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Wildfires in Iringa

Iringa, Tanzania, has had 77 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 1,091,742 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 58% of its area. Fire danger today: very extreme (FWI 70).

Only fires of 3,000 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. Fri 23 Extreme 39° · 13 % · 36 km/h
  2. Sat 24 Very extreme 39° · 11 % · 49 km/h
  3. Sun 25 Extreme 36° · 15 % · 51 km/h
  4. Mon 26 Extreme 36° · 18 % · 48 km/h
  5. Tue 27 Extreme 36° · 15 % · 46 km/h
  6. Wed 28 Extreme 37° · 14 % · 41 km/h
  7. Thu 29 Very high 37° · 24 % · 41 km/h
  8. Fri 30 Very high 38° · 22 % · 41 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

1,091,742
hectares burned
58 %
of its area
77
fires
18,905
km²

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Fires that entered Iringa

  1. 4,037 ha Mbarali fire, October 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 8,095 ha in total · 9 days
  2. 3,089 ha Iringa fire, 30 September 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,074 ha in total · 7 days
  3. 12,058 ha Iringa fire, 15 September 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 23,926 ha in total · 19 days
  4. 43,079 ha Iringa fire, 23 August 2026 where it started 2.3% of the municipality · 113,063 ha in total · 36 days
  5. 6,031 ha Iringa fire, 2 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,035 ha in total · 9 days
  6. 3,456 ha Iringa fire, 28 July 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,436 ha in total · 6 days
  7. 75,670 ha Iringa fire, 20 July 2026 where it started 4.0% of the municipality · 75,347 ha in total · 45 days
  8. 3,350 ha Iringa fire, 19 July 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,333 ha in total · 6 days
  9. 646 ha Manyoni fire, 21 June 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 3,293 ha in total · 7 days
  10. 2,905 ha Iringa fire, 9 September 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,113 ha in total · 6 days
  11. 11,896 ha Iringa fire, 6 September 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 17,501 ha in total · 17 days
  12. 3,601 ha Iringa fire, 9 July 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,579 ha in total · 7 days
  13. 5,629 ha Iringa fire, 8 July 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,593 ha in total · 8 days
  14. 7,416 ha Iringa fire, 7 July 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,368 ha in total · 20 days
  15. 3,487 ha Iringa fire, June 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,497 ha in total · 6 days
  16. 96 ha Manyoni fire, 12 June 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 3,415 ha in total · 4 days
  17. 5,931 ha Mbarali fire, 16 September 2024 0.3% of the municipality · 10,855 ha in total · 7 days
  18. 5,433 ha Iringa fire, September 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,397 ha in total · 3 days
  19. 10,614 ha Iringa fire, August 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 10,573 ha in total · 18 days
  20. 2,781 ha Iringa fire, 29 July 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,303 ha in total · 3 days
  21. 3,243 ha Iringa fire, 29 July 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,169 ha in total · 5 days
  22. 54,838 ha Iringa fire, 28 July 2024 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 54,511 ha in total · 22 days
  23. 4,701 ha Iringa fire, 27 July 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,671 ha in total · 5 days
  24. 4,851 ha Iringa fire, 16 September 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,819 ha in total · 9 days
  25. 5,678 ha Iringa fire, 15 September 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,417 ha in total · 21 days
  26. 6,288 ha Iringa fire, 28 August 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,250 ha in total · 10 days
  27. 2,371 ha Iringa fire, 10 August 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,690 ha in total · 9 days
  28. 3,667 ha Iringa fire, 8 August 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,672 ha in total · 7 days
  29. 43,074 ha Iringa fire, 28 July 2023 where it started 2.3% of the municipality · 42,802 ha in total · 43 days
  30. 6,555 ha Mbarali fire, July 2023 0.4% of the municipality · 7,702 ha in total · 6 days
  31. 3,679 ha Iringa fire, 27 July 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,878 ha in total · 6 days
  32. 107 ha Manyoni fire, 23 June 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 5,988 ha in total · 5 days
  33. 3,254 ha Iringa fire, September 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,419 ha in total · 7 days
  34. 4,157 ha Chunya fire, 15 August 2022 0.2% of the municipality · 15,782 ha in total · 11 days
  35. 133,512 ha Mbarali fire, 4 September 2021 7.1% of the municipality · 140,758 ha in total · 45 days
