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Haute-Corse (2B) · INSEE code 2B096 · 14,909 ha · 7,819 inhabitants
Between 2012 and 2025, satellites saw fire in 11 years out of 14, for 736 hotspots.
Fire keeps coming back: 5 consecutive years with at least one start. The worst is still 2021, with 14 hotspots.
The busiest month is July, which carries 88 % of the detections.
This is the worst affected municipality in its department, ahead of 203 others that saw at least one hotspot.
This year, 657 hotspots have already been detected here, the last one on August 3, 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 Haute-Corse department, not for this municipality in particular.
Local recurrence
This area burned in 11 of the 14 complete years from 2012 to 2025.
2026 is not counted: the year is not over.
Full constellation. 2026 stops on September 9, so its bar is not comparable to the others.
| Year | Points chauds |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 14 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 657 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/01/2025 | 25 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 09/14/2025 | 1 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 08/24/2025 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 02/15/2024 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 07/31/2023 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Accidental |
| 08/02/2022 | 2 ha | 1 ha | Natural |
| 07/13/2022 | 3 ha | 1 ha | Arson |
| 08/15/2021 | 0 ha | — | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 08/02/2021 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 07/13/2021 | 2 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 03/27/2021 | 12 ha | 12 ha | Not recorded |
| 10/11/2020 | 3 ha | 1 ha | Not recorded |
| 08/21/2020 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 04/08/2020 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 02/17/2020 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 02/17/2020 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 02/17/2020 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 04/02/2019 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 08/23/2018 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 08/22/2018 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 07/09/2018 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 04/24/2018 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 04/03/2018 | 0 ha | — | Not recorded |
| 12/23/2017 | 0 ha | — | Not recorded |
| 11/24/2017 | 0 ha | — | Not recorded |
| 11/04/2017 | 3 ha | 2 ha | Not recorded |
| 03/13/2017 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 08/25/2016 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 08/24/2016 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 08/24/2016 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 08/22/2016 | 78 ha | 8 ha | Arson |
| 07/22/2016 | 2 ha | 1 ha | Arson |
| 07/02/2016 | 2 ha | 1 ha | Natural |
| 06/27/2016 | 24 ha | — | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 04/17/2016 | 10 ha | 1 ha | Not recorded |
| 09/26/2015 | 11 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 08/09/2015 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 08/03/2015 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 04/16/2015 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 10/13/2014 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 10/04/2014 | 3 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 09/04/2014 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 09/02/2014 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (works) |
| 08/30/2014 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 02/17/2014 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 08/14/2013 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 09/20/2012 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (works) |
| 08/13/2012 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 07/30/2012 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 07/26/2012 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |