Wildfire Statistics Worldwide
Live data · NASA FIRMS + named fires
394
Named fires active
5.16M
Hectares burning
40,221
Heat detections · 48h
24,155
High-intensity detections
271
New · 7 days
1,797
Named fires · total
Records
Biggest fire this year
Wildfire near Collins · CA301,240 ha
Worst fire year since 2006
202318,771,719 ha
Most burned this year
United States3,021,962 ha
Wildfires (Europe, Mediterranean & North America) · excludes savanna burning · EFFIS/GWIS 2006+ · Copernicus
Burnt area 2026 vs. each country's average
France96.3k ha+553% ▲
Spain294.6k ha+209% ▲
Italy90k ha+57% ▲
Chile308.9k ha-22% ▼
Venezuela3.02M ha-33% ▼
Turkey35.4k ha-34% ▼
Greece31.5k ha-37% ▼
Portugal64.2k ha-39% ▼
India4.03M ha-39% ▼
Canada2.49M ha-41% ▼
Paraguay484k ha-84% ▼
Argentina618.2k ha-85% ▼
Brazil3.78M ha-88% ▼
Bolivia708.7k ha-89% ▼
Peru93.1k ha-90% ▼
Each country vs. its own historical average (not between countries) · EFFIS / GWIS · Copernicus
Global activity · heat detectionsA heat detection is a spot where NASA satellites (FIRMS) picked up a thermal anomaly —likely fire— in the last 48 h. One large wildfire triggers many detections: it is not the same as a single fire.
Jul 28peak 82,966 /dayAug 26
Heat detections by continent · 48h
Excludes sub-Saharan Africa: its detections are mostly savanna/agricultural burning, not wildfire.
Burnt area by land type
39% Forest34% Shrubland18% Agricultural9% Other
Across 426.6k ha of the fires we track · EFFIS landcover · Copernicus