Wildfires in Saïdaسعيدة
Saïda, Algeria: 9 fires with a page have entered 11 of its 16 communes since 2016, burning 18,904 hectares inside the region. The largest was Doui Thabet in 18 July 2026, with 7,265 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 19).
Only fires of 100 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.
- hectares burned
- 18,904ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 2.1%
- 9,119 km²
- fires
- 9
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 11
- of 16
- Largest fire
- 7,265ha
- Doui Thabet · 18 July 2026
- Inhabitants
- 306,316
- 61.7 ha burned per thousand inhabitants
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Sun 25 Moderate 21° · 17 % · 16 km/h
- Mon 26 Moderate 22° · 24 % · 22 km/h
- Tue 27 High 25° · 18 % · 28 km/h
- Wed 28 Moderate 21° · 30 % · 16 km/h
- Thu 29 Moderate 22° · 26 % · 28 km/h
- Fri 30 High 23° · 24 % · 28 km/h
- Sat 31 High 22° · 19 % · 27 km/h
- Sun 1 High 20° · 24 % · 26 km/h
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The municipalities that burned most
- Doui Thabet 5,158 inhabitants 3,699 ha · 17 %
- Sidi Amar 8,991 inhabitants 3,629 ha · 21 %
- Aïn El Hadjar 29,022 inhabitants 3,608 ha · 8.7 %
- Youb 17,355 inhabitants 2,450 ha · 5.6 %
- Ouled Khaled 30,484 inhabitants 1,856 ha · 9.0 %
- Bir El Hammam 1,249 inhabitants 1,516 ha · 1.1 %
- Sidi Boubekeur 19,282 inhabitants 876 ha · 3.6 %
- Saïda 128,413 inhabitants 587 ha · 7.6 %
- Aïn Soltane 6,920 inhabitants 414 ha · 1.6 %
- Maamora 7,082 inhabitants 266 ha · 0.2 %
- El Hessasna 13,294 inhabitants 2 ha · 0.0 %
What burns in the region
- Mixed forest42 %
- Other natural land42 %
- Agricultural areas13 %
- Broadleaved forest3.3 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.
- 3×Doui Thabet3,699 ha
- 2×Youb2,450 ha
- 2×Saïda587 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 7,265 haDoui Thabet ذوي ثابت18 July 2026 · 8 days
- 3,608 haAïn El Hadjar عين الحجرJuly 2026 · 1 day
- 2,096 haDoui Thabet ذوي ثابت11 July 2026 · 15 days
- 1,670 haYoub يوبAugust 2017 · 2 days
- 1,516 haBir El Hammam واد تاوريرةSeptember 2016 · 6 days
- 1,286 haDoui Thabet ذوي ثابتJuly 2020 · 3 days
- 780 haYoub يوبJuly 2017 · 1 day
- 414 haAïn Soltane عين سلطانJuly 2026 · 1 day
Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.
Year by year
| Year | fires | hectares burned | Largest of the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 13,651 | Doui Thabet 7,265 ha |
| 2020 | 1 | 1,286 | Doui Thabet 1,286 ha |
| 2017 | 2 | 2,450 | Youb 1,670 ha |
| 2016 | 1 | 1,516 | Bir El Hammam 1,516 ha |
All fires in Saïda · 9
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
- 267 haMaamora معمورةAugust 2026 · 1 day
- 414 haAïn Soltane عين سلطانJuly 2026 · 1 day
- 7,265 haDoui Thabet ذوي ثابت18 July 2026 · 8 days
- 3,608 haAïn El Hadjar عين الحجرJuly 2026 · 1 day
- 2,096 haDoui Thabet ذوي ثابت11 July 2026 · 15 days
- 1,286 haDoui Thabet ذوي ثابتJuly 2020 · 3 days
- 1,670 haYoub يوبAugust 2017 · 2 days
- 780 haYoub يوبJuly 2017 · 1 day
- 1,516 haBir El Hammam واد تاوريرةSeptember 2016 · 6 days
Where this data comes from
Perimeters come from EFFIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0) and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/geoBoundaries, Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain). 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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