in total · 10 days
  63. 1,085 ha Sandor fire, March 2018 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 1,079 ha in total · 12 days
  64. 957 ha Nieni fire, 18 March 2018 0.6% of the municipality · 2,562 ha in total · 18 days
  65. 426 ha Nieni fire, 3 April 2017 0.3% of the municipality · 1,405 ha in total · 6 days
  66. 24 ha Nimikoro fire, April 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 2,536 ha in total · 10 days
  67. 90 ha Neya fire, 18 March 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 1,410 ha in total · 2 days
  68. 521 ha Nimiyama fire, March 2017 0.4% of the municipality · 3,238 ha in total · 11 days
  69. 459 ha Nieni fire, 3 March 2017 0.3% of the municipality · 1,512 ha in total · 12 days
  70. 404 ha Neya fire, February 2017 0.3% of the municipality · 1,058 ha in total · 7 days
  71. 1,137 ha Sandor fire, 1 April 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,130 ha in total · 7 days
  72. 1,094 ha Sandor fire, 1 April 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 1,087 ha in total · 5 days
  73. 7 ha Nimiyama fire, 28 March 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 2,393 ha in total · 14 days
  74. 1,305 ha Sandor fire, 26 March 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,297 ha in total · 13 days
  75. 1,494 ha Sandor fire, 26 March 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,484 ha in total · 13 days
  76. 1,363 ha Sandor fire, 25 March 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,355 ha in total · 6 days
  77. 560 ha Nieni fire, 24 March 2016 0.4% of the municipality · 1,141 ha in total · 11 days
  78. 6,377 ha Sandor fire, 19 March 2016 where it started 4.3% of the municipality · 6,826 ha in total · 29 days
  79. 256 ha Neya fire, 29 January 2016 0.2% of the municipality · 1,308 ha in total · 5 days
  80. 1,903 ha Sandor fire, 29 January 2016 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 1,891 ha in total · 1 day
  81. 2,139 ha Sandor fire, 29 January 2016 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,648 ha in total · 18 days
  82. 359 ha Neya fire, 24 January 2016 0.2% of the municipality · 1,863 ha in total · 10 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/openAfrica, geoBoundaries (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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