Forest Fire Events in India's Himachal Pradesh Rose More Than Tenfold in 20 Years: From 132 in 2004 to 1,358 in 2024, in Scientific Reports on November 13
A study published in Scientific Reports on November 13, 2026, provides an overview of forest fire events in Himachal Pradesh, India, and their relationship with climatic attributes. The study collected fire data for the summer and monsoon seasons from the Fire Information for Resource Management System, or FIRMS, portal, covering 2004 to 2024. The authors are Mehta, Baweja, Goroshi and colleagues, and the paper carries digital object identifier 10.1038/s41598-026-76839-5, was received on July 15, 2026, accepted on October 15, 2026, and published on November 13, 2026. The journal abstract reported that forest fire events in the state increased from 132 in 2004 to 1,358 in 2024, a rise of more than tenfold. The Solan district reported the highest number of forest fire events in 2024, at 274 across both seasons, and was therefore selected for exploring the relationship between fire incidents and climatic attributes. Change point detection and the Mann-Kendall test were applied for trend analysis, finding a significant rising trend for maximum and mean temperatures for August and September, a significant increasing trend for diurnal temperature in April, and a significant change point around 1997 in the summer temperature series, with homogeneity confirmed at the 95 percent confidence level. The abstract further reported that aridity index values below 2.0 and fire weather index values below 15.0 in 2024 were associated with the maximum number of fire incidents, and that correlation analysis indicated a positive correlation between fire events, potential evapotranspiration and mean temperature. In principal component analysis, two components contributed about 63.8 percent and 64.9 percent of variability during the summer and monsoon seasons, with potential evapotranspiration, mean and diurnal temperatures showing the highest positive loading with forest fire incidents.
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Photo: 图：森林火灾中正在燃烧的火焰与林木。Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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