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Wildfires in Kabalo

Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, has had 85 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 610,068 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 41% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 1).

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 6 Moderate 33° · 42 % · 35 km/h
  2. Sat 7 Very low 32° · 49 % · 20 km/h
  3. Sun 8 Very low 34° · 40 % · 16 km/h
  4. Mon 9 Very low 34° · 50 % · 26 km/h
  5. Tue 10 Very low 32° · 60 % · 37 km/h
  6. Wed 11 Very low 29° · 72 % · 26 km/h
  7. Thu 12 Very low 29° · 73 % · 30 km/h
  8. Fri 13 Very low 29° · 63 % · 26 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 Kabalo: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

610,068
hectares burned
41 %
of its area
85
fires
14,703
km²

How many times has Kabalo burned?

Kabalo has burned 85 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Kabalo fire, 7 August 2026, with 3,276 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 7× 16
  2. 12× 17
  3. 12× 18
  4. 11× 19
  5. 8× 20
  6. 8× 21
  7. 7× 22
  8. 3× 23
  9. 3× 24
  10. 2× 25
  11. 12× 26
85
fires
11
years with fire
610,068
cumulative ha
7 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 Kabalo

  1. 3,276 ha Kabalo fire, 7 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,126 ha in total · 29 days
  2. 8,524 ha Kabalo fire, 1 August 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 8,472 ha in total · 7 days
  3. 1,795 ha Kabalo fire, 27 July 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 6,085 ha in total · 7 days
  4. 2,450 ha Kongolo fire, 25 July 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 7,409 ha in total · 11 days
  5. 6,103 ha Kabalo fire, 20 July 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,061 ha in total · 9 days
  6. 585 ha Kongolo fire, 23 June 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 6,800 ha in total · 9 days
  7. 7,561 ha Kabalo fire, 21 June 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,510 ha in total · 17 days
  8. 7,848 ha Kabalo fire, 16 June 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,792 ha in total · 22 days
  9. 957 ha Kongolo fire, 14 June 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 11,132 ha in total · 27 days
  10. 59,640 ha Kabalo fire, 9 June 2026 where it started 4.1% of the municipality · 57,693 ha in total · 38 days
  11. 9,489 ha Kabalo fire, 8 June 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 9,425 ha in total · 32 days
  12. 11,277 ha Kabalo fire, 5 June 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 11,197 ha in total · 29 days
  13. 6,980 ha Kabalo fire, 21 July 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,938 ha in total · 16 days
  14. 7,045 ha Kabalo fire, 5 July 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,001 ha in total · 10 days
  15. 6,456 ha Kabalo fire, July 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,416 ha in total · 6 days
  16. 5,056 ha Kabalo fire, 24 June 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,022 ha in total · 11 days
  17. 3,036 ha Kabalo fire, 19 June 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,480 ha in total · 17 days
  18. 5,601 ha Kabalo fire, July 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,564 ha in total · 10 days
  19. 1,940 ha Kongolo fire, 15 July 2023 0.1% of the municipality · 5,101 ha in total · 14 days
  20. 1,068 ha Kongolo fire, 11 July 2023 0.1% of the municipality · 5,567 ha in total · 19 days
  21. 5,983 ha Kabalo fire, 18 July 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,945 ha in total · 10 days
  22. 7,371 ha Kabalo fire, 5 July 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 8,158 ha in total · 14 days
  23. 5,188 ha Kabalo fire, 3 July 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,152 ha in total · 14 days
  24. 22,755 ha Kabalo fire, 29 June 2022 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 22,612 ha in total · 20 days
  25. 5,184 ha Kabalo fire, 27 June 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,148 ha in total · 6 days
  26. 5,293 ha Kabalo fire, 26 June 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,258 ha in total · 16 days
  27. 5,926 ha Kabalo fire, 21 June 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,884 ha in total · 17 days
  28. 4,777 ha Kabalo fire, 19 July 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,992 ha in total · 19 days
  29. 6,638 ha Kabalo fire, 19 July 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 11,242 ha in total · 16 days
  30. 9,404 ha Kabalo fire, 18 July 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 9,344 ha in total · 19 days
  31. 6,687 ha Kabalo fire, 17 July 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,945 ha in total · 15 days
  32. 2,650 ha Kongolo fire, 16 July 2021 0.2% of the municipality · 10,355 ha in total · 17 days
  33. 6,667 ha Kabalo fire, 1 July 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,623 ha in total · 12 days
  34. 6,319 ha Kabalo fire, 28 June 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,277 ha in total · 15 days
  35. 6,067 ha Kabalo fire, 18 June 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,025 ha in total · 14 days
  36. 5,868 ha Kongolo fire, 26 July 2020 0.4% of the municipality · 7,627 ha in total · 6 days
  37. 4,263 ha Kabalo fire, 23 July 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,157 ha in total · 18 days
