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Wildfire briefing: Democratic Republic of the Congo

A short, quotable summary of the last 24 hours and of the season. Rebuilt every hour.

Data up to: 13 Nov 2026, 08:54 UTC

Probable fires in Democratic Republic of the Congo in the last 24 hours: 24, with 414 heat detections from the VIIRS satellites (NASA FIRMS; latest detection: 13 Nov 2026, 05:29 UTC).

Fires with a WorldFires page still showing heat detections in the last 48 hours: 4.

Democratic Republic of the Congo is running below the usual for this point in the year, at 54 % of the average: 22,491,533 hectares burned up to week 44, against an average of 41,576,255 in 2012–2025 (Copernicus GWIS). No year between 2012 and 2025 had burned this little by now. GWIS estimates for the current year are provisional and may change.

Forecast fire danger for today near Bosobolo: moderate (FWI 16), computed by WorldFires from the ECMWF IFS forecast.

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WorldFires, “Wildfire briefing: Democratic Republic of the Congo”, https://worldfires.org/en/country/congo-kinshasa/briefing (accessed 13 Nov 2026, 08:54 UTC). Sources: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS), Copernicus GWIS, ECMWF IFS (Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0).

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Sources: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) · Copernicus GWIS · ECMWF IFS (Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0)

A heat detection is not a confirmed fire: farm burning and industry also produce them, and clouds or smoke can hide a fire.

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