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The world’s wildfires, one by one
Official satellite-measured fire perimeters, crossed with each country’s administrative boundaries to tell what happened to every town.
- 125,006
- fires with a page
- 619.9 M
- hectares
- 142
- countries
What is burning right now
See all- 14,989 MW Ghanzi Botswana · 288 hotspots · last one 14 h ago · about 4,000 ha with fire
- 10,161 MW Luakpiny/Nasir South Sudan · 832 hotspots · last one 15 h ago · about 11,600 ha with fire
- 9,866 MW Gemsbok Botswana · 608 hotspots · last one 14 h ago · about 8,500 ha with fire
- 8,068 MW Mareeba Australia · 638 hotspots · last one 10 h ago · about 8,900 ha with fire
- 7,597 MW Koussané Mali · 169 hotspots · last one 12 h ago · about 2,400 ha with fire
- 6,360 MW Longochuk South Sudan · 595 hotspots · last one 15 h ago · about 8,300 ha with fire
Largest recorded fires
- 4,429,314 haSan IgnacioBolivia · 18 June 2024 · 137 days
- 1,128,166 haSan MatíasBolivia · June 2024 · 116 days
- 996,762 haGorny UlusRussia · 22 June 2021 · 55 days
- 978,515 haYalingaCentral African Republic · 24 December 2020 · 76 days
- 976,263 haEeyou Istchee Baie-JamesCanada · May 2023 · 60 days
- 838,585 haLithgowAustralia · October 2019 · 82 days
- 799,590 haNorthern RockiesCanada · 11 May 2023 · 525 days
- 796,044 haBarão de MelgaçoBrazil · 13 July 2020 · 95 days
Latest fires
- ≈ 154 haBismil Türkiye · November 2026 · provisional · not counted · 2 days
- ≈ 210 haSinnamary France · November 2026 · provisional · not counted · 2 days
- 7,614 haRoper Gulf Australia · 10 November 2026 · probable burn · not counted · 3 days
- 5,263 haAyod South Sudan · November 2026 · 3 days
- 3,564 haXalx golMongolia · November 2026 · 1 day
- 1,576 haDjibo Burkina Faso · 10 November 2026 · 3 days
- 1,367 haLôgbouBurkina Faso · 10 November 2026 · 2 days
- 1,092 haSanghaBurkina Faso · 10 November 2026 · 1 day
By country
See allHectares burned in 2026 in each country. Hover over a country to see its figures.
- Brazil 73,199,636 ha · 8,597
- Russia 61,876,780 ha · 5,455
- Canada 38,631,086 ha · 3,167
- United States 26,958,183 ha · 4,711
- South Sudan 26,249,352 ha · 2,049
- Bolivia 25,950,124 ha · 1,911
- Zambia 24,450,384 ha · 2,817
- Australia 21,146,101 ha · 1,131
- Central African Republic 20,519,522 ha · 1,165
- Mozambique 19,837,796 ha · 2,607
- Angola 19,601,052 ha · 1,966
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,423,942 ha · 1,744
- Botswana 14,603,326 ha · 2,143
- Argentina 10,949,976 ha · 2,783
- Mexico 9,943,907 ha · 2,826
- Myanmar 9,617,605 ha · 2,062
- Ethiopia 9,057,502 ha · 1,978
- China 8,958,084 ha · 3,667
- Thailand 8,922,742 ha · 3,183
- Tanzania 8,888,527 ha · 1,356
- Nigeria 7,786,598 ha · 1,886
- Venezuela 7,593,722 ha · 2,571
- Paraguay 7,521,180 ha · 2,096
- Indonesia 7,333,353 ha · 1,810
- Namibia 7,059,446 ha · 1,204
- Laos 6,965,476 ha · 1,557
- Sudan 6,671,847 ha · 1,755
- Chad 6,642,685 ha · 1,791
- Cameroon 5,795,816 ha · 2,906
- Burkina Faso 5,733,592 ha · 2,434
- South Africa 5,648,878 ha · 1,333
