Wildfires in Bulgaria — what is burning right now?
Live overview of Bulgarian wildfires: every burned area measured in the past 42 days, the nearest town for each fire, and day-by-day satellite image series for the biggest ones. Hotspot detections on the live map refresh every 20 minutes.
81measured burned areas · 42 days
27,149hectares burned · 42 days
Oct 26, 2026latest detection
Map — hotspots and burned areas in Bulgaria
Or pick a year — fires of 500+ hectares since 2012 (EFFIS):
Bar height = hectares burned that year. Tap a year to see its fires on the map.
Dots are satellite heat detections from the past 42 days — bright yellow is the last 24 hours. Brown outlines are measured burned areas: click one for size and dates. Photo pins open the day-by-day satellite image series of that fire.
Burned areas in Bulgaria — past 42 days
| Area | First seen | Last seen | Nearest town | Satellite series | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 160 ha | Oct 19, 2026 | Oct 26, 2026 | Pirdop | satellite series → |
 | 187 ha | Sep 30, 2026 | Oct 11, 2026 | Pirdop | satellite series → |
 | 297 ha | Oct 8, 2026 | Oct 11, 2026 | Ianca · 4 km | satellite series → |
 | 328 ha | Oct 10, 2026 | Oct 10, 2026 | Dăbuleni | satellite series → |
| 343 ha | Oct 8, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | Medkovets | — | |
 | 470 ha | Oct 8, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | Lovech · 15 km | satellite series → |
 | 368 ha | Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | Radnevo · 18 km | satellite series → |
 | 377 ha | Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 7, 2026 | Sliven · 20 km | satellite series → |
 | 509 ha | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 7, 2026 | Lom · 12 km | satellite series → |
 | 1,101 ha | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | Bolyarovo · 15 km | satellite series → |
 | 341 ha | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | Brusartsi · 8 km | satellite series → |
 | 186 ha | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | Yambol · 12 km | satellite series → |
 | 338 ha | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | Lukovit · 14 km | satellite series → |
| 313 ha | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | Negoi · 6 km | — | |
 | 662 ha | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 | Yambol · 16 km | satellite series → |
 | 169 ha | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 | Koynare | satellite series → |
| 392 ha | Oct 1, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 | Iskar · 11 km | — | |
| 349 ha | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 | Kermen · 6 km | — | |
| 189 ha | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 | Aytos · 5 km | — | |
| 140 ha | Oct 2, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 | Kardzhali · 6 km | — | |
| 723 ha | Sep 30, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | Cherven Bryag · 6 km | — | |
 | 236 ha | Oct 2, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | Desa · 10 km | satellite series → |
| 246 ha | Oct 2, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | Svoge · 10 km | — | |
| 219 ha | Oct 2, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | Harmanli · 11 km | — | |
| 147 ha | Oct 1, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 | Lukovit | — |
Wildfires in Bulgaria by year, 2012–2026
Every fire of 500+ hectares mapped by the European Forest Fire Information System since 2012. Pick a year above the map or in the table to see that year’s burn scars.
