Air pollution resulting from fires in Southeast Asian countries is one of the biggest challenges faced by the region. However, the general lack of baseline information is a major hurdle for policy makers to understand the trends, drivers and distribution of air pollution induced by fires. Therefore, on the request of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Government, FAO conducted a study to analyze the spatio-temporal extent of fires. Fire data was combined with the 2018 land cover map from the Department of Agriculture land Management (DALaM), Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Provinces with the highest average fire events over the study period were selected as fire hotspots in the forest and crop cover classes.