Wildfires in the Central African Republic
Situation over the last 30 days
266 fires detected in the Central African Republic over the last 30 days, totalling 76,425 hectares of cumulative footprint. The latest satellite detection (NASA FIRMS) dates from October 21 at 03:46 PM.
The savannas in the Central African Republic burn every dry season, over huge areas but with fast, low-intensity grass fires, largely lit for farming and grazing. Detections are numerous; destructive forest fires are rare.
- Vakaga (CF)from October 13 at 01:47 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM28,843 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 13 at 01:47 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM2,499 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 17 at 01:13 PM to October 21 at 02:36 PM1,680 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 19 at 12:05 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM1,403 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 17 at 01:13 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM1,291 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 14 at 01:08 PM to October 21 at 02:17 PM1,217 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 19 at 10:35 AM to October 21 at 01:40 PM968 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 19 at 11:05 AM to October 19 at 04:10 PM934 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 15 at 01:08 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM932 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 15 at 01:08 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM678 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 15 at 01:51 PM to October 21 at 02:17 PM669 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 15 at 01:51 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM654 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 15 at 01:08 PM to October 20 at 01:57 PM646 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 19 at 12:25 PM to October 21 at 02:17 PM620 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 19 at 11:05 AM to October 21 at 02:36 PM597 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 13 at 01:47 PM to October 21 at 02:17 PM557 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 17 at 01:51 PM to October 19 at 04:10 PM553 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 19 at 02:17 PM to October 19 at 04:10 PM526 ha
- Mbomou (CF)from October 19 at 01:10 PM to October 21 at 03:44 PM519 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 19 at 12:55 PM to October 21 at 02:36 PM517 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 17 at 01:51 PM to October 21 at 02:36 PM515 ha
- Mbomou (CF)from October 13 at 02:27 PM to October 14 at 04:14 PM508 ha
- Haut-Mbomou (CF)from October 19 at 12:15 PM to October 21 at 02:14 PM504 ha
- Ouaka (CF)from October 6 at 04:05 PM to October 15 at 02:27 PM485 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 20 at 11:25 AM to October 21 at 02:36 PM482 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 15 at 01:51 PM to October 21 at 02:36 PM465 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 21 at 01:40 PM to October 21 at 03:46 PM460 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 16 at 01:34 PM to October 21 at 01:40 PM440 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 19 at 12:55 PM to October 21 at 02:36 PM426 ha
- Haut-Mbomou (CF)from September 29 at 02:27 PM to October 9 at 01:19 PM411 ha
- Haut-Mbomou (CF)from September 22 at 01:17 PM to September 26 at 01:06 PM400 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 19 at 10:55 AM to October 21 at 02:36 PM378 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 14 at 02:10 PM to October 21 at 02:36 PM371 ha
- Haut-Mbomou (CF)from October 19 at 01:32 PM to October 21 at 01:38 PM345 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 19 at 02:17 PM to October 21 at 02:36 PM340 ha
- Ouham (CF)from October 19 at 01:32 PM to October 20 at 02:34 PM334 ha
- Mbomou (CF)from October 21 at 10:35 AM to October 21 at 02:34 PM312 ha
- Ouham (CF)from October 19 at 02:17 PM to October 21 at 02:36 PM311 ha
- Haut-Mbomou (CF)from October 19 at 01:32 PM to October 21 at 02:34 PM305 ha
- Vakaga (CF)from October 13 at 01:47 PM to October 20 at 02:34 PM298 ha
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These figures come from satellite thermal detection and are not an official tally: only the emergency services of the country concerned are authoritative. The detected footprint overstates the area actually burnt, a pixel counting whole (375 m for VIIRS, 1 km for MODIS) when only an edge burns. A freshly detected fire may not yet carry a place name and will then not appear in this list, though it is already on the map.
Learn more: what a forest fire is and how satellites detect it
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