Wildfires in Central District
Central District, Israel: 9 fires with a page have entered 3 of its 4 subdistricts since 2016, burning 2,464 hectares inside the region. The largest was Petah Tiqwa in June 2019, with 488 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 16).
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
- 2,464ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 1.9%
- 1,280 km²
- fires
- 9
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 3
- of 4
- Largest fire
- 488ha
- Petah Tiqwa · June 2019
- Inhabitants
- —
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Wed 28 Very low 27° · 39 % · 24 km/h
- Thu 29 Moderate 26° · 46 % · 43 km/h
- Fri 30 Very low 22° · 65 % · 29 km/h
- Sat 31 Low 23° · 63 % · 28 km/h
- Sun 1 Low 24° · 71 % · 22 km/h
- Mon 2 Low 27° · 54 % · 25 km/h
- Tue 3 Low 24° · 70 % · 35 km/h
- Wed 4 Very low 24° · 53 % · 31 km/h
Click a perimeter to see which fire it is
The municipalities that burned most
- Ramla 1,183 ha · 3.5 %
- Petah Tiqwa 1,144 ha · 4.0 %
- Rehovot 137 ha · 0.4 %
What burns in the region
- Other natural land92 %
- Agricultural areas5.1 %
- Mixed forest2.7 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.
- 6×Ramla1,183 ha
- 4×Petah Tiqwa1,144 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 488 haPetah TiqwaJune 2019 · 1 day
- 349 haRamlaSeptember 2024 · 1 day
- 315 haRamlaJuly 2023 · 1 day
- 295 haPetah TiqwaJune 2024 · 1 day of 322 ha in total
- 289 haPetah TiqwaMay 2020 · 2 days
- 247 haRamlaJuly 2025 · 1 day
- 198 haRamlaMay 2019 · 1 day
- 146 haRamlaMay 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 | 1 | 146 | Ramla 146 ha |
| 2025 | 1 | 247 | Ramla 247 ha |
| 2024 | 2 | 644 | Ramla 349 ha |
| 2023 | 1 | 315 | Ramla 315 ha |
| 2021 | 1 | 137 | Rehovot 137 ha |
| 2020 | 1 | 289 | Petah Tiqwa 289 ha |
| 2019 | 2 | 686 | Petah Tiqwa 488 ha |
All fires in Central District · 9
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
Where this data comes from
Perimeters come from EFFIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0) and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/geoBoundaries, Wikimedia (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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