- Ghana 5,639,456 ha · 1,255
- Zimbabwe 5,468,472 ha · 2,451
- Guinea 5,035,680 ha · 1,448
- Kazakhstan 4,907,193 ha · 744
- India 3,994,355 ha · 348
- Côte d’Ivoire 3,957,052 ha · 1,609
- Benin 3,552,979 ha · 1,223
- Senegal 3,415,031 ha · 871
- Mali 3,350,961 ha · 943
- Colombia 3,280,598 ha · 1,081
- Uganda 3,066,603 ha · 1,698
- Sierra Leone 3,050,540 ha · 1,767
- Cambodia 2,673,882 ha · 659
- Madagascar 2,219,280 ha · 619
- Ukraine 2,105,212 ha · 5,606
- Malawi 1,880,647 ha · 734
- Chile 1,840,108 ha · 436
- Republic of the Congo 1,760,215 ha · 1,075
- Honduras 1,719,376 ha · 822
- Papua New Guinea 1,610,210 ha · 241
- Portugal 1,444,977 ha · 950
- Spain 1,427,843 ha · 1,303
- Niger 1,164,550 ha · 562
- Türkiye 887,505 ha · 1,575
- Mongolia 858,383 ha · 131
- Algeria 856,067 ha · 1,036
- Peru 789,611 ha · 451
- Kenya 770,511 ha · 348
- Nepal 761,177 ha · 164
- Liberia 728,648 ha · 398
- Nicaragua 727,803 ha · 354
- Togo 672,484 ha · 366
- Italy 647,179 ha · 1,930
- Vietnam 636,481 ha · 367
- Greece 522,699 ha · 344
- Guinea-Bissau 518,036 ha · 333
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 500,813 ha · 912
- Mauritania 499,124 ha · 211
- Cuba 495,178 ha · 295
- Guatemala 482,307 ha · 291
- Gambia 412,956 ha · 229
- Iraq 380,683 ha · 223
- Ecuador 364,891 ha · 140
- Azerbaijan 352,967 ha · 309
- Guyana 333,061 ha · 148
- Malaysia 332,683 ha · 367
- Syria 304,579 ha · 300
- Costa Rica 265,451 ha · 128
- Georgia 261,490 ha · 393
- Iran 257,506 ha · 150
- Montenegro 243,839 ha · 505
- North Macedonia 236,438 ha · 347
- Albania 229,876 ha · 480
- Pakistan 205,977 ha · 124
- France 205,326 ha · 298
- Gabon 202,406 ha · 136
- Philippines 186,761 ha · 117
- Croatia 182,240 ha · 300
- Romania 169,842 ha · 621
- Belize 152,985 ha · 86
- South Korea 147,448 ha · 98
- Bulgaria 140,983 ha · 305
- Japan 133,285 ha · 256
- Uzbekistan 131,589 ha · 65
- Serbia 129,934 ha · 363
- Suriname 128,451 ha · 72
- New Zealand 120,089 ha · 241
- Eswatini 116,479 ha · 77
- Armenia 109,621 ha · 174
- Tunisia 108,254 ha · 192
- United Kingdom 95,337 ha · 117
- Eritrea 84,074 ha · 43
- Rwanda 83,220 ha · 39
- Dominican Republic 75,315 ha · 26
- El Salvador 71,364 ha · 44
- Morocco 68,314 ha · 110
- Panama 57,206 ha · 43
- Burundi 47,524 ha · 34
- Kosovo 46,358 ha · 162
- Uruguay 36,384 ha · 7
- Cyprus 33,271 ha · 44
- Israel 29,122 ha · 92
- Sweden 22,362 ha · 38
- Germany 14,871 ha · 49
- Lebanon 14,530 ha · 70
- Ireland 14,466 ha · 31
- Saudi Arabia 13,751 ha · 7
- Kyrgyzstan 10,278 ha · 17
- Hungary 10,162 ha · 39
- Lesotho 10,062 ha · 8
- Haiti 9,110 ha · 4
- Norway 7,756 ha · 34
- Poland 7,423 ha · 7
- Slovenia 5,086 ha · 7
- Palestinian Territories 4,818 ha · 14
- Belgium 4,377 ha · 6
- Libya 4,115 ha · 14
- Latvia 2,944 ha · 7
- Finland 2,285 ha · 4
- Somalia 2,211 ha · 2
- Austria 1,904 ha · 8
- Slovakia 1,770 ha · 8
- Czechia 1,581 ha · 2
- Netherlands 1,475 ha · 5
- Egypt 1,384 ha · 1
- Equatorial Guinea 1,180 ha · 1
- Puerto Rico 1,013 ha · 1
- Estonia 347 ha · 2
- Denmark 331 ha · 1
- Lithuania 198 ha · 1
- Switzerland 150 ha · 1