| Year | Fires (500+ ha) | Hectares burned | Largest fire |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 11,224 ha | 1,424 ha · Borovan · 15 km |
| 2025 | 15 | 18,081 ha | 4,556 ha · Sandanski · 13 km |
| 2024 | 19 | 20,018 ha | 2,304 ha · Svilengrad · 19 km |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,009 ha | 1,457 ha · Slivnitsa · 7 km |
| 2022 | 8 | 5,765 ha | 1,042 ha · Tutrakan · 13 km |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,175 ha | 1,411 ha · Kozloduy · 8 km |
| 2020 | 7 | 5,272 ha | 1,157 ha · Kaynardzha · 10 km |
| 2019 | 53 | 44,311 ha | 4,157 ha · Chiprovtsi · 9 km |
| 2018 | 15 | 9,905 ha | 1,142 ha · Valchedram · 7 km |
| 2017 | 22 | 15,837 ha | 1,579 ha · Stara Kresna |
| 2016 | 30 | 23,076 ha | 1,821 ha · Topolovgrad · 14 km |
| 2015 | 12 | 11,085 ha | 2,679 ha · Kozloduy · 10 km |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,175 ha | 860 ha · Silistra · 10 km |
| 2013 | 26 | 22,751 ha | 2,578 ha · Hayredin · 9 km |
| 2012 | 64 | 53,385 ha | 2,435 ha · Valchedram · 14 km |
| Area | Start | Nearest town | Satellite series |
| 2,435 ha | Sep 7, 2012 | Valchedram · 14 km | — |
| 2,170 ha | Aug 28, 2012 | Elhovo · 15 km | — |
| 1,953 ha | Sep 23, 2012 | Hayredin · 10 km | — |
| 1,704 ha | Aug 26, 2012 | Bolyarovo · 17 km | — |
| 1,636 ha | Sep 9, 2012 | Roman · 5 km | — |
| 1,437 ha | Sep 12, 2012 | Knezha · 5 km | — |
| 1,359 ha | Mar 16, 2012 | Bregovo · 10 km | — |
| 1,257 ha | Sep 4, 2012 | Byala Slatina · 6 km | — |
| 1,212 ha | Aug 16, 2012 | Valchedram · 5 km | — |
| 1,034 ha | Sep 22, 2012 | Brusartsi · 4 km | — |
| 983 ha | Aug 9, 2012 | Pazardzhik · 11 km | — |
| 962 ha | Aug 29, 2012 | Harmanli · 12 km | — |
| 938 ha | Aug 15, 2012 | Kozloduy · 7 km | — |
| 907 ha | Jul 26, 2012 | Topolovgrad · 14 km | — |
| 904 ha | Mar 16, 2012 | Lukovit · 12 km | — |
| +49 smaller fires of 500+ ha — all are on the map | |||
| 2,578 ha | Sep 6, 2013 | Hayredin · 9 km | — |
| 2,056 ha | Sep 24, 2013 | Valchedram · 8 km | — |
| 1,748 ha | Sep 7, 2013 | Kozloduy · 11 km | — |
| 1,234 ha | Oct 19, 2013 | Kozloduy · 5 km | — |
| 1,221 ha | Oct 25, 2013 | Brusartsi · 5 km | — |
| 1,013 ha | Sep 25, 2013 | Brusartsi · 5 km | — |
| 1,007 ha | Oct 28, 2013 | Kozloduy · 11 km | — |
| 989 ha | Nov 2, 2013 | Ugarchin · 10 km | — |
| 923 ha | Aug 22, 2013 | Svilengrad · 19 km | — |
| 797 ha | Sep 23, 2013 | Borovan · 5 km | — |
| 697 ha | Nov 5, 2013 | Ugarchin · 4 km | — |
| 682 ha | Oct 25, 2013 | Ugarchin · 6 km | — |
| 643 ha | Aug 4, 2013 | Sredets · 21 km | — |
| 635 ha | Sep 10, 2013 | Knezha · 6 km | — |
| 596 ha | Sep 15, 2013 | Yakimovo · 5 km | — |
