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Wildfires in Sengbe

Sengbe, Sierra Leone, has had 77 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 87,502 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 73% 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 27 Very low 30° · 62 % · 24 km/h
  2. Wed 28 Very low 30° · 63 % · 38 km/h
  3. Thu 29 Very low 29° · 69 % · 22 km/h
  4. Fri 30 Very low 29° · 66 % · 25 km/h
  5. Sat 31 Very low 30° · 64 % · 31 km/h
  6. Sun 1 Very low 30° · 64 % · 30 km/h
  7. Mon 2 Very low 30° · 64 % · 32 km/h
  8. Tue 3 Very low 30° · 73 % · 29 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

87,502
hectares burned
73 %
of its area
77
fires
1,192
km²

How many times has Sengbe burned?

Sengbe has burned 77 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Sengbe fire, April 2026, with 879 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 13× 16
  2. 7× 17
  3. 5× 18
  4. 7× 19
  5. 9× 20
  6.   21
  7. 9× 22
  8. 7× 23
  9. 5× 24
  10. 2× 25
  11. 13× 26
77
fires
10
years with fire
87,502
cumulative ha
1 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 Sengbe

  1. 879 ha Sengbe fire, April 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,208 ha in total · 8 days
  2. 1,041 ha Sengbe fire, 31 March 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,034 ha in total · 8 days
  3. 618 ha Mongo fire, March 2026 0.5% of the municipality · 1,383 ha in total · 10 days
  4. 839 ha Nieni fire, 31 March 2026 0.7% of the municipality · 3,376 ha in total · 9 days
  5. 1,212 ha Sengbe fire, 31 March 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,351 ha in total · 11 days
  6. 2,492 ha Sengbe fire, 30 March 2026 where it started 2.1% of the municipality · 3,209 ha in total · 10 days
  7. 896 ha Sengbe fire, 13 March 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,112 ha in total · 7 days
  8. 1,035 ha Sengbe fire, February 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,028 ha in total · 3 days
  9. 648 ha Wara Wara Yagal fire, February 2026 0.5% of the municipality · 1,163 ha in total · 17 days
  10. 1,380 ha Sengbe fire, 26 January 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,371 ha in total · 8 days
  11. 1,262 ha Sengbe fire, 26 January 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,253 ha in total · 4 days
  12. 1,453 ha Sengbe fire, 21 January 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,443 ha in total · 10 days
  13. 1,267 ha Sengbe fire, 7 January 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,259 ha in total · 7 days
  14. 3,100 ha Sengbe fire, March 2025 where it started 2.6% of the municipality · 4,109 ha in total · 10 days
  15. 788 ha Mongo fire, 12 March 2025 0.7% of the municipality · 3,179 ha in total · 7 days
  16. 1,135 ha Sengbe fire, April 2024 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,127 ha in total · 9 days
  17. 0 ha Mongo fire, 21 February 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 1,012 ha in total · 6 days
  18. 189 ha Mongo fire, 15 February 2024 0.2% of the municipality · 1,197 ha in total · 3 days
  19. 1,135 ha Sengbe fire, 24 January 2024 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,128 ha in total · 7 days
  20. 1,874 ha Sengbe fire, 21 January 2024 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 1,861 ha in total · 9 days
  21. 111 ha Mongo fire, 18 March 2023 0.1% of the municipality · 1,330 ha in total · 9 days
  22. 1,046 ha Sengbe fire, 17 March 2023 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,342 ha in total · 17 days
  23. 945 ha Sengbe fire, 17 March 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,788 ha in total · 14 days
  24. 1,168 ha Mongo fire, 16 March 2023 1.0% of the municipality · 1,864 ha in total · 17 days
  25. 1,718 ha Sengbe fire, 14 March 2023 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 2,182 ha in total · 17 days
  26. 912 ha Sengbe fire, 14 March 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,040 ha in total · 11 days
  27. 4,150 ha Sengbe fire, 12 March 2023 where it started 3.5% of the municipality · 7,774 ha in total · 22 days
  28. 924 ha Sengbe fire, 17 March 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,132 ha in total · 8 days
  29. 1,639 ha Sengbe fire, 17 March 2022 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 3,066 ha in total · 13 days
  30. 1,388 ha Sengbe fire, 14 March 2022 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,708 ha in total · 8 days
  31. 33 ha Mongo fire, March 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 1,653 ha in total · 14 days
  32. 368 ha Mongo fire, February 2022 0.3% of the municipality · 1,786 ha in total · 7 days
  33. 1,101 ha Sengbe fire, February 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,094 ha in total · 7 days
  34. 1,105 ha Sengbe fire, 18 January 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,098 ha in total · 9 days
