Wildfires in Laos
Situation over the last 30 days
34 fires detected in Laos over the last 30 days, totalling 3,642 hectares of cumulative footprint. The latest satellite detection (NASA FIRMS) dates from October 21 at 09:14 AM.
The fire season in Laos follows the dry season, from February to April on the mainland and from August to October in the islands, where drained peatlands burn for weeks and blanket the region in haze. Much of the ignition comes from agricultural clearing.
- Bokeo (LA)from October 11 at 09:01 AM to October 13 at 08:15 PM424 ha
- Borikhamxay (LA)from October 18 at 03:08 PM to October 19 at 08:31 AM369 ha
- Borikhamxay (LA)from September 29 at 03:55 PM to October 1 at 08:41 PM300 ha
- Phongsaly (LA)from October 12 at 08:05 AM to October 17 at 08:12 AM226 ha
- Phongsaly (LA)from September 22 at 10:35 AM to September 24 at 07:40 AM205 ha
- Bokeo (LA)from October 17 at 08:12 AM to October 18 at 10:37 AM195 ha
- Bokeo (LA)from October 3 at 10:56 AM to October 4 at 08:41 PM124 ha
- Houaphan (LA)from September 26 at 08:05 AM to October 2 at 08:29 AM118 ha
- Phongsaly (LA)from September 23 at 09:03 AM to September 27 at 08:44 AM101 ha
- Houaphan (LA)from October 21 at 09:14 AM to October 21 at 09:14 AM100 ha
- Sayaboury (LA)from October 9 at 08:18 AM to October 14 at 09:07 AM97 ha
- Phongsaly (LA)from September 22 at 08:18 AM to September 23 at 07:59 AM95 ha
- Attapeu (LA)from October 15 at 07:39 PM to October 20 at 08:10 AM94 ha
- Oudomxay (LA)from October 14 at 09:09 AM to October 15 at 08:50 AM91 ha
- Borikhamxay (LA)from October 7 at 07:59 AM to October 8 at 08:37 AM82 ha
- Oudomxay (LA)from September 22 at 08:37 AM to September 26 at 09:01 AM78 ha
- Champassak (LA)from October 12 at 08:42 AM to October 12 at 09:01 AM73 ha
- Champassak (LA)from October 18 at 07:53 AM to October 18 at 08:24 PM70 ha
- Borikhamxay (LA)from October 16 at 07:46 AM to October 18 at 08:29 AM68 ha
- Phongsaly (LA)from September 23 at 08:18 AM to September 23 at 09:03 AM64 ha
- Oudomxay (LA)from September 23 at 08:28 PM to September 27 at 08:15 PM63 ha
- Borikhamxay (LA)from October 12 at 08:42 AM to October 12 at 09:01 AM60 ha
- Phongsaly (LA)from September 24 at 08:44 AM to September 26 at 08:44 AM55 ha
- Bokeo (LA)from October 14 at 09:09 AM to October 16 at 08:31 AM54 ha
- Houaphan (LA)from September 27 at 08:25 AM to September 29 at 08:05 AM52 ha
- Savannakhet (LA)from October 19 at 08:06 PM to October 19 at 09:02 PM51 ha
- Phongsaly (LA)from September 24 at 07:59 AM to September 24 at 09:22 AM48 ha
- Khammouane (LA)from October 11 at 08:13 PM to October 11 at 09:32 PM47 ha
- Houaphan (LA)from September 22 at 07:42 AM to September 22 at 08:37 AM45 ha
- Sayaboury (LA)from October 2 at 08:29 AM to October 2 at 10:20 AM43 ha
- Khammouane (LA)from October 7 at 07:59 AM to October 7 at 08:35 AM43 ha
- Borikhamxay (LA)from September 22 at 08:13 PM to September 22 at 09:08 PM38 ha
- Luang Namtha (LA)from September 27 at 08:25 AM to September 27 at 08:44 AM36 ha
- Luang Namtha (LA)from October 12 at 08:44 AM to October 12 at 09:01 AM33 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.
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