  38. 4,450 ha Kabalo fire, 22 July 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,860 ha in total · 15 days
  39. 5,048 ha Kabalo fire, 20 July 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,015 ha in total · 15 days
  40. 5,319 ha Kabalo fire, 16 July 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,284 ha in total · 11 days
  41. 7,653 ha Kabalo fire, 15 July 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,995 ha in total · 14 days
  42. 7,622 ha Kabalo fire, 3 July 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,570 ha in total · 11 days
  43. 6,446 ha Kabalo fire, 1 July 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,399 ha in total · 7 days
  44. 6,354 ha Kabalo fire, 15 July 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,309 ha in total · 8 days
  45. 5,895 ha Kabalo fire, 8 July 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,856 ha in total · 5 days
  46. 6,206 ha Kabalo fire, 2 July 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,164 ha in total · 8 days
  47. 8,021 ha Kabalo fire, 2 July 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 7,964 ha in total · 5 days
  48. 6,774 ha Kabalo fire, 28 June 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,730 ha in total · 12 days
  49. 4,100 ha Kongolo fire, June 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 10,046 ha in total · 12 days
  50. 7,289 ha Kabalo fire, 13 June 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,242 ha in total · 15 days
  51. 9,752 ha Kabalo fire, 8 June 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 9,683 ha in total · 18 days
  52. 5,640 ha Kabalo fire, 8 June 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,604 ha in total · 15 days
  53. 6,424 ha Kabalo fire, 7 June 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,379 ha in total · 18 days
  54. 7,222 ha Kabalo fire, 5 June 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,179 ha in total · 6 days
  55. 5,369 ha Kabalo fire, August 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,334 ha in total · 12 days
  56. 3,804 ha Kabalo fire, 31 July 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,848 ha in total · 14 days
  57. 5,060 ha Kabalo fire, 17 July 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,025 ha in total · 3 days
  58. 6,693 ha Kabalo fire, 17 July 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,647 ha in total · 9 days
  59. 669 ha Kabongo fire, 16 July 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 5,393 ha in total · 5 days
  60. 5,117 ha Kabalo fire, 9 July 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,083 ha in total · 17 days
  61. 5,045 ha Kabalo fire, 8 July 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,012 ha in total · 18 days
  62. 8,715 ha Kabalo fire, 8 July 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 8,654 ha in total · 17 days
  63. 1,182 ha Kongolo fire, 4 July 2018 0.1% of the municipality · 5,090 ha in total · 10 days
  64. 8,362 ha Kongolo fire, 3 July 2018 0.6% of the municipality · 19,676 ha in total · 21 days
  65. 5,669 ha Kabalo fire, 3 July 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,630 ha in total · 6 days
  66. 68,272 ha Kabalo fire, June 2018 where it started 4.6% of the municipality · 67,633 ha in total · 30 days
  67. 7,419 ha Kabalo fire, 28 July 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,450 ha in total · 8 days
  68. 5,218 ha Kabalo fire, 28 July 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,316 ha in total · 8 days
  69. 1,825 ha Lubao fire, July 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 5,513 ha in total · 3 days
  70. 5,179 ha Kabalo fire, 5 June 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,142 ha in total · 12 days
  71. 11,846 ha Kabalo fire, 5 June 2017 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 11,675 ha in total · 10 days
  72. 6,618 ha Kabalo fire, 4 June 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,573 ha in total · 14 days
  73. 5,249 ha Kabalo fire, 3 June 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,212 ha in total · 10 days
  74. 5,863 ha Kabalo fire, 3 June 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,579 ha in total · 7 days
  75. 5,250 ha Kabalo fire, 2 June 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,361 ha in total · 8 days
  76. 6,225 ha Kabalo fire, 29 May 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,183 ha in total · 15 days
  77. 176 ha Kongolo fire, 22 May 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 5,111 ha in total · 18 days
  78. 5,835 ha Kabalo fire, 16 May 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,794 ha in total · 15 days
  79. 5,441 ha Kabalo fire, 11 July 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,404 ha in total · 20 days
  80. 8,073 ha Kabalo fire, 9 July 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 8,022 ha in total · 14 days
  81. 6,045 ha Kabalo fire, 3 July 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,005 ha in total · 5 days
  82. 5,377 ha Kabalo fire, 1 July 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,793 ha in total · 10 days
  83. 1,465 ha Lubao fire, 27 June 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 11,023 ha in total · 12 days
  84. 4,560 ha Kabalo fire, June 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,581 ha in total · 17 days
  85. 4,504 ha Nyunzu fire, June 2016 0.3% of the municipality · 8,862 ha in total · 26 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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