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Wildfires in Feshi

Feshi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, has had 78 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 482,617 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 25% of its area. Fire danger today: low (FWI 5).

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. Fri 23 Very low 29° · 58 % · 27 km/h
  2. Sat 24 Low 32° · 43 % · 23 km/h
  3. Sun 25 Very low 29° · 60 % · 22 km/h
  4. Mon 26 Very low 30° · 59 % · 23 km/h
  5. Tue 27 Very low 28° · 67 % · 30 km/h
  6. Wed 28 Very low 29° · 62 % · 32 km/h
  7. Thu 29 Very low 27° · 67 % · 31 km/h
  8. Fri 30 Very low 27° · 73 % · 24 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.

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

482,617
hectares burned
25 %
of its area
78
fires
18,932
km²

How many times has Feshi burned?

Feshi has burned 78 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Feshi fire, 19 July 2026, with 5,361 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 6× 16
  2. 5× 17
  3. 6× 18
  4. 6× 19
  5. 7× 20
  6. 5× 21
  7. 7× 22
  8. 1× 23
  9. 5× 24
  10. 3× 25
  11. 27× 26
78
fires
11
years with fire
482,617
cumulative ha
19 Jul 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 Feshi

  1. 5,361 ha Feshi fire, 19 July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,327 ha in total · 4 days
  2. 8,324 ha Feshi fire, 18 July 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 12,703 ha in total · 10 days
  3. 5,417 ha Feshi fire, 18 July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,384 ha in total · 2 days
  4. 948 ha Kahemba fire, 18 July 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 5,656 ha in total · 5 days
  5. 4,689 ha Kahemba fire, 29 June 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 12,448 ha in total · 12 days
  6. 204 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 29 June 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 39,317 ha in total · 15 days
  7. 10,046 ha Feshi fire, 29 June 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 10,275 ha in total · 12 days
  8. 5,540 ha Feshi fire, 13 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,501 ha in total · 3 days
  9. 1,969 ha Kahemba fire, 12 June 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 7,770 ha in total · 4 days
  10. 5,214 ha Feshi fire, 9 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,182 ha in total · 5 days
  11. 6,598 ha Feshi fire, 8 June 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 10,190 ha in total · 10 days
  12. 7,844 ha Feshi fire, 7 June 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,791 ha in total · 10 days
  13. 9,630 ha Feshi fire, 6 June 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 9,595 ha in total · 12 days
  14. 7,280 ha Feshi fire, 6 June 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,236 ha in total · 8 days
  15. 2,668 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 5 June 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 6,065 ha in total · 13 days
  16. 1,599 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 4 June 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 6,995 ha in total · 10 days
  17. 18,239 ha Feshi fire, 4 June 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 18,122 ha in total · 12 days
  18. 7,921 ha Feshi fire, 4 June 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,888 ha in total · 7 days
  19. 6,449 ha Feshi fire, 3 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,840 ha in total · 10 days
  20. 19,423 ha Feshi fire, 2 June 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 19,282 ha in total · 11 days
  21. 33,942 ha Feshi fire, 1 June 2026 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 33,706 ha in total · 19 days
  22. 8,416 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 1 June 2026 0.4% of the municipality · 17,417 ha in total · 17 days
  23. 5,095 ha Feshi fire, 30 May 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,060 ha in total · 11 days
  24. 160 ha Gungu fire, 28 May 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 17,034 ha in total · 19 days
  25. 8,106 ha Feshi fire, 28 May 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 8,055 ha in total · 8 days
  26. 4,278 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 25 May 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 18,207 ha in total · 11 days
  27. 14,322 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 24 May 2026 0.8% of the municipality · 58,672 ha in total · 20 days
  28. 6 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, July 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 6,625 ha in total · 4 days
  29. 4,310 ha Feshi fire, 14 July 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,386 ha in total · 3 days
  30. 4,706 ha Feshi fire, 9 July 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,013 ha in total · 2 days
  31. 4,375 ha Feshi fire, 26 June 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,282 ha in total · 7 days
  32. 6,994 ha Feshi fire, 25 June 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,050 ha in total · 4 days
  33. 5,566 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 8 June 2024 0.3% of the municipality · 7,344 ha in total · 8 days
