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Sidi Bel Abbès
Wildfire activity in Sidi Bel Abbès, from NASA FIRMS satellite data.
Key insight
Sidi Bel Abbès ranks #20 of 58 wilayas — 2% of Algeria's confirmed fires. 2014 was its worst year.
Confirmed fires
986
Total detections
4,652
National rank
#20 of 58
Share of Algeria
2%
of all confirmed fires
Largest fire
1,511 MW
Peak month
August
Fire season
Worst year
2014
1,072 detections
Map
Fire incidents recorded in this wilaya.
Fire season
Detections by month, summed across all years — Algeria's fire season peaks in summer.
Fire season Off season
Year by year
Total detections per year. The dashed line is the multi-year average.
Largest incidents on record
The biggest confirmed fires in this wilaya, by satellite detections.
Aug 9, 2014 → Aug 13, 20144 days472 Detections1263 MW
Aug 25, 2012 → Aug 29, 20124 days412 Detections770 MW
Aug 7, 2014 → Aug 13, 20146 days181 Detections1506 MW
Aug 14, 2014 → Aug 20, 20146 days171 Detections1511 MW
Aug 8, 2015 → Aug 10, 20152 days152 Detections990 MW
Jul 27, 2020 → Jul 29, 20202 days105 Detections165 MW
Jul 23, 2015 → Jul 27, 20154 days98 Detections142 MW
Jul 13, 2026 → Jul 13, 20262h94 Detections80 MW
Aug 20, 2015 → Aug 21, 201527h68 Detections455 MW
Aug 28, 2007 → Aug 29, 200715h64 Detections1056 MW
Fire intensity
Detections by fire radiative power (FRP, in megawatts) — a few intense fires dominate.