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Fires on 17 November 2023

NASA's satellites saw fire at 4,337 spots across Pakistan and North India on 17 November 2023: 891 in Pakistan and 3,446 in India. That is 17% fewer than the day before (5,238).

Villages with the most fires

The last two weeks

4 November: 6,3434 November5 November: 9,0456 November: 5,4137 November: 6,2518 November: 6,5769 November: 4,99810 November: 1,46011 November: 1,23711 November12 November: 5,35213 November: 6,40314 November: 6,41915 November: 7,01916 November: 5,23817 November: 4,33717 November

Pakistan   India

The same date in earlier years

Suomi NPP only, so the years compare fairly.

YearPakistanIndia
2019362872
2020401368
20212161,174
20222821,402
20233331,295

Map

Every spot seen that day. Each dot is about 375 m across on the ground; zoom in to see the fields.

Counts are a floor: clouds and smoke hide fires, and a fire lit and put out between two satellite passes is never seen. A spot is a 375 m square that looked as hot as a fire, not one field. Days run from midnight to midnight, Pakistan time. Source: NASA FIRMS. This day as data: /api/day?d=2023-11-17. More in Fire trends and the Two Punjabs report.