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Wildfires in Bulungu

Bulungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, has had 62 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 770,335 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 58% of its area. Fire danger today: low (FWI 6).

Only fires of 5,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Tue 10 Very low 31° · 50 % · 17 km/h
  2. Wed 11 Low 32° · 48 % · 29 km/h
  3. Thu 12 Very low 30° · 73 % · 23 km/h
  4. Fri 13 Very low 30° · 63 % · 20 km/h
  5. Sat 14 Very low 31° · 60 % · 18 km/h
  6. Sun 15 Very low 32° · 57 % · 29 km/h
  7. Mon 16 Very low 33° · 53 % · 23 km/h
  8. Tue 17 Very low 30° · 67 % · 21 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service. Put this widget on your website

Smoke today in Bulungu: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

770,335
hectares burned
58 %
of its area
62
fires
13,254
km²

How many times has Bulungu burned?

Bulungu has burned 62 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Bulungu fire, 11 August 2026, with 4,090 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 6× 16
  2. 4× 17
  3. 2× 18
  4. 5× 19
  5. 12× 20
  6. 2× 21
  7. 1× 22
  8. 5× 23
  9. 6× 24
  10. 6× 25
  11. 13× 26
62
fires
11
years with fire
770,335
cumulative ha
11 Aug 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 5,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fires that entered Bulungu

  1. 4,090 ha Bulungu fire, 11 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,960 ha in total · 18 days
  2. 431 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 10 August 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 5,073 ha in total · 18 days
  3. 1,816 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 8 August 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 5,649 ha in total · 20 days
  4. 35 ha Idiofa fire, 6 August 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 10,902 ha in total · 28 days
  5. 15,149 ha Bulungu fire, 3 August 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 27,007 ha in total · 26 days
  6. 7,080 ha Bulungu fire, 3 August 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,031 ha in total · 23 days
  7. 3,247 ha Bulungu fire, 1 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 16,677 ha in total · 28 days
  8. 2,035 ha Bagata fire, 1 August 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 17,237 ha in total · 27 days
  9. 262,219 ha Bulungu fire, 27 July 2026 where it started 20% of the municipality · 296,599 ha in total · 50 days
  10. 132 ha Idiofa fire, 27 July 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 5,311 ha in total · 24 days
  11. 45,788 ha Bulungu fire, 25 July 2026 where it started 3.4% of the municipality · 53,634 ha in total · 40 days
  12. 37,664 ha Bulungu fire, July 2026 where it started 2.8% of the municipality · 65,332 ha in total · 53 days
  13. 325 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 14 May 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 61,670 ha in total · 33 days
  14. 3,922 ha Idiofa fire, 11 August 2025 0.3% of the municipality · 7,743 ha in total · 24 days
  15. 2,018 ha Bagata fire, 7 August 2025 0.2% of the municipality · 9,632 ha in total · 24 days
  16. 6,329 ha Bulungu fire, 5 August 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,723 ha in total · 30 days
  17. 423 ha Idiofa fire, 4 August 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 6,927 ha in total · 24 days
  18. 9,561 ha Bulungu fire, 3 August 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 9,502 ha in total · 14 days
  19. 8,730 ha Bulungu fire, 2 August 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 8,674 ha in total · 15 days
  20. 364 ha Idiofa fire, 27 July 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 22,783 ha in total · 21 days
  21. 5,273 ha Bulungu fire, 27 July 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,439 ha in total · 27 days
  22. 2,868 ha Bulungu fire, 26 July 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 8,903 ha in total · 22 days
  23. 4,157 ha Bulungu fire, 26 July 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,050 ha in total · 29 days
  24. 27,431 ha Bulungu fire, 24 July 2024 where it started 2.1% of the municipality · 27,193 ha in total · 30 days
  25. 12,608 ha Bulungu fire, 24 July 2024 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 12,531 ha in total · 24 days
  26. 5,045 ha Bulungu fire, 17 August 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,015 ha in total · 17 days
  27. 5,733 ha Bulungu fire, 14 August 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,138 ha in total · 13 days
  28. 6,525 ha Bulungu fire, 8 August 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,486 ha in total · 20 days
  29. 5,405 ha Bulungu fire, 1 August 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,371 ha in total · 23 days
  30. 5,369 ha Bulungu fire, July 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,334 ha in total · 21 days
  31. 7,905 ha Bulungu fire, July 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 7,858 ha in total · 28 days
  32. 7,299 ha Bulungu fire, August 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 7,252 ha in total · 8 days
  33. 253 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 24 May 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 11,755 ha in total · 14 days
  34. 5,099 ha Bulungu fire, 5 August 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,063 ha in total · 9 days
  35. 395 ha Idiofa fire, 5 August 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 6,044 ha in total · 8 days
  36. 9,852 ha Bulungu fire, 5 August 2020 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 12,246 ha in total · 12 days
  37. 6,606 ha Bulungu fire, 4 August 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,565 ha in total · 15 days
  38. 4,757 ha Bulungu fire, 1 August 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 8,322 ha in total · 12 days
  39. 6,312 ha Bulungu fire, 21 July 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,270 ha in total · 30 days
  40. 6,555 ha Bulungu fire, 21 July 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,517 ha in total · 28 days
  41. 28,402 ha Bulungu fire, 20 July 2020 where it started 2.1% of the municipality · 27,663 ha in total · 33 days
  42. 5,839 ha Bulungu fire, 20 July 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,844 ha in total · 17 days
  43. 51,519 ha Bulungu fire, 20 July 2020 where it started 3.9% of the municipality · 50,689 ha in total · 33 days
  44. 7,473 ha Bulungu fire, 20 July 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 7,423 ha in total · 31 days
  45. 2,732 ha Idiofa fire, 16 July 2020 0.2% of the municipality · 7,194 ha in total · 24 days
  46. 13,505 ha Bulungu fire, 12 August 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 13,414 ha in total · 12 days
  47. 15,859 ha Bulungu fire, 5 August 2019 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 15,759 ha in total · 20 days
  48. 8,595 ha Bulungu fire, 5 August 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 8,543 ha in total · 20 days
  49. 242 ha Idiofa fire, 5 August 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 9,020 ha in total · 15 days
  50. 5,858 ha Bulungu fire, July 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,820 ha in total · 17 days
  51. 6,810 ha Bulungu fire, 21 July 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,767 ha in total · 29 days
  52. 5,730 ha Bulungu fire, 14 July 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,651 ha in total · 27 days
  53. 6,600 ha Bulungu fire, August 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,560 ha in total · 16 days
  54. 6,498 ha Bulungu fire, 24 July 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,457 ha in total · 16 days
  55. 6,954 ha Bulungu fire, 18 July 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,910 ha in total · 25 days
  56. 4,962 ha Idiofa fire, 14 July 2017 0.4% of the municipality · 11,916 ha in total · 29 days
  57. 6,030 ha Bulungu fire, 25 July 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,994 ha in total · 23 days
  58. 7,928 ha Bulungu fire, 20 July 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 7,876 ha in total · 22 days
  59. 40 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 20 July 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 6,414 ha in total · 26 days
  60. 21,873 ha Bulungu fire, 14 July 2016 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 21,735 ha in total · 35 days
  61. 2,908 ha Idiofa fire, 14 July 2016 0.2% of the municipality · 16,773 ha in total · 32 days
  62. 7,173 ha Bulungu fire, 13 July 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,978 ha in total · 29 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Referenciel Géographique Commun, OCHA DR Congo (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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