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Fontanges

Cantal (15) · INSEE code 15070 · 1,785 ha · 213 inhabitants

Between 2012 and 2025, satellites saw fire in 10 years out of 14, for 40 hotspots.

Fire keeps coming back: 5 consecutive years with at least one start. The worst is still 2021, with 9 hotspots.

The busiest month is April, which carries 43 % of the detections.

In its department, out of the 184 municipalities that saw at least one hotspot, this one ranks 9th.

This year, 7 hotspots have already been detected here, the last one on April 9, 2026.

Low danger for tomorrow

Météo des forêts · September 10, 2026

The expected weather conditions and recent rainfall reduce the risk of fires starting and spreading.

Bulletin published for the whole of the Cantal department, not for this municipality in particular.

Hotspots
VIIRS detection
industrial source
40
hotspots since 2012
VIIRS · 2012 to today

Local recurrence

20122025

This area burned in 10 of the 14 complete years from 2012 to 2025.

2026 is not counted: the year is not over.

Hotspots by year

Full constellation. 2026 stops on September 9, so its bar is not comparable to the others.

0 5 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 21 22 23 24 25 7 ↗ 26

Declared fires

BDIFF · year 2025, latest published

This 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
01/03/2019 3 ha 0 ha Not recorded

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