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Wildfires in Mbarali

Mbarali, Tanzania, has had 85 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 390,271 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 27% of its area. Fire danger today: very high (FWI 46).

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. Tue 27 Extreme 35° · 25 % · 43 km/h
  2. Wed 28 Very high 35° · 17 % · 31 km/h
  3. Thu 29 Extreme 36° · 14 % · 44 km/h
  4. Fri 30 Very high 34° · 26 % · 43 km/h
  5. Sat 31 Low 34° · 28 % · 28 km/h
  6. Sun 1 Moderate 32° · 36 % · 50 km/h
  7. Mon 2 Low 32° · 41 % · 43 km/h
  8. Tue 3 Low 34° · 29 % · 50 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

390,271
hectares burned
27 %
of its area
85
fires
14,533
km²

How many times has Mbarali burned?

Mbarali has burned 85 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Mbarali fire, October 2026, with 4,108 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 15× 16
  2. 8× 17
  3. 2× 18
  4. 14× 19
  5. 6× 20
  6. 10× 21
  7. 6× 22
  8. 4× 23
  9. 5× 24
  10. 8× 25
  11. 7× 26
85
fires
11
years with fire
390,271
cumulative ha
2 Oct 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 3,000 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 Tanzania →

Fires that entered Mbarali

  1. 4,108 ha Mbarali fire, October 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,095 ha in total · 9 days
  2. 3,750 ha Mbarali fire, 20 September 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,727 ha in total · 11 days
  3. 8,482 ha Mbarali fire, 19 September 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 8,435 ha in total · 20 days
  4. 11,093 ha Mbarali fire, 16 September 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 11,028 ha in total · 23 days
  5. 12,012 ha Iringa fire, 15 September 2026 0.8% of the municipality · 23,926 ha in total · 19 days
  6. 13,511 ha Iringa fire, 19 August 2026 0.9% of the municipality · 113,063 ha in total · 45 days
  7. 3,640 ha Mbarali fire, August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,619 ha in total · 7 days
  8. 3,708 ha Mbarali fire, October 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,686 ha in total · 8 days
  9. 4,883 ha Mbarali fire, 19 September 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,851 ha in total · 9 days
  10. 2,927 ha Iringa fire, 9 September 2025 0.2% of the municipality · 6,113 ha in total · 6 days
  11. 5,614 ha Mbarali fire, 4 September 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,581 ha in total · 12 days
  12. 5,714 ha Iringa fire, 4 September 2025 0.4% of the municipality · 17,501 ha in total · 23 days
  13. 964 ha Chunya fire, September 2025 0.1% of the municipality · 6,036 ha in total · 5 days
  14. 9,823 ha Mbarali fire, August 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 9,766 ha in total · 17 days
  15. 3,871 ha Mbarali fire, July 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,849 ha in total · 10 days
  16. 4,191 ha Mbarali fire, 16 September 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,496 ha in total · 7 days
  17. 4,487 ha Mbarali fire, 15 September 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 10,855 ha in total · 8 days
  18. 3,460 ha Mbarali fire, 11 September 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,441 ha in total · 8 days
  19. 3,141 ha Mbarali fire, 10 September 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,123 ha in total · 11 days
  20. 4,816 ha Mbarali fire, 6 September 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,790 ha in total · 13 days
  21. 5,269 ha Mbarali fire, October 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,235 ha in total · 9 days
  22. 4,108 ha Mbarali fire, September 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,841 ha in total · 9 days
  23. 2,792 ha Iringa fire, 15 September 2023 0.2% of the municipality · 8,417 ha in total · 28 days
  24. 1,197 ha Mbarali fire, July 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 7,702 ha in total · 8 days
  25. 4,192 ha Mbarali fire, October 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,170 ha in total · 3 days
  26. 4,102 ha Mbarali fire, September 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,079 ha in total · 7 days
  27. 188 ha Iringa fire, September 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 3,419 ha in total · 9 days
  28. 4,777 ha Mbarali fire, 29 August 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,793 ha in total · 13 days
  29. 4,426 ha Mbarali fire, 28 August 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,398 ha in total · 4 days
  30. 1 ha Chunya fire, 11 August 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 15,782 ha in total · 20 days
  31. 5,893 ha Mbarali fire, December 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,855 ha in total · 7 days
  32. 3,116 ha Mbarali fire, October 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,098 ha in total · 9 days
  33. 4,493 ha Mbarali fire, 28 September 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,467 ha in total · 9 days
  34. 6,403 ha Mbarali fire, 26 September 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,367 ha in total · 12 days
  35. 3,538 ha Mbarali fire, 19 September 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,516 ha in total · 8 days
  36. 3,738 ha Mbarali fire, 17 September 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,718 ha in total · 15 days
  37. 4,371 ha Mbarali fire, 8 September 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,349 ha in total · 19 days
