FeuxFrance
Fontan
Alpes-Maritimes (06) · INSEE code 06062 · 4,951 ha · 307 inhabitants
Between 2012 and 2025, satellites saw fire in 8 years out of 14, for 82 hotspots.
Most of it comes down to a single season: 2019 accounts for 56, or 68 % of the total. The other years are nowhere near.
The busiest month is March, which carries 71 % of the detections.
In its department, out of the 116 municipalities that saw at least one hotspot, this one ranks 2nd.
This year, 6 hotspots have already been detected here, the last one on February 26, 2026.
Moderate danger for tomorrow
Météo des forêts · September 10, 2026The weather conditions do not significantly worsen the risk of fires starting and spreading.
Bulletin published for the whole of the Alpes-Maritimes department, not for this municipality in particular.
Local recurrence
This area burned in 8 of the 14 complete years from 2012 to 2025.
2026 is not counted: the year is not over.
Full constellation. 2026 stops on September 10, so its bar is not comparable to the others.
| Year | Points chauds |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 56 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 6 |
Declared fires
BDIFF · year 2025, latest publishedThis table cannot be compared with the hotspots above. BDIFF records fires confirmed on the ground, including very small ones, but it is located to the municipality and published a year behind. Both sources in detail
| Alert date | Area burned | of which forest | Suspected cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/06/2025 | 25 ha | 23 ha | Arson |
| 01/30/2022 | 4 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 08/13/2020 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 03/12/2019 | 180 ha | 165 ha | Unintentional (works) |
| 03/25/2018 | 9 ha | 2 ha | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 12/30/2015 | 0 ha | — | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 03/16/2012 | 2 ha | 2 ha | Not recorded |
| 02/20/2012 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 04/08/2010 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 08/24/2009 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 08/20/2009 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 09/01/2008 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 09/01/2008 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 09/01/2008 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 07/26/2008 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 02/27/2007 | 6 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (private individual) |