Wildfires in Centrale
Centrale, Togo: 125 fires with a page have entered 5 of its 5 prefectures since 2016, burning 220,528 hectares inside the region. The largest was Sotouboua in 26 November 2025, with 21,115 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: low (FWI 10).
Only fires of 1,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.
- hectares burned
- 220,528ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 17%
- 13,322 km²
- fires
- 125
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 5
- of 5
- Largest fire
- 21,115ha
- Sotouboua · 26 November 2025
- Inhabitants
- —
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Sat 24 Low 34° · 39 % · 20 km/h
- Sun 25 Low 33° · 38 % · 20 km/h
- Mon 26 Very low 32° · 51 % · 27 km/h
- Tue 27 Very low 31° · 68 % · 29 km/h
- Wed 28 Very low 31° · 58 % · 27 km/h
- Thu 29 Very low 33° · 48 % · 29 km/h
- Fri 30 Low 33° · 47 % · 24 km/h
- Sat 31 Low 32° · 60 % · 19 km/h
Click a perimeter to see which fire it is
The municipalities that burned most
- Sotouboua 138,090 ha · 43 %
- Blitta 38,173 ha · 12 %
- Tchamba 18,362 ha · 5.6 %
- Plaine de Mô 13,094 ha · 10 %
- Tchaoudjo 12,807 ha · 5.3 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more large fires (1,000 ha or more) since 2016.
- 77×Sotouboua138,090 ha
- 24×Blitta38,173 ha
- 17×Plaine de Mô13,094 ha
- 17×Tchaoudjo12,807 ha
- 13×Tchamba18,362 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 21,115 haSotouboua26 November 2025 · 46 days of 36,837 ha in total
- 5,276 haBlitta13 January 2026 · 18 days
- 5,265 haBlitta17 January 2026 · 14 days
- 4,972 haSotouboua6 January 2026 · 24 days
- 4,601 haSotouboua6 December 2022 · 15 days
- 4,504 haSotouboua11 January 2026 · 21 days of 5,526 ha in total
- 3,771 haSotouboua16 December 2021 · 16 days
- 3,588 haSotouboua16 December 2021 · 16 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 | 18 | 46,122 | Blitta 5,276 ha |
| 2025 | 17 | 42,154 | Sotouboua 21,115 ha |
| 2024 | 5 | 8,596 | Sotouboua 2,597 ha |
| 2023 | 5 | 5,956 | Sotouboua 1,332 ha |
| 2022 | 10 | 16,178 | Sotouboua 4,601 ha |
| 2021 | 14 | 26,187 | Sotouboua 3,771 ha |
| 2020 | 17 | 22,558 | Sotouboua 2,548 ha |
| 2019 | 11 | 13,453 | Sotouboua 1,753 ha |
| 2018 | 5 | 6,992 | Sotouboua 2,638 ha |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,517 | Tchaoudjo 2,600 ha |
| 2016 | 15 | 19,816 | Sotouboua 2,012 ha |
All fires in Centrale · 125
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
- 1,053 haTchamba24 January 2026 · 4 days
- 1,646 haBlitta24 January 2026 · 6 days
- 1,035 haPlaine de Mô24 January 2026 · 5 days
- 3,488 haBlitta22 January 2026 · 9 days of 5,264 ha in total
- 2,438 haBlitta22 January 2026 · 8 days
- 2,618 haBlitta17 January 2026 · 14 days
- 5,265 haBlitta17 January 2026 · 14 days
- 2,827 haTchamba15 January 2026 · 16 days
- 2,390 haTchaoudjo13 January 2026 · 19 days
- 5,276 haBlitta13 January 2026 · 18 days
- 1,847 haPlaine de Mô13 January 2026 · 18 days of 1,958 ha in total
- 4,504 haSotouboua11 January 2026 · 21 days of 5,526 ha in total
- 1,615 haTchaoudjo9 January 2026 · 7 days
- 1,225 haTchaoudjo8 January 2026 · 9 days
- 1,200 haTchaoudjo6 January 2026 · 12 days
- 4,972 haSotouboua6 January 2026 · 24 days
- 1,703 haPlaine de Mô6 January 2026 · 17 days
- 1,022 haPlaine de Mô2 January 2026 · 11 days
- 1,233 haTchamba28 December 2025 · 11 days
- 1,084 haSotouboua28 December 2025 · 7 days
- 1,914 haTchamba27 December 2025 · 13 days
- 1,334 haSotouboua21 December 2025 · 3 days
- 1,420 haSotouboua20 December 2025 · 8 days
- 1,067 haSotouboua16 December 2025 · 7 days
- 1,614 haSotouboua15 December 2025 · 8 days
- 1,798 haSotouboua10 December 2025 · 9 days
- 1,081 haBlittaDecember 2025 · 6 days
- 1,064 haSotouboua4 December 2025 · 9 days
- 1,525 haSotouboua1 December 2025 · 12 days
- 21,115 haSotouboua26 November 2025 · 46 days of 36,837 ha in total
- 1,093 haSotouboua24 November 2025 · 3 days
- 1,100 haSotouboua22 November 2025 · 4 days
- 1,348 haBlittaNovember 2025 · 13 days
- 1,018 haTchambaFebruary 2025 · 5 days
- 1,345 haBlittaFebruary 2025 · 4 days
- 1,471 haSotouboua14 December 2024 · 7 days
- 1,016 haSotouboua12 December 2024 · 14 days
- 2,500 haSotouboua7 December 2024 · 16 days
