Wildfires in Libya
Situation over the last 30 days
76 fires detected in Libya over the last 30 days, totalling 5,793 hectares of cumulative footprint. The latest satellite detection (NASA FIRMS) dates from October 22 at 02:21 PM.
The fire season in Libya runs from June to September, when Mediterranean vegetation is dry and strong winds drive the fronts. Most ignitions are human in origin, and the largest footprints form within hours under a steady wind.
- Al Wahat (LY)from October 2 at 01:38 PM to October 3 at 02:21 PM457 ha
- Al Wahat (LY)from September 26 at 01:58 AM to September 28 at 02:16 AM347 ha
- Sebha (LY)from October 17 at 02:05 AM to October 17 at 01:55 PM320 ha
- Al Wahat (LY)from October 14 at 01:13 PM to October 22 at 02:21 PM186 ha
- Al-Koufrah (LY)from October 20 at 02:03 AM to October 21 at 01:46 AM163 ha
- Sebha (LY)from October 11 at 02:16 AM to October 11 at 03:13 AM141 ha
- d'Ajdabiya (LY)from October 2 at 02:20 AM to October 11 at 03:11 AM139 ha
- Zouara (LY)from October 14 at 02:58 AM to October 20 at 03:24 AM128 ha
- ⵙⵡⵇ ⵍⵅⵎⵉⵙ سوق الخميس (LY)from October 14 at 02:13 AM to October 22 at 03:07 AM128 ha
- Oasis de Jalo (LY)from October 20 at 02:45 AM to October 21 at 03:24 AM118 ha
- d'Ajdabiya (LY)from October 7 at 01:08 PM to October 16 at 01:37 AM114 ha
- Al-Koufrah (LY)from October 17 at 01:20 AM to October 17 at 01:20 AM109 ha
- d'Ajdabiya (LY)from October 3 at 01:26 AM to October 5 at 03:24 AM102 ha
- Ghadamès (LY)from October 1 at 01:19 PM to October 2 at 03:21 PM99 ha
- Al Wahat (LY)from September 29 at 01:35 AM to September 30 at 02:22 AM97 ha
- ⵙⵡⵇ ⵍⵅⵎⵉⵙ سوق الخميس (LY)from October 2 at 02:20 AM to October 5 at 03:05 AM95 ha
- Al Jabal al Akhdar (LY)from October 8 at 01:29 AM to October 8 at 01:25 PM92 ha
- Darnah (LY)from October 21 at 01:44 AM to October 21 at 03:24 AM88 ha
- Sebha (LY)from October 5 at 01:45 PM to October 5 at 01:45 PM85 ha
- Sebha (LY)from October 1 at 01:55 PM to October 3 at 02:21 PM82 ha
- Ghadamès (LY)from October 18 at 02:42 PM to October 21 at 02:42 PM81 ha
- d'Ajdabiya (LY)from October 9 at 03:30 AM to October 9 at 02:46 PM80 ha
- d'Ajdabiya (LY)from October 18 at 01:44 AM to October 18 at 02:42 PM79 ha
- Ghadamès (LY)from October 1 at 01:19 PM to October 1 at 02:17 PM78 ha
- Sabha (LY)from October 7 at 02:04 PM to October 12 at 03:39 AM77 ha
- Al Wahat (LY)from October 16 at 02:22 AM to October 16 at 03:17 AM73 ha
- Al Wahat (LY)from October 19 at 02:03 AM to October 20 at 02:03 AM71 ha
- Al Jufrah (LY)from September 24 at 01:50 AM to September 26 at 02:54 AM70 ha
- Mourzouq (LY)from October 7 at 01:45 PM to October 7 at 02:02 PM67 ha
- Al Djoufrah (LY)from October 2 at 02:22 AM to October 3 at 03:41 AM65 ha
- Sebha (LY)from October 22 at 01:25 PM to October 22 at 01:25 PM61 ha
- Al Wahat (LY)from September 30 at 03:17 AM to October 2 at 02:22 AM59 ha
- Ghadamès (LY)from October 19 at 03:05 AM to October 19 at 04:02 AM56 ha
- d'Ajdabiya (LY)from October 7 at 02:48 AM to October 21 at 02:28 AM55 ha
- Al Mourqoub (LY)from October 12 at 02:52 AM to October 17 at 02:58 AM52 ha
- Al kirimiya (LY)from October 3 at 03:07 AM to October 9 at 03:49 AM52 ha
- Al-Koufrah (LY)from October 10 at 01:06 PM to October 10 at 01:49 PM51 ha
- d'Ajdabiya (LY)from October 7 at 01:50 AM to October 7 at 02:04 PM50 ha
- Al Djfara (LY)from October 4 at 02:45 AM to October 4 at 03:41 AM50 ha
- Sebha (LY)from October 19 at 01:38 PM to October 21 at 02:30 AM50 ha
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- Central African Republic
- Cameroon
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- Nigeria
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- Ivory Coast
- Mali
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- Senegal
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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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