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Wildfires in Kahemba

Kahemba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, has had 72 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 404,565 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 20% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 0).

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. Wed 4 Very low 29° · 55 % · 21 km/h
  2. Thu 5 Very low 29° · 47 % · 32 km/h
  3. Fri 6 Very low 27° · 70 % · 23 km/h
  4. Sat 7 Very low 26° · 64 % · 17 km/h
  5. Sun 8 Very low 27° · 72 % · 27 km/h
  6. Mon 9 Very low 29° · 68 % · 25 km/h
  7. Tue 10 Very low 29° · 58 % · 28 km/h
  8. Wed 11 Very low 25° · 81 % · 29 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 Kahemba: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

404,565
hectares burned
20 %
of its area
72
fires
19,817
km²

How many times has Kahemba burned?

Kahemba has burned 72 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Kahemba fire, 12 August 2026, with 5,368 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 5× 16
  2. 6× 17
  3. 8× 18
  4. 4× 19
  5. 2× 20
  6. 2× 21
  7. 1× 22
  8. 2× 23
  9. 3× 24
  10. 2× 25
  11. 37× 26
72
fires
11
years with fire
404,565
cumulative ha
12 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 Kahemba

  1. 5,368 ha Kahemba fire, 12 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,325 ha in total · 7 days
  2. 10,475 ha Kahemba fire, 11 August 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 10,397 ha in total · 11 days
  3. 5,533 ha Kahemba fire, 3 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,491 ha in total · 13 days
  4. 5,826 ha Kahemba fire, 1 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,497 ha in total · 13 days
  5. 5,067 ha Kahemba fire, 25 July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,028 ha in total · 12 days
  6. 5,607 ha Kahemba fire, 22 July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,562 ha in total · 18 days
  7. 28 ha Kamonia fire, 18 July 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 6,149 ha in total · 5 days
  8. 7,388 ha Kahemba fire, 17 July 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,337 ha in total · 20 days
  9. 3,713 ha Kahemba fire, 15 July 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,827 ha in total · 17 days
  10. 4,742 ha Kahemba fire, 14 July 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,656 ha in total · 12 days
  11. 13,739 ha Kahemba fire, 13 July 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 13,637 ha in total · 27 days
  12. 5,210 ha Kahemba fire, 11 July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,177 ha in total · 17 days
  13. 9,731 ha Kahemba fire, 11 July 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 9,657 ha in total · 24 days
  14. 5,870 ha Kahemba fire, 5 July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,829 ha in total · 11 days
  15. 6,947 ha Kahemba fire, 2 July 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,897 ha in total · 17 days
  16. 5,157 ha Kahemba fire, 2 July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,125 ha in total · 14 days
  17. 5,367 ha Kahemba fire, 30 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,325 ha in total · 14 days
  18. 8,384 ha Kahemba fire, 29 June 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 8,320 ha in total · 3 days
  19. 5,142 ha Kahemba fire, 29 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,122 ha in total · 8 days
  20. 668 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 25 June 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 7,843 ha in total · 26 days
  21. 304 ha Feshi fire, 25 June 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 10,275 ha in total · 23 days
  22. 5,166 ha Kahemba fire, 24 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,132 ha in total · 22 days
  23. 6,681 ha Kahemba fire, 24 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,637 ha in total · 24 days
  24. 7,834 ha Kahemba fire, 24 June 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 12,448 ha in total · 24 days
  25. 10,137 ha Kahemba fire, 24 June 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 10,062 ha in total · 27 days
  26. 4,094 ha Kahemba fire, 24 June 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,197 ha in total · 13 days
  27. 3 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 23 June 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 39,164 ha in total · 26 days
  28. 5,726 ha Kahemba fire, 22 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,681 ha in total · 26 days
  29. 8,383 ha Kahemba fire, 22 June 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 8,326 ha in total · 16 days
  30. 23,836 ha Kahemba fire, 22 June 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 23,096 ha in total · 27 days
