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Lozère

Occitanie · code 48 · 152 municipalities

432
hotspots in 2026
VIIRS · 1 Jan to October 26 2026
86
declared fires
BDIFF · year 2025, latest published
93
hectares burned
BDIFF · year 2025, latest published
Hotspots
VIIRS detection
industrial source
Hotspots by year

2026 stops on October 26.

0 250 500 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 432 ↗ 26

Worst affected municipalities

Cumulative hotspots since 2012.

Municipality Hotspots Recurrence
Pont de Montvert - Sud Mont Lozère 644
13/14
Altier 205
14/14
Meyrueis 179
10/14
Prévenchères 161
13/14
Bassurels 155
10/14
Cassagnas 116
11/14
Cans et Cévennes 114
11/14
Vialas 105
8/14
Arzenc-de-Randon 68
8/14
Les Bondons 66
8/14

Why they start

Out of 647 declared fires whose cause is recorded, that is 71 % of those in the department.

Unintentional (works) 226 35 %
Unintentional (private individual) 221 34 %
Natural 111 17 %
Accidental 56 9 %
Arson 33 5 %

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 Lozère", data of October 26, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/48-lozere

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