| +11 smaller fires of 500+ ha — all are on the map | |||
| 860 ha | Oct 22, 2014 | Silistra · 10 km | — |
| 663 ha | Oct 5, 2014 | Tutrakan · 14 km | — |
| 586 ha | Jan 11, 2014 | Saedinenie · 4 km | — |
| 557 ha | Aug 19, 2014 | Montana · 8 km | — |
| 509 ha | Jul 24, 2014 | Mizia · 5 km | — |
| 2,679 ha | Nov 18, 2015 | Kozloduy · 10 km | satellite series → |
| 1,370 ha | Aug 9, 2015 | Slivnitsa · 6 km | — |
| 1,065 ha | Sep 6, 2015 | Hayredin · 8 km | — |
| 835 ha | Aug 28, 2015 | Knezha · 13 km | — |
| 778 ha | Sep 5, 2015 | Lom · 13 km | — |
| 708 ha | Aug 4, 2015 | Brusartsi · 9 km | — |
| 691 ha | Aug 4, 2015 | Karnobat · 14 km | — |
| 658 ha | Sep 3, 2015 | Hayredin · 11 km | — |
| 622 ha | Sep 15, 2015 | Knezha · 12 km | — |
| 599 ha | Aug 12, 2015 | Knezha · 15 km | — |
| 540 ha | Sep 19, 2015 | Shabla · 4 km | — |
| 540 ha | Sep 21, 2015 | Kozloduy · 13 km | — |
| 1,821 ha | Aug 30, 2016 | Topolovgrad · 14 km | — |
| 1,349 ha | Jul 11, 2016 | Knezha · 14 km | — |
| 1,010 ha | Jul 28, 2016 | Cherven Bryag · 10 km | — |
| 978 ha | Dec 9, 2016 | Sliven · 13 km | — |
| 931 ha | Sep 24, 2016 | Iskar · 10 km | — |
| 858 ha | Aug 31, 2016 | Gulyantsi | — |
| 857 ha | Sep 13, 2016 | Knezha · 6 km | — |
| 852 ha | Jul 31, 2016 | Pleven · 14 km | — |
| 843 ha | Jul 15, 2016 | Mizia · 8 km | — |
| 824 ha | Sep 15, 2016 | Byala Slatina · 12 km | — |
| 804 ha | Sep 10, 2016 | Knezha · 7 km | — |
| 792 ha | Jul 31, 2016 | Topolovgrad · 18 km | — |
| 788 ha | Sep 16, 2016 | Gorichevo · 10 km | — |
| 761 ha | Sep 13, 2016 | Knezha · 5 km | — |
| 756 ha | Jul 10, 2016 | Yakimovo | — |
| +15 smaller fires of 500+ ha — all are on the map | |||
| 1,579 ha | Aug 24, 2017 | Stara Kresna | — |
| 1,061 ha | Aug 25, 2017 | Stara Kresna · 4 km | — |
| 969 ha | Aug 2, 2017 | Valchedram · 7 km | — |
| 898 ha | Aug 2, 2017 | Hayredin · 7 km | — |
| 808 ha | Oct 2, 2017 | Tutrakan · 10 km | — |
| 799 ha | Sep 19, 2017 | Dolni Dabnik · 17 km | — |
| 772 ha | Sep 16, 2017 | Knezha · 16 km | — |
| 770 ha | Sep 14, 2017 | Yakimovo · 4 km | — |
| 753 ha | Sep 13, 2017 | Lukovit · 15 km | — |
| 690 ha | Sep 13, 2017 | Oryahovo · 5 km | — |
| 678 ha | Jul 20, 2017 | Yakimovo · 4 km | — |
| 668 ha | Aug 4, 2017 | Ruzhintsi · 6 km | — |
| 635 ha | Aug 8, 2017 | Lukovit · 17 km | — |
| 586 ha | Jul 27, 2017 | Medkovets | — |
| 540 ha | Oct 2, 2017 | Knezha · 15 km | — |
| +7 smaller fires of 500+ ha — all are on the map | |||
| 1,142 ha | Sep 16, 2018 | Valchedram · 7 km | — |
| 1,022 ha | Oct 26, 2018 | Roman · 5 km | — |
| 753 ha | Oct 4, 2018 | Knezha · 11 km | — |
| 735 ha | Oct 7, 2018 | Mizia · 4 km | — |
