Wildfires in Béqaa
Béqaa, Lebanon: 4 fires with a page have entered 2 of its 3 districts since 2016, burning 562 hectares inside the region. The largest was Zahle in 24 June 2024, with 160 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 0).
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
- 562ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 0.4%
- 1,340 km²
- fires
- 4
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 2
- of 3
- Largest fire
- 160ha
- Zahle · 24 June 2024
- Inhabitants
- —
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Thu 29 Very low 18° · 50 % · 48 km/h
- Fri 30 Very low 15° · 73 % · 36 km/h
- Sat 31 Very low 18° · 57 % · 21 km/h
- Sun 1 Very low 20° · 52 % · 27 km/h
- Mon 2 Very low 22° · 36 % · 40 km/h
- Tue 3 Very low 20° · 49 % · 44 km/h
- Wed 4 Low 18° · 42 % · 47 km/h
- Thu 5 Very low 17° · 58 % · 39 km/h
Click a perimeter to see which fire it is
The municipalities that burned most
- Zahle 422 ha · 1.0 %
- West Bekaa 140 ha · 0.3 %
What burns in the region
- Other natural land99 %
- Mixed forest0.5 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.
- 3×Zahle422 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 160 haZahle24 June 2024 · 1 day
- 148 haZahle20 June 2024 · 1 day
- 140 haWest BekaaAugust 2026 · 1 day
- 114 haZahleJune 2025 · 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 | 140 | West Bekaa 140 ha |
| 2025 | 1 | 114 | Zahle 114 ha |
| 2024 | 2 | 308 | Zahle 160 ha |
All fires in Béqaa · 4
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 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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