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Lot

Occitanie · code 46 · 312 municipalities

59
hotspots in 2026
VIIRS · 1 Jan to October 26 2026
84
declared fires
BDIFF · year 2025, latest published
108
hectares burned
BDIFF · year 2025, latest published
Hotspots
VIIRS detection
industrial source
Hotspots by year

2026 stops on October 26.

0 50 100 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 59 ↗ 26

Worst affected municipalities

Cumulative hotspots since 2012.

Municipality Hotspots Recurrence
Cressensac-Sarrazac 53
7/14
Loubressac 30
6/14
Pern-Lhospitalet 15
3/14
Autoire 14
6/14
Arcambal 13
0/14
Vaylats 11
3/14
Souillac 11
2/14
Lachapelle-Auzac 10
2/14
Goujounac 10
1/14
Cabrerets 7
1/14

Why they start

Out of 74 declared fires whose cause is recorded, that is 7 % of those in the department.

Unintentional (private individual) 28 38 %
Accidental 19 26 %
Unintentional (works) 18 24 %
Natural 7 9 %
Arson 2 3 %

BDIFF source. An investigation succeeds more often when a fire is large or suspicious: arson is probably over-represented here.

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FeuxFrance, independent observatory of vegetation fires in France. "Vegetation fires in Lot", data of October 26, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/46-lot

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