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Pierrelatte

Drôme (26) · INSEE code 26235 · 4,945 ha · 13,756 inhabitants

Between 2012 and 2025, satellites saw fire in 12 years out of 14, for 107 hotspots.

Fire keeps coming back: 7 consecutive years with at least one start. The worst is still 2022, with 13 hotspots.

In its department, out of the 182 municipalities that saw at least one hotspot, this one ranks 4th.

This year, 18 hotspots have already been detected here, the last one on August 24, 2026.

Moderate danger for tomorrow

Météo des forêts · September 10, 2026

The weather conditions do not significantly worsen the risk of fires starting and spreading.

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

Hotspots
VIIRS detection
industrial source
107
hotspots since 2012
VIIRS · 2012 to today

Local recurrence

20122025

This area burned in 12 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 10, so its bar is not comparable to the others.

0 10 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 18 ↗ 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
09/28/2025 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
08/20/2025 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
08/16/2025 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
08/16/2025 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
08/04/2025 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
06/14/2025 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
06/14/2025 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
05/18/2025 0 ha 0 ha Unintentional (private individual)
05/18/2025 0 ha 0 ha Unintentional (works)
05/17/2025 0 ha 0 ha Unintentional (private individual)
05/01/2025 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
04/27/2025 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
01/02/2025 0 ha 0 ha Arson

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