  38. 8,138 ha Mbarali fire, 4 September 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 140,758 ha in total · 45 days
  39. 9,269 ha Mbarali fire, 1 September 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 9,218 ha in total · 16 days
  40. 3,718 ha Mbarali fire, August 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,693 ha in total · 5 days
  41. 3,034 ha Mbarali fire, 27 October 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,014 ha in total · 4 days
  42. 11,652 ha Mbarali fire, 5 October 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 16,427 ha in total · 11 days
  43. 3,288 ha Mbarali fire, 4 October 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,264 ha in total · 4 days
  44. 5,685 ha Mbarali fire, 4 October 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,655 ha in total · 8 days
  45. 2,355 ha Chunya fire, 30 September 2020 0.2% of the municipality · 9,707 ha in total · 9 days
  46. 2,562 ha Mbarali fire, September 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,227 ha in total · 9 days
  47. 3,412 ha Mbarali fire, October 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,390 ha in total · 19 days
  48. 3,932 ha Mbarali fire, September 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,911 ha in total · 8 days
  49. 3,189 ha Mbarali fire, 27 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,169 ha in total · 5 days
  50. 3,285 ha Mbarali fire, 15 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,263 ha in total · 6 days
  51. 3,173 ha Mbarali fire, 10 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,154 ha in total · 4 days
  52. 7,591 ha Mbarali fire, 6 August 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,542 ha in total · 14 days
  53. 3,136 ha Mbarali fire, 1 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,120 ha in total · 5 days
  54. 3,627 ha Mbarali fire, 27 July 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,605 ha in total · 4 days
  55. 3,982 ha Mbarali fire, 14 July 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,955 ha in total · 16 days
  56. 4,846 ha Iringa fire, 14 July 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 18,155 ha in total · 19 days
  57. 3,608 ha Mbarali fire, 8 July 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,584 ha in total · 8 days
  58. 4,948 ha Mbarali fire, 16 June 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,921 ha in total · 18 days
  59. 2,983 ha Mbarali fire, 15 June 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,231 ha in total · 7 days
  60. 4,052 ha Mbarali fire, 3 June 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,028 ha in total · 5 days
  61. 5,766 ha Mbarali fire, October 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,727 ha in total · 7 days
  62. 3,798 ha Mbarali fire, August 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,773 ha in total · 5 days
  63. 5,430 ha Mbarali fire, November 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,393 ha in total · 9 days
  64. 5,214 ha Mbarali fire, October 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,181 ha in total · 7 days
  65. 3,805 ha Mbarali fire, 12 September 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,785 ha in total · 10 days
  66. 3,225 ha Mbarali fire, 3 September 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,207 ha in total · 8 days
  67. 4,062 ha Mbarali fire, 29 August 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,038 ha in total · 6 days
  68. 4,224 ha Mbarali fire, 27 August 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,196 ha in total · 5 days
  69. 5,736 ha Iringa fire, 8 August 2017 0.4% of the municipality · 39,206 ha in total · 41 days
  70. 1,919 ha Mbarali fire, July 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 6,665 ha in total · 9 days
  71. 3,493 ha Mbarali fire, 19 October 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,475 ha in total · 8 days
  72. 3,117 ha Mbarali fire, 7 October 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,096 ha in total · 14 days
  73. 1,522 ha Iringa fire, October 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 16,584 ha in total · 25 days
  74. 2,086 ha Mbarali fire, 25 September 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,163 ha in total · 7 days
  75. 4,808 ha Mbarali fire, 15 September 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,781 ha in total · 16 days
  76. 270 ha Chunya fire, September 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 3,819 ha in total · 4 days
  77. 4,883 ha Mbarali fire, 11 September 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,851 ha in total · 11 days
  78. 3,727 ha Mbarali fire, 2 September 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,705 ha in total · 9 days
  79. 3,814 ha Mbarali fire, 27 August 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,792 ha in total · 2 days
  80. 9,600 ha Iringa fire, August 2016 0.7% of the municipality · 138,240 ha in total · 46 days
  81. 4,875 ha Mbarali fire, 2 August 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,848 ha in total · 10 days
  82. 3,808 ha Mbarali fire, 29 July 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,787 ha in total · 7 days
  83. 1 ha Chunya fire, 28 July 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 32,137 ha in total · 25 days
  84. 41 ha Chunya fire, 10 July 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 5,361 ha in total · 11 days
  85. 18,779 ha Mbarali fire, 6 July 2016 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 18,660 ha in total · 16 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).

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