- 1,012 haSotouboua5 December 2024 · 7 days
- 2,597 haSotoubouaJanuary 2024 · 7 days
- 1,239 haSotouboua19 December 2023 · 5 days
- 1,332 haSotouboua18 December 2023 · 6 days
- 1,157 haSotouboua18 December 2023 · 13 days
- 1,161 haBlitta16 February 2023 · 7 days
- 1,067 haBlitta14 February 2023 · 8 days
- 1,805 haTchambaDecember 2022 · 5 days
- 1,052 haSotouboua8 December 2022 · 12 days
- 1,131 haSotouboua8 December 2022 · 6 days
- 4,601 haSotouboua6 December 2022 · 15 days
- 1,054 haSotouboua24 November 2022 · 7 days
- 3,123 haSotouboua23 November 2022 · 9 days
- 5 haBassarNovember 2022 · 7 days of 1,263 ha in total
- 1,093 haSotouboua18 November 2022 · 9 days
- 1,074 haBlitta21 January 2022 · 12 days
- 1,240 haBlitta18 January 2022 · 15 days
- 1,245 haSotouboua26 December 2021 · 8 days
- 1,009 haSotouboua18 December 2021 · 7 days
- 2,369 haTchaoudjoDecember 2021 · 8 days
- 3,588 haSotouboua16 December 2021 · 16 days
- 3,771 haSotouboua16 December 2021 · 16 days
- 1,474 haSotouboua12 December 2021 · 12 days
- 2,287 haBassar10 December 2021 · 18 days of 4,783 ha in total
- 1,250 haSotouboua10 December 2021 · 19 days
- 2,975 haSotouboua8 December 2021 · 15 days
- 1,650 haSotouboua6 December 2021 · 11 days
- 1,137 haSotouboua1 December 2021 · 9 days
- 1,074 haBlittaMarch 2021 · 14 days
- 1,118 haTchambaFebruary 2021 · 21 days of 1,537 ha in total
- 1,239 haPlaine de MôJanuary 2021 · 7 days
- 1,283 haSotouboua28 December 2020 · 4 days
- 171 haBassar15 December 2020 · 7 days of 2,339 ha in total
- 1,910 haSotouboua9 December 2020 · 4 days
- 1,065 haSotouboua8 December 2020 · 12 days
- 1,109 haSotouboua4 December 2020 · 2 days
- 209 haBassar2 December 2020 · 4 days of 1,146 ha in total
- 1,778 haSotouboua30 November 2020 · 11 days
- 1,062 haTchaoudjoNovember 2020 · 10 days
- 2,548 haSotouboua29 November 2020 · 6 days
- 1,875 haSotouboua22 November 2020 · 4 days
- 1,013 haTchambaNovember 2020 · 5 days
- 2,240 haSotouboua17 November 2020 · 7 days
- 1,202 haBlitta23 February 2020 · 8 days
- 1,332 haTchambaFebruary 2020 · 16 days of 2,035 ha in total
- 1,096 haBlitta2 February 2020 · 14 days
- 1,266 haBlitta1 February 2020 · 7 days
- 1,400 haSotoubouaJanuary 2020 · 5 days
- 1,069 haSotouboua23 December 2019 · 11 days
- 914 haBassar21 December 2019 · 11 days of 1,744 ha in total
- 1,636 haSotouboua19 December 2019 · 16 days
- 1,753 haSotouboua17 December 2019 · 17 days
- 1,163 haSotouboua16 December 2019 · 1 day
- 1,063 haSotouboua16 December 2019 · 11 days
- 1,351 haSotouboua12 December 2019 · 3 days
- 1,013 haSotouboua8 December 2019 · 12 days
- 1,145 haTchamba6 February 2019 · 11 days of 1,270 ha in total
- 1,086 haTchamba5 February 2019 · 14 days
- 1,262 haSotoubouaJanuary 2019 · 7 days
- 2,638 haSotoubouaDecember 2018 · 14 days
- 1,131 haPlaine de MôDecember 2018 · 20 days
- 1,167 haBlittaJanuary 2018 · 14 days
- 1,009 haPlaine de Mô6 January 2018 · 8 days
- 1,047 haPlaine de Mô5 January 2018 · 7 days
- 1,273 haSotouboua26 December 2017 · 9 days
- 2,600 haTchaoudjoDecember 2017 · 3 days
- 1,123 haSotouboua10 December 2017 · 7 days
- 1,480 haSotouboua8 December 2017 · 5 days
- 1,309 haSotouboua4 December 2017 · 4 days
- 1,226 haSotouboua29 November 2017 · 6 days
- 1,675 haSotouboua26 November 2017 · 11 days
- 1,831 haTchambaFebruary 2017 · 15 days
- 44 haBassar29 December 2016 · 7 days of 1,076 ha in total
- 1,647 haSotouboua26 December 2016 · 3 days
- 1,881 haSotouboua25 December 2016 · 5 days
- 1,987 haTchaoudjoDecember 2016 · 6 days
- 1,059 haTchambaDecember 2016 · 7 days
- 1,900 haPlaine de MôDecember 2016 · 13 days
- 1,465 haSotouboua16 December 2016 · 11 days
- 2,012 haSotouboua3 December 2016 · 8 days
- 1,030 haSotouboua2 December 2016 · 16 days
- 1,238 haSotouboua1 December 2016 · 4 days
- 784 haBlittaFebruary 2016 · 5 days of 1,223 ha in total
- 1,046 haBlitta22 January 2016 · 6 days
- 1,134 haBlitta22 January 2016 · 10 days
- 1,424 haBlitta22 January 2016 · 8 days
- 1,164 haSotoubouaJanuary 2016 · 4 days
Where this data comes from
Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/OpenStreetMap, Wambacher (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0). 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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