Wildfires in Lozère
Lozère, France: 10 fires with a page have entered 10 of its 152 communes since 2016, burning 1,282 hectares inside the region. The largest was Hures-la-Parade in July 2026, with 227 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 1).
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
- 1,282ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 0.2%
- 5,174 km²
- fires
- 10
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 10
- of 152
- Largest fire
- 227ha
- Hures-la-Parade · July 2026
- Inhabitants
- 75,193
- 17.1 ha burned per thousand inhabitants
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Wed 28 Very low 12° · 65 % · 34 km/h
- Thu 29 Very low 16° · 44 % · 26 km/h
- Fri 30 Very low 14° · 54 % · 19 km/h
- Sat 31 Very low 14° · 39 % · 25 km/h
- Sun 1 Very low 11° · 45 % · 49 km/h
- Mon 2 Very low 7° · 56 % · 52 km/h
- Tue 3 Very low 11° · 37 % · 53 km/h
- Wed 4 Very low 12° · 55 % · 35 km/h
Click a perimeter to see which fire it is
The municipalities that burned most
- Massegros Causses Gorges 935 inhabitants 228 ha · 1.4 %
- Meyrueis 770 inhabitants 228 ha · 2.2 %
- Hures-la-Parade 242 inhabitants 227 ha · 2.6 %
- Prévenchères 267 inhabitants 184 ha · 3.0 %
- Saint Bonnet-Laval 258 inhabitants 123 ha · 3.8 %
- Pont de Montvert - Sud Mont Lozère 557 inhabitants 120 ha · 0.7 %
- Bassurels 62 inhabitants 106 ha · 2.3 %
- Trélans 50 ha · 2.1 %
- La Tieule 94 inhabitants 9 ha · 0.4 %
- La Bastide-Puylaurent 167 inhabitants 8 ha · 0.3 %
What burns in the region
- Other natural land37 %
- Coniferous forest26 %
- Mixed forest24 %
- Scrub and transitional woodland5.7 %
- Broadleaved forest4.8 %
- Agricultural areas2.2 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.
- 2×Massegros Causses Gorges228 ha
- 2×Meyrueis228 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 227 haHures-la-ParadeJuly 2026 · 1 day
- 191 haPrévenchèresAugust 2026 · 5 days
- 138 haMassegros Causses GorgesAugust 2026 · 1 day
- 125 haMeyrueisJuly 2026 · 2 days
- 123 haSaint Bonnet-LavalJuly 2026 · 3 days
- 120 haPont de Montvert - Sud Mont LozèreJanuary 2022 · 7 days
- 106 haBassurelsFebruary 2019 · 4 days
- 103 haMeyrueisMarch 2020 · 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 | 805 | Hures-la-Parade 227 ha |
| 2024 | 1 | 50 | Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac 50 ha |
| 2022 | 2 | 219 | Pont de Montvert - Sud Mont Lozère 120 ha |
| 2020 | 1 | 103 | Meyrueis 103 ha |
| 2019 | 1 | 106 | Bassurels 106 ha |
All fires in Lozère · 10
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
- 191 haPrévenchèresAugust 2026 · 5 days
- 138 haMassegros Causses GorgesAugust 2026 · 1 day
- 125 haMeyrueisJuly 2026 · 2 days
- 227 haHures-la-ParadeJuly 2026 · 1 day
- 123 haSaint Bonnet-LavalJuly 2026 · 3 days
- 50 haSaint Geniez d'Olt et d'AubracFebruary 2024 · 2 days of 112 ha in total
- 100 haMostuéjoulsAugust 2022 · 6 days of 1,206 ha in total
- 120 haPont de Montvert - Sud Mont LozèreJanuary 2022 · 7 days
- 103 haMeyrueisMarch 2020 · 1 day
- 106 haBassurelsFebruary 2019 · 4 days
Where this data comes from
Perimeters come from EFFIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0) and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière (IGN-F) (Etalab Open License 2.0). 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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