Wildfires in Ethiopia Today
Live active-fire map for Ethiopia from NASA FIRMS satellite data. Where fires are burning right now — updated hourly. Typical fire season: dry season.
10 km/h from the NE — carrying smoke towards the SW.
41°C · 23% humidity
Air quality Moderate
PM2.5 33.8 µg/m³ this hour · EU AQI 51 · US AQI 103
People with asthma or heart conditions may want to limit long spells outdoors.
The band above follows the European index, which averages particulates over 24 hours — so a sharp rise in this hour's PM2.5, as smoke passing overhead causes, shows up in the reading before it moves the band.
Wind direction only — not a smoke dispersion forecast. Air quality is modelled, not a street-level measurement. Weather from MET Norway; air quality from Open-Meteo (Copernicus CAMS). Both CC BY 4.0.
59 active fires in Ethiopia
Neighbouring detections grouped into single incidents, largest first.
- 11213 MWRemote area14 detectionslast seen 2026-09-17 23:46 UTC12.756, 40.333
- 2691 MWRemote area35 detections~10.9 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-18 23:29 UTC6.055, 34.559
- 3362 MWRemote area11 detections~6 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-18 10:51 UTC6.272, 34.930
- 494 MWRemote area8 detections~14.2 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-18 10:51 UTC6.371, 34.656
- 583 MWRemote area9 detections~13.9 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-18 10:51 UTC5.698, 35.619
- 681 MWRemote area2 detectionslast seen 2026-09-18 10:51 UTC6.335, 36.156
- 780 MWRemote area3 detectionslast seen 2026-09-17 11:13 UTC5.238, 34.343
- 879 MWRemote area7 detections~3.2 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-18 23:29 UTC5.481, 36.330
- 975 MWRemote area7 detections~5.7 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-17 11:13 UTC4.918, 36.197
- 1064 MWRemote area2 detectionslast seen 2026-09-18 10:51 UTC5.018, 36.893
Plus 87 smaller heat detections — often agricultural burning rather than wildfire.
About this wildfire map
This map uses NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), which publishes active-fire detections from the VIIRS and MODIS instruments aboard NASA and NOAA satellites. Each dot is a thermal “hotspot” where the sensor measured fire-level heat, usually within 3 hours of the satellite passing overhead. It shows where fires are actively burning — not fire perimeters or evacuation zones. For safety and evacuation information, always follow your local emergency services.