  31. 18,436 ha Kahemba fire, 17 June 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 18,317 ha in total · 32 days
  32. 5,846 ha Kahemba fire, 12 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,770 ha in total · 11 days
  33. 3,663 ha Feshi fire, 2 June 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 10,190 ha in total · 16 days
  34. 5,581 ha Kahemba fire, 1 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,549 ha in total · 13 days
  35. 58 ha Kamonia fire, 31 May 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 5,146 ha in total · 16 days
  36. 26 ha Feshi fire, 29 May 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 7,888 ha in total · 15 days
  37. 366 ha Gungu fire, 22 May 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 17,034 ha in total · 32 days
  38. 6,857 ha Kahemba fire, July 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,815 ha in total · 9 days
  39. 344 ha Feshi fire, 4 July 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 5,013 ha in total · 7 days
  40. 945 ha Feshi fire, 24 June 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 5,282 ha in total · 10 days
  41. 7,532 ha Kahemba fire, June 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,489 ha in total · 13 days
  42. 2,783 ha Gungu fire, June 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 5,601 ha in total · 1 day
  43. 5,958 ha Kahemba fire, July 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,922 ha in total · 11 days
  44. 10 ha Kamonia fire, 1 July 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 7,843 ha in total · 8 days
  45. 6,383 ha Kahemba fire, July 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,341 ha in total · 19 days
  46. 1,970 ha Feshi fire, July 2021 0.1% of the municipality · 5,831 ha in total · 7 days
  47. 5,768 ha Kahemba fire, June 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,733 ha in total · 18 days
  48. 5,837 ha Kahemba fire, July 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,795 ha in total · 12 days
  49. 3,195 ha Gungu fire, June 2020 0.2% of the municipality · 6,165 ha in total · 10 days
  50. 5,228 ha Kahemba fire, 15 July 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,188 ha in total · 12 days
  51. 5,264 ha Kahemba fire, 5 July 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,228 ha in total · 11 days
  52. 6,362 ha Kahemba fire, 1 July 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,321 ha in total · 8 days
  53. 5,234 ha Kahemba fire, June 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,209 ha in total · 18 days
  54. 5,294 ha Kahemba fire, 19 July 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,261 ha in total · 6 days
  55. 5,050 ha Kahemba fire, 16 July 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,539 ha in total · 9 days
  56. 5,095 ha Kahemba fire, 12 July 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,056 ha in total · 15 days
  57. 2,662 ha Kahemba fire, 6 July 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,070 ha in total · 14 days
  58. 7,813 ha Kahemba fire, 6 July 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,755 ha in total · 26 days
  59. 5,098 ha Kahemba fire, 2 July 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,067 ha in total · 16 days
  60. 5,056 ha Kahemba fire, 27 June 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,024 ha in total · 23 days
  61. 5,333 ha Kahemba fire, 19 June 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,292 ha in total · 14 days
  62. 6,552 ha Kahemba fire, 14 August 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,503 ha in total · 5 days
  63. 6,323 ha Kahemba fire, 5 August 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,276 ha in total · 11 days
  64. 5,047 ha Kahemba fire, 22 June 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,015 ha in total · 17 days
  65. 6,457 ha Kahemba fire, 20 June 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,412 ha in total · 13 days
  66. 10,906 ha Kahemba fire, 19 June 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 10,720 ha in total · 23 days
  67. 6,003 ha Kahemba fire, 13 June 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,966 ha in total · 24 days
  68. 5,446 ha Kahemba fire, 17 July 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,414 ha in total · 10 days
  69. 3,292 ha Feshi fire, July 2016 0.2% of the municipality · 6,213 ha in total · 20 days
  70. 5,651 ha Kahemba fire, 3 July 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,610 ha in total · 10 days
  71. 5,790 ha Kahemba fire, 18 June 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,747 ha in total · 14 days
  72. 5,923 ha Kahemba fire, 17 June 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,893 ha in total · 11 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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