  35. 1,009 ha Sengbe fire, 18 January 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,624 ha in total · 9 days
  36. 360 ha Nieni fire, 18 January 2022 0.3% of the municipality · 1,456 ha in total · 5 days
  37. 1,061 ha Sengbe fire, 3 April 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,219 ha in total · 7 days
  38. 782 ha Sengbe fire, 3 April 2020 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 1,169 ha in total · 8 days
  39. 1,065 ha Sengbe fire, 2 April 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,059 ha in total · 9 days
  40. 1,500 ha Sengbe fire, 2 April 2020 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 1,491 ha in total · 9 days
  41. 1,270 ha Sengbe fire, 1 April 2020 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,262 ha in total · 4 days
  42. 1,216 ha Sengbe fire, 17 March 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,208 ha in total · 5 days
  43. 1,135 ha Sengbe fire, 10 March 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,921 ha in total · 11 days
  44. 534 ha Wara Wara Yagal fire, February 2020 0.4% of the municipality · 1,135 ha in total · 3 days
  45. 614 ha Mongo fire, 24 January 2020 0.5% of the municipality · 1,513 ha in total · 6 days
  46. 386 ha Sengbe fire, April 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,536 ha in total · 11 days
  47. 623 ha Nieni fire, 2 March 2019 0.5% of the municipality · 2,221 ha in total · 12 days
  48. 1,365 ha Sengbe fire, March 2019 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,356 ha in total · 5 days
  49. 1,433 ha Sengbe fire, 22 January 2019 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,424 ha in total · 8 days
  50. 1,209 ha Sengbe fire, 21 January 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,201 ha in total · 10 days
  51. 1,063 ha Sengbe fire, 13 January 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,246 ha in total · 18 days
  52. 1,565 ha Sengbe fire, 1 January 2019 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 1,555 ha in total · 7 days
  53. 1,216 ha Nieni fire, 20 March 2018 1.0% of the municipality · 1,765 ha in total · 10 days
  54. 428 ha Nieni fire, January 2018 0.4% of the municipality · 1,156 ha in total · 6 days
  55. 893 ha Sengbe fire, 19 January 2018 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,062 ha in total · 8 days
  56. 1,239 ha Sengbe fire, 17 January 2018 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,242 ha in total · 9 days
  57. 1,007 ha Sengbe fire, 4 January 2018 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 1,000 ha in total · 12 days
  58. 2,182 ha Sengbe fire, 14 April 2017 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 2,168 ha in total · 11 days
  59. 1,096 ha Sengbe fire, 13 April 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,089 ha in total · 5 days
  60. 1,474 ha Sengbe fire, 5 April 2017 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,465 ha in total · 13 days
  61. 1,444 ha Sengbe fire, 1 April 2017 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,434 ha in total · 9 days
  62. 1,272 ha Nieni fire, 19 March 2017 1.1% of the municipality · 2,507 ha in total · 5 days
  63. 1,434 ha Sengbe fire, 5 February 2017 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,426 ha in total · 10 days
  64. 2,542 ha Sengbe fire, 2 February 2017 where it started 2.1% of the municipality · 2,525 ha in total · 8 days
  65. 1,057 ha Sengbe fire, 14 April 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 1,050 ha in total · 4 days
  66. 1,608 ha Sengbe fire, 9 April 2016 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 1,597 ha in total · 8 days
  67. 1,062 ha Mongo fire, 3 April 2016 0.9% of the municipality · 2,179 ha in total · 12 days
  68. 1,471 ha Sengbe fire, 30 March 2016 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,462 ha in total · 16 days
  69. 1,177 ha Sengbe fire, 26 March 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,708 ha in total · 22 days
  70. 405 ha Nieni fire, 26 March 2016 0.3% of the municipality · 1,805 ha in total · 18 days
  71. 848 ha Sengbe fire, 21 February 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 1,017 ha in total · 2 days
  72. 91 ha Mongo fire, February 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 1,540 ha in total · 5 days
  73. 1,384 ha Sengbe fire, 15 February 2016 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 1,375 ha in total · 4 days
  74. 319 ha Mongo fire, 24 January 2016 0.3% of the municipality · 1,235 ha in total · 17 days
  75. 1,206 ha Sengbe fire, 24 January 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 1,198 ha in total · 10 days
  76. 1,302 ha Sengbe fire, 24 January 2016 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,293 ha in total · 17 days
  77. 1,306 ha Sengbe fire, 24 January 2016 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 1,298 ha in total · 11 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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