Wildfires in Ethiopia
Situation over the last 30 days
565 fires detected in Ethiopia over the last 30 days, totalling 159,118 hectares of cumulative footprint. The latest satellite detection (NASA FIRMS) dates from October 21 at 08:21 PM.
The savannas in Ethiopia 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.
- Tigré (ET)from October 3 at 12:38 PM to October 21 at 08:21 PM14,907 ha
- région des nations (ET)from September 22 at 01:37 AM to October 16 at 01:44 AM11,204 ha
- Tigré (ET)from October 6 at 12:17 PM to October 21 at 01:40 PM4,752 ha
- Afar (ET)from September 24 at 12:43 PM to October 21 at 11:58 AM4,136 ha
- Amhara (ET)from October 7 at 12:17 PM to October 21 at 03:44 PM3,364 ha
- Benishangul-Gumuz (ET)from October 14 at 01:08 PM to October 21 at 01:40 PM3,259 ha
- Tigré (ET)from October 6 at 12:17 PM to October 21 at 01:40 PM3,181 ha
- région des nations (ET)from September 27 at 03:18 PM to October 14 at 01:25 PM2,746 ha
- Oromia (ET)from October 2 at 12:11 PM to October 21 at 01:38 PM2,568 ha
- Benishangul-Gumuz (ET)from October 19 at 12:36 PM to October 21 at 01:38 PM2,183 ha
- Benishangul-Gumuz (ET)from October 15 at 12:13 PM to October 21 at 12:56 PM1,443 ha
- Jonglei (SS)from October 7 at 01:38 PM to October 9 at 01:19 PM1,334 ha
- Benishangul-Gumuz (ET)from October 2 at 12:56 PM to October 9 at 01:19 PM1,257 ha
- Afar (ET)from September 24 at 12:04 PM to October 7 at 01:02 PM1,189 ha
- Afar (ET)from September 22 at 11:58 AM to October 5 at 01:29 AM1,161 ha
- Afar (ET)from October 17 at 12:11 PM to October 21 at 12:56 PM1,140 ha
- région des nations (ET)from October 8 at 12:41 PM to October 21 at 01:38 PM1,137 ha
- Gambela (ET)from October 19 at 01:32 PM to October 21 at 08:21 PM1,122 ha
- région des nations (ET)from September 29 at 12:45 PM to October 5 at 03:27 PM1,096 ha
- Benishangul-Gumuz (ET)from October 15 at 12:13 PM to October 21 at 01:40 PM1,082 ha
- Afar (ET)from October 19 at 09:05 AM to October 20 at 01:48 AM1,028 ha
- Benishangul-Gumuz (ET)from October 19 at 12:36 PM to October 21 at 01:38 PM1,028 ha
- région des nations (ET)from October 3 at 08:06 PM to October 5 at 01:38 PM979 ha
- Gambela (ET)from October 17 at 01:13 PM to October 21 at 01:38 PM933 ha
- région des nations (ET)from September 29 at 12:45 PM to October 4 at 01:13 PM920 ha
- Gambela (ET)from September 27 at 01:45 PM to September 29 at 01:51 PM914 ha
- Gambela (ET)from September 27 at 01:25 PM to October 11 at 12:41 PM885 ha
- région des nations (ET)from October 2 at 12:11 PM to October 5 at 03:27 PM857 ha
- Gambela (ET)from October 19 at 01:10 PM to October 21 at 01:38 PM845 ha
- région des nations (ET)from October 1 at 01:10 PM to October 5 at 12:53 PM834 ha
- région des nations (ET)from October 18 at 12:11 PM to October 21 at 01:38 PM812 ha
- Gambela (ET)from September 29 at 12:47 PM to October 8 at 01:38 PM802 ha
- Benishangul-Gumuz (ET)from October 15 at 12:13 PM to October 21 at 12:56 PM761 ha
- Oromia (ET)from October 20 at 02:25 PM to October 21 at 01:50 AM751 ha
- Benishangul-Gumuz (ET)from October 5 at 12:36 PM to October 9 at 01:00 PM722 ha
- région des nations (ET)from September 29 at 12:11 PM to October 7 at 03:04 PM711 ha
- Afar (ET)from September 22 at 12:41 PM to October 8 at 01:35 AM687 ha
- région des nations (ET)from September 23 at 12:21 PM to October 4 at 01:13 PM675 ha
- Afar (ET)from October 10 at 12:04 PM to October 12 at 02:59 PM673 ha
- Oromia (ET)from October 2 at 12:53 PM to October 4 at 02:49 PM652 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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