  36. 6,061 ha Iringa fire, 9 July 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,792 ha in total · 12 days
  37. 9,883 ha Iringa fire, 8 July 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 9,842 ha in total · 13 days
  38. 945 ha Chunya fire, 7 October 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 3,346 ha in total · 5 days
  39. 4,869 ha Mbarali fire, 6 October 2020 0.3% of the municipality · 16,427 ha in total · 7 days
  40. 5,408 ha Iringa fire, October 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,373 ha in total · 4 days
  41. 3,794 ha Chunya fire, 30 September 2020 0.2% of the municipality · 9,707 ha in total · 9 days
  42. 3,927 ha Iringa fire, 14 September 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,905 ha in total · 7 days
  43. 5,685 ha Iringa fire, 12 September 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,650 ha in total · 10 days
  44. 3,271 ha Iringa fire, 5 September 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,253 ha in total · 3 days
  45. 684 ha Mbarali fire, September 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 3,227 ha in total · 8 days
  46. 16,209 ha Iringa fire, 30 August 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 16,104 ha in total · 20 days
  47. 27,180 ha Iringa fire, 26 August 2020 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 27,011 ha in total · 11 days
  48. 3,547 ha Iringa fire, 25 August 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,525 ha in total · 5 days
  49. 3,908 ha Iringa fire, 24 August 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,885 ha in total · 8 days
  50. 4,825 ha Iringa fire, 24 August 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,797 ha in total · 8 days
  51. 4,663 ha Iringa fire, 23 August 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,635 ha in total · 6 days
  52. 3,397 ha Iringa fire, 7 August 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,378 ha in total · 6 days
  53. 5,194 ha Iringa fire, 4 August 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,166 ha in total · 8 days
  54. 45 ha Manyoni fire, 27 July 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 4,690 ha in total · 7 days
  55. 27,016 ha Iringa fire, 31 July 2019 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 26,840 ha in total · 15 days
  56. 146 ha Manyoni fire, 22 July 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 6,617 ha in total · 4 days
  57. 10,991 ha Iringa fire, 16 July 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 18,155 ha in total · 17 days
  58. 85,115 ha Iringa fire, 7 July 2019 where it started 4.5% of the municipality · 97,386 ha in total · 26 days
  59. 4,292 ha Mbarali fire, 16 June 2019 0.2% of the municipality · 7,231 ha in total · 6 days
  60. 245 ha Manyoni fire, 7 June 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 15,188 ha in total · 12 days
  61. 4,014 ha Iringa fire, October 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,991 ha in total · 3 days
  62. 113,248 ha Iringa fire, September 2018 where it started 6.0% of the municipality · 113,445 ha in total · 35 days
  63. 607 ha Manyoni fire, 20 August 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 5,010 ha in total · 6 days
  64. 12,695 ha Iringa fire, July 2018 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 12,620 ha in total · 10 days
  65. 3,238 ha Iringa fire, 27 August 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,219 ha in total · 8 days
  66. 3,225 ha Iringa fire, 26 August 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,204 ha in total · 6 days
  67. 25,432 ha Iringa fire, 15 August 2017 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 39,206 ha in total · 34 days
  68. 4,788 ha Mbarali fire, July 2017 0.2% of the municipality · 6,665 ha in total · 9 days
  69. 804 ha Chunya fire, 24 July 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 12,300 ha in total · 16 days
  70. 3,894 ha Manyoni fire, 4 July 2017 0.2% of the municipality · 45,221 ha in total · 37 days
  71. 4,068 ha Iringa fire, June 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,041 ha in total · 7 days
  72. 15,171 ha Iringa fire, October 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 16,584 ha in total · 22 days
  73. 848 ha Mbarali fire, 25 September 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 3,163 ha in total · 4 days
  74. 3,912 ha Iringa fire, September 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,888 ha in total · 6 days
  75. 129,473 ha Iringa fire, August 2016 where it started 6.8% of the municipality · 138,240 ha in total · 37 days
  76. 28,565 ha Chunya fire, 28 July 2016 1.5% of the municipality · 32,137 ha in total · 18 days
  77. 5,282 ha Iringa fire, July 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,251 ha in total · 5 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics / UN OCHA ROSA, OCHA ROSA (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).