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Vaucluse

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · code 84 · 151 municipalities

136
hotspots in 2026
VIIRS · 1 Jan to October 26 2026
588
declared fires
BDIFF · year 2025, latest published
74
hectares burned
BDIFF · year 2025, latest published
Hotspots
VIIRS detection
industrial source
Hotspots by year

2026 stops on October 26.

0 200 400 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 217 21 22 23 24 25 136 ↗ 26

Worst affected municipalities

Cumulative hotspots since 2012.

Municipality Hotspots Recurrence
Sorgues 174
11/14
Avignon 115
13/14
Pernes-les-Fontaines 54
11/14
Beaumes-de-Venise 41
1/14
Le Thor 41
10/14
Cavaillon 38
6/14
Bollène 37
4/14
Orange 34
9/14
Pertuis 32
6/14
La Tour-d'Aigues 32
4/14

Why they start

Out of 303 declared fires whose cause is recorded, that is 25 % of those in the department.

Unintentional (works) 89 29 %
Arson 76 25 %
Unintentional (private individual) 69 23 %
Accidental 46 15 %
Natural 23 8 %

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 Vaucluse", data of October 26, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/84-vaucluse

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