  34. 5,274 ha Feshi fire, 28 May 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,878 ha in total · 4 days
  35. 3,625 ha Feshi fire, 18 May 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,406 ha in total · 7 days
  36. 5,826 ha Feshi fire, June 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,785 ha in total · 9 days
  37. 5,362 ha Feshi fire, 7 July 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,323 ha in total · 2 days
  38. 5,323 ha Feshi fire, 5 July 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,289 ha in total · 6 days
  39. 4,158 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 6 June 2022 0.2% of the municipality · 7,726 ha in total · 6 days
  40. 7,831 ha Feshi fire, 3 June 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,780 ha in total · 10 days
  41. 6,694 ha Feshi fire, 2 June 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,646 ha in total · 8 days
  42. 13,556 ha Feshi fire, 2 June 2022 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 13,466 ha in total · 10 days
  43. 8,416 ha Masi-Manimba fire, May 2022 0.4% of the municipality · 25,840 ha in total · 12 days
  44. 3,902 ha Feshi fire, July 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,831 ha in total · 7 days
  45. 6,712 ha Feshi fire, 31 May 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,664 ha in total · 8 days
  46. 5,877 ha Feshi fire, 31 May 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,838 ha in total · 6 days
  47. 5,697 ha Feshi fire, 31 May 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,655 ha in total · 6 days
  48. 5,254 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 29 May 2021 0.3% of the municipality · 5,382 ha in total · 7 days
  49. 3,825 ha Feshi fire, August 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,949 ha in total · 15 days
  50. 5,742 ha Feshi fire, July 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,700 ha in total · 5 days
  51. 5,375 ha Feshi fire, 14 June 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,338 ha in total · 4 days
  52. 5,135 ha Feshi fire, 14 June 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,103 ha in total · 6 days
  53. 7,400 ha Feshi fire, 13 June 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,355 ha in total · 10 days
  54. 3,339 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 9 June 2020 0.2% of the municipality · 6,060 ha in total · 9 days
  55. 4,292 ha Feshi fire, 8 June 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,875 ha in total · 6 days
  56. 2,807 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 4 July 2019 0.2% of the municipality · 10,517 ha in total · 5 days
  57. 5,118 ha Feshi fire, 17 June 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,085 ha in total · 7 days
  58. 6,302 ha Feshi fire, 16 June 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,265 ha in total · 10 days
  59. 6,819 ha Feshi fire, 10 June 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,781 ha in total · 6 days
  60. 5,109 ha Feshi fire, 10 June 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,075 ha in total · 4 days
  61. 654 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 3 June 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 11,164 ha in total · 6 days
  62. 1,529 ha Kahemba fire, 16 July 2018 0.1% of the municipality · 6,539 ha in total · 3 days
  63. 7,187 ha Feshi fire, 12 June 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,136 ha in total · 8 days
  64. 5,241 ha Feshi fire, 11 June 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,206 ha in total · 1 day
  65. 5,229 ha Feshi fire, 11 June 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,192 ha in total · 1 day
  66. 5,400 ha Feshi fire, 7 June 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,362 ha in total · 8 days
  67. 3,794 ha Feshi fire, 6 June 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,050 ha in total · 9 days
  68. 13,759 ha Feshi fire, 6 June 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 13,659 ha in total · 4 days
  69. 1,204 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 4 June 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 7,077 ha in total · 9 days
  70. 6,836 ha Feshi fire, 3 June 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,790 ha in total · 6 days
  71. 5,118 ha Feshi fire, 2 June 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,082 ha in total · 7 days
  72. 6,074 ha Feshi fire, 2 June 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,034 ha in total · 2 days
  73. 2,962 ha Feshi fire, July 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,213 ha in total · 6 days
  74. 7,096 ha Feshi fire, 8 June 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,046 ha in total · 9 days
  75. 4,467 ha Feshi fire, 6 June 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,081 ha in total · 4 days
  76. 4,085 ha Feshi fire, 6 June 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,321 ha in total · 5 days
  77. 5,505 ha Feshi fire, 2 June 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,469 ha in total · 4 days
  78. 6,067 ha Feshi fire, May 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,024 ha in total · 8 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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