Wildfire Statistics Worldwide
Live data · NASA FIRMS + named fires
137
Named fires active
1.87M
Hectares burning
34,428
Heat detections · 48h
22,424
High-intensity detections
427
New · 7 days
4,192
Named fires · total
Records
Biggest fire this year
Wildfire near Collins · CA301,240 ha
Worst fire year since 2006
202318,771,794 ha
Most burned this year
United States3,442,406 ha
Wildfires (Europe, Mediterranean & North America) · excludes savanna burning · EFFIS/GWIS 2006+ · Copernicus
Burnt area 2026 vs. each country's average
France98.5k ha+567% ▲
Spain301.4k ha+216% ▲
Indonesia8.08M ha+126% ▲
Italy117.2k ha+105% ▲
Turkey62.2k ha+16% ▲
Chile312k ha-22% ▼
Greece35.3k ha-30% ▼
Venezuela3.12M ha-30% ▼
Portugal71.5k ha-32% ▼
United States3.44M ha-37% ▼
Mexico1.34M ha-69% ▼
Kazakhstan691.9k ha-71% ▼
Argentina1.02M ha-75% ▼
Paraguay750.2k ha-75% ▼
Bolivia1.41M ha-78% ▼
Each country vs. its own historical average (not between countries) · EFFIS / GWIS · Copernicus · data as of 22 Oct · year-to-date figures are provisional
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.
Sep 23peak 50,812 /dayOct 22
Heat detections by continent · 48h
Excludes sub-Saharan Africa: its detections are mostly savanna/agricultural burning, not wildfire.
Burnt area by land type
35% Forest35% Shrubland19% Agricultural11% Other
Across 421.2k ha of the fires we track · EFFIS landcover · Copernicus