| 714 ha | Oct 27, 2018 | Berkovitsa · 8 km | — |
| 620 ha | Sep 24, 2018 | Byala Slatina · 9 km | — |
| 597 ha | Aug 3, 2018 | Lom · 8 km | — |
| 583 ha | Sep 27, 2018 | Valchedram · 9 km | — |
| 573 ha | Sep 28, 2018 | Gulyantsi · 7 km | — |
| 549 ha | Oct 3, 2018 | Krivodol · 5 km | — |
| 542 ha | Oct 8, 2018 | Knezha · 15 km | — |
| 524 ha | Sep 27, 2018 | Mizia · 12 km | — |
| 520 ha | Oct 16, 2018 | Koynare · 6 km | — |
| 516 ha | Oct 28, 2018 | Cherven Bryag · 6 km | — |
| 515 ha | Apr 4, 2018 | Saedinenie · 7 km | — |
| 4,157 ha | Oct 27, 2019 | Chiprovtsi · 9 km | satellite series → |
| 1,943 ha | Sep 7, 2019 | Iskar · 6 km | — |
| 1,596 ha | Sep 28, 2019 | Roman · 9 km | — |
| 1,440 ha | Sep 13, 2019 | Lom · 10 km | — |
| 1,374 ha | Sep 15, 2019 | Ugarchin · 12 km | — |
| 1,141 ha | Sep 20, 2019 | Brusartsi · 9 km | — |
| 1,022 ha | Sep 14, 2019 | Oryahovo | — |
| 993 ha | Sep 6, 2019 | Knezha · 5 km | — |
| 981 ha | Sep 17, 2019 | Byala Slatina · 7 km | — |
| 942 ha | Sep 10, 2019 | Byala Slatina · 10 km | — |
| 902 ha | Sep 12, 2019 | Byala Slatina · 4 km | — |
| 897 ha | Sep 13, 2019 | Byala Slatina · 12 km | — |
| 885 ha | Sep 6, 2019 | Dolni Dabnik · 9 km | — |
| 879 ha | Sep 20, 2019 | Knezha · 4 km | — |
| 864 ha | Sep 16, 2019 | Roman · 4 km | — |
| +38 smaller fires of 500+ ha — all are on the map | |||
| 1,157 ha | Sep 13, 2020 | Kaynardzha · 10 km | — |
| 946 ha | Sep 13, 2020 | Topolovgrad · 17 km | — |
| 669 ha | Aug 7, 2020 | Harmanli · 4 km | — |
| 662 ha | Sep 19, 2020 | Lom · 9 km | — |
| 637 ha | Aug 29, 2020 | Parvomay · 14 km | — |
| 608 ha | Feb 2, 2020 | Svishtov · 8 km | — |
| 593 ha | Sep 20, 2020 | Koynare · 7 km | — |
| 1,411 ha | Oct 3, 2021 | Kozloduy · 8 km | — |
| 654 ha | Aug 12, 2021 | Laki · 5 km | — |
| 601 ha | Aug 16, 2021 | Iskar · 6 km | — |
| 509 ha | Jul 13, 2021 | Roman · 7 km | — |
| 1,042 ha | Mar 23, 2022 | Tutrakan · 13 km | — |
| 1,000 ha | Mar 27, 2022 | Boynitsa · 5 km | — |
| 837 ha | Nov 2, 2022 | Sliven · 20 km | — |
| 700 ha | Aug 10, 2022 | Elhovo · 15 km | — |
| 571 ha | Sep 28, 2022 | Kaynardzha · 8 km | — |
| 540 ha | Nov 3, 2022 | Straldzha | — |
| 538 ha | Mar 26, 2022 | Ugarchin · 15 km | — |
| 537 ha | Mar 27, 2022 | Ugarchin · 9 km | — |
| 1,457 ha | Oct 21, 2023 | Slivnitsa · 7 km | — |
| 1,171 ha | Aug 18, 2023 | Sredets · 20 km | — |
| 717 ha | Jul 27, 2023 | Burgas · 11 km | — |
| 664 ha | Oct 7, 2023 | Cherven Bryag · 5 km | — |
| 2,304 ha | Jul 13, 2024 | Svilengrad · 19 km | satellite series → |
| 1,715 ha | Jul 13, 2024 | Svilengrad · 17 km | satellite series → |
| 1,538 ha | Jul 16, 2024 | Cherven Bryag · 10 km | — |
