Wildfires in Anambra
Anambra, Nigeria: 12 fires with a page have entered 3 of its 21 local government areas since 2016, burning 37,895 hectares inside the region. The largest was Anambra West in February 2017, with 6,600 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 1).
Only fires of 2,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.
- hectares burned
- 37,895ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 7.8%
- 4,848 km²
- fires
- 12
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 3
- of 21
- Largest fire
- 6,600ha
- Anambra West · February 2017
- Inhabitants
- —
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Fri 30 Very low 31° · 73 % · 27 km/h
- Sat 31 Very low 30° · 60 % · 22 km/h
- Sun 1 Very low 32° · 67 % · 21 km/h
- Mon 2 Very low 32° · 65 % · 21 km/h
- Tue 3 Very low 31° · 64 % · 29 km/h
- Wed 4 Very low 32° · 61 % · 30 km/h
- Thu 5 Very low 32° · 61 % · 33 km/h
- Fri 6 Very low 32° · 66 % · 32 km/h
Click a perimeter to see which fire it is
The municipalities that burned most
- Anambra West 18,584 ha · 31 %
- Ayamelum 12,181 ha · 22 %
- Anambra East 7,129 ha · 12 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more large fires (1,000 ha or more) since 2016.
- 6×Anambra East7,129 ha
- 5×Anambra West18,584 ha
- 5×Ayamelum12,181 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 6,600 haAnambra WestFebruary 2017 · 23 days
- 5,946 haAnambra WestJanuary 2022 · 19 days of 6,735 ha in total
- 3,157 haAnambra West25 February 2026 · 13 days
- 3,067 haAnambra East18 January 2016 · 20 days
- 2,963 haAyamelumFebruary 2017 · 14 days
- 2,942 haAyamelumJanuary 2024 · 12 days
- 2,790 haAnambra EastFebruary 2016 · 17 days of 2,972 ha in total
- 2,203 haAyamelumJanuary 2022 · 13 days
Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.
Year by year
| Year | fires | hectares burned | Largest of the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 5,262 | Anambra West 3,157 ha |
| 2024 | 1 | 2,942 | Ayamelum 2,942 ha |
| 2022 | 2 | 8,149 | Anambra West 5,946 ha |
| 2017 | 3 | 11,509 | Anambra West 6,600 ha |
| 2016 | 4 | 10,032 | Anambra East 3,067 ha |
All fires in Anambra · 12
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
- 2,105 haAnambra West25 February 2026 · 12 days
- 3,157 haAnambra West25 February 2026 · 13 days
- 2,942 haAyamelumJanuary 2024 · 12 days
- 5,946 haAnambra WestJanuary 2022 · 19 days of 6,735 ha in total
- 2,203 haAyamelumJanuary 2022 · 13 days
- 2,963 haAyamelumFebruary 2017 · 14 days
- 6,600 haAnambra WestFebruary 2017 · 23 days
- 1,946 haUzo-UwaniJanuary 2017 · 7 days of 2,105 ha in total
- 2,126 haAyamelumFebruary 2016 · 5 days
- 2,790 haAnambra EastFebruary 2016 · 17 days of 2,972 ha in total
- 2,049 haAnambra East23 January 2016 · 7 days
- 3,067 haAnambra East18 January 2016 · 20 days
Where this data comes from
Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/GRID3 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)). 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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