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We tested the performance of three probability models to study fire interval distributions: continuous and discrete Weibull, and discrete lognormal. Over the 19 year study period the mean annual area burnt was 36%. Median fire intervals ranged from 1 to 4 years. The discrete lognormal model best fitted the data, yielding non-monotonic hazard functions that peak at 2 to 3 years, making it more appropriate for fire frequency analysis in fire-prone tropical savannas than the more popular Weibull model. Open forest showed the highest flammability dependence on fuel age, and closed forest the lowest. The probability of burning as a function of time since last fire reaches an early peak and subsequently declines, due to fuel dynamics in these flammable savanna systems. Age-specific fire incidence is much higher for older vegetation patches than was suggested by earlier analysis of fire interval distributions. 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