| 1,510 ha | Jul 17, 2024 | Bolyarovo · 14 km | — |
| 1,463 ha | Jul 30, 2024 | Strumyani · 5 km | — |
| 1,296 ha | Jul 12, 2024 | Hisarya · 7 km | — |
| 1,194 ha | Jul 17, 2024 | Bolyarovo · 12 km | — |
| 1,180 ha | Jul 27, 2024 | Gotse Delchev · 23 km | — |
| 1,066 ha | Jul 6, 2024 | Knezha · 16 km | — |
| 989 ha | Jul 12, 2024 | Elhovo · 11 km | — |
| 763 ha | Aug 14, 2024 | Roman · 6 km | — |
| 746 ha | Jul 13, 2024 | Iskar · 5 km | — |
| 737 ha | Jul 28, 2024 | Slavyanovo · 9 km | — |
| 672 ha | Jul 14, 2024 | Septemvri | — |
| 642 ha | Jul 17, 2024 | Bolyarovo · 10 km | — |
| +4 smaller fires of 500+ ha — all are on the map | |||
| 4,556 ha | Jul 25, 2025 | Sandanski · 13 km | satellite series → |
| 2,053 ha | Jul 26, 2025 | Elhovo · 22 km | satellite series → |
| 1,989 ha | Aug 4, 2025 | Lyubimets · 8 km | — |
| 1,733 ha | Aug 8, 2025 | Sungurlare · 4 km | — |
| 1,154 ha | Jul 28, 2025 | Elhovo · 16 km | satellite series → |
| 857 ha | Sep 21, 2025 | Tutrakan · 12 km | — |
| 853 ha | Sep 18, 2025 | Ugarchin · 12 km | — |
| 765 ha | Aug 29, 2025 | Razlog · 15 km | — |
| 657 ha | Aug 16, 2025 | Elhovo · 13 km | — |
| 619 ha | Jul 15, 2025 | Kaynardzha · 10 km | — |
| 607 ha | Aug 14, 2025 | Oryahovo · 11 km | — |
| 592 ha | Sep 21, 2025 | Maglizh · 4 km | — |
| 582 ha | Sep 20, 2025 | Valchedram · 6 km | — |
| 541 ha | Sep 16, 2025 | Mizia · 11 km | — |
| 523 ha | Sep 19, 2025 | Sliven · 20 km | — |
| 1,424 ha | Aug 18, 2026 | Borovan · 15 km | satellite series → |
| 1,101 ha | Oct 6, 2026 | Bolyarovo · 15 km | satellite series → |
| 814 ha | Aug 6, 2026 | Lesichovo · 4 km | — |
| 812 ha | Sep 7, 2026 | Stamboliyski · 7 km | — |
| 796 ha | Sep 11, 2026 | Gurkovo · 6 km | — |
| 723 ha | Sep 30, 2026 | Cherven Bryag · 5 km | — |
| 717 ha | Aug 8, 2026 | Asenovgrad · 4 km | — |
| 697 ha | Aug 11, 2026 | Septemvri · 6 km | — |
| 689 ha | Aug 23, 2026 | Haskovo · 14 km | — |
| 664 ha | Aug 23, 2026 | Cherven Bryag · 10 km | satellite series → |
| 662 ha | Oct 5, 2026 | Yambol · 15 km | satellite series → |
| 560 ha | Sep 27, 2026 | Maglizh · 4 km | — |
| 537 ha | Aug 28, 2026 | Radomir · 12 km | — |
| 519 ha | Mar 7, 2026 | Ugarchin · 4 km | — |
| 509 ha | Oct 5, 2026 | Lom · 12 km | satellite series → |
Official Bulgarian sources
For warnings, evacuations and anything safety-related, always rely on the official services:
Data. Hotspots: NASA MODIS & VIIRS (updated ~20 min). Burned-area outlines and sizes: Copernicus Emergency Management Service / EFFIS (CC BY 4.0). Satellite image series: Copernicus Sentinel-2. Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
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