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Wildfires in Kamonia

Kamonia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, has had 70 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 702,480 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 26% of its area. Fire danger today: low (FWI 8).

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. Sat 7 Very low 32° · 48 % · 19 km/h
  2. Sun 8 Low 37° · 30 % · 23 km/h
  3. Mon 9 Very low 32° · 49 % · 39 km/h
  4. Tue 10 Very low 32° · 50 % · 33 km/h
  5. Wed 11 Very low 28° · 67 % · 25 km/h
  6. Thu 12 Very low 28° · 72 % · 31 km/h
  7. Fri 13 Very low 28° · 71 % · 28 km/h
  8. Sat 14 Very low 28° · 80 % · 25 km/h

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Smoke today in Kamonia: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

702,480
hectares burned
26 %
of its area
70
fires
27,233
km²

How many times has Kamonia burned?

Kamonia has burned 70 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Kamonia fire, 9 August 2026, with 6,533 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 1× 16
  2. 5× 17
  3. 3× 18
  4. 6× 19
  5. 6× 20
  6. 3× 21
  7. 11× 22
  8. 6× 23
  9. 3× 24
  10. 8× 25
  11. 18× 26
70
fires
11
years with fire
702,480
cumulative ha
9 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 Kamonia

  1. 6,533 ha Kamonia fire, 9 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,492 ha in total · 27 days
  2. 7,877 ha Kamonia fire, 5 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,825 ha in total · 21 days
  3. 6,144 ha Kamonia fire, 3 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,105 ha in total · 23 days
  4. 21,536 ha Kamonia fire, 1 August 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 21,351 ha in total · 34 days
  5. 20,083 ha Kazumba fire, 27 July 2026 0.7% of the municipality · 67,960 ha in total · 41 days
  6. 542 ha Gungu fire, July 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 6,076 ha in total · 9 days
  7. 6,161 ha Kamonia fire, 18 July 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,149 ha in total · 5 days
  8. 5,255 ha Kamonia fire, 6 July 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,224 ha in total · 3 days
  9. 10,537 ha Kamonia fire, 13 June 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 10,463 ha in total · 25 days
  10. 5,037 ha Kamonia fire, 10 June 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,006 ha in total · 21 days
  11. 18,378 ha Kamonia fire, 9 June 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 17,770 ha in total · 36 days
  12. 44,259 ha Kamonia fire, 9 June 2026 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 43,581 ha in total · 28 days
  13. 7,843 ha Kamonia fire, 9 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,796 ha in total · 16 days
  14. 11,073 ha Kamonia fire, 3 June 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 13,479 ha in total · 20 days
  15. 5,126 ha Kamonia fire, 31 May 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,146 ha in total · 16 days
  16. 7,610 ha Kamonia fire, 31 May 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,551 ha in total · 23 days
  17. 8,833 ha Kamonia fire, 29 May 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,768 ha in total · 24 days
  18. 8,749 ha Kamonia fire, May 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,701 ha in total · 13 days
  19. 6,269 ha Kamonia fire, August 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,227 ha in total · 24 days
  20. 7,068 ha Kamonia fire, 21 July 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,024 ha in total · 23 days
  21. 6,628 ha Kamonia fire, 20 July 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,589 ha in total · 28 days
  22. 2,449 ha Kazumba fire, 20 July 2025 0.1% of the municipality · 5,806 ha in total · 24 days
  23. 5,486 ha Kamonia fire, 8 July 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,452 ha in total · 5 days
  24. 5,209 ha Kamonia fire, 18 June 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,174 ha in total · 17 days
  25. 5,455 ha Kamonia fire, 14 June 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,418 ha in total · 12 days
  26. 6,527 ha Kamonia fire, 8 June 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,488 ha in total · 15 days
  27. 6,005 ha Kamonia fire, 24 July 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,968 ha in total · 21 days
  28. 7,115 ha Kamonia fire, 21 July 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,068 ha in total · 24 days
  29. 29,357 ha Kazumba fire, 19 July 2024 1.1% of the municipality · 42,024 ha in total · 33 days
  30. 6,126 ha Kamonia fire, 4 August 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,087 ha in total · 22 days
  31. 16,946 ha Kamonia fire, 2 August 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 16,840 ha in total · 27 days
  32. 7,672 ha Kamonia fire, 28 July 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,621 ha in total · 25 days
  33. 47,016 ha Kamonia fire, 26 July 2023 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 58,681 ha in total · 29 days
  34. 10,040 ha Kamonia fire, 5 July 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 10,228 ha in total · 10 days
  35. 7,886 ha Kamonia fire, 1 July 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,843 ha in total · 8 days
  36. 6,207 ha Kamonia fire, 4 August 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,167 ha in total · 14 days
  37. 6,304 ha Kamonia fire, 1 August 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,264 ha in total · 17 days
  38. 14,814 ha Kamonia fire, 29 July 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 14,631 ha in total · 28 days
  39. 1,132 ha Kazumba fire, 26 July 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 15,104 ha in total · 23 days
  40. 8,623 ha Kamonia fire, 26 July 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,571 ha in total · 23 days
  41. 8,521 ha Kamonia fire, 13 July 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,468 ha in total · 8 days
  42. 5,978 ha Kamonia fire, 7 July 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,943 ha in total · 3 days
  43. 5,295 ha Kamonia fire, 24 June 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,259 ha in total · 10 days
  44. 5,109 ha Kamonia fire, 7 June 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,077 ha in total · 7 days
  45. 5,360 ha Kamonia fire, 4 June 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,329 ha in total · 9 days
  46. 6,677 ha Kamonia fire, May 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,640 ha in total · 15 days
  47. 8,462 ha Kamonia fire, July 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,410 ha in total · 7 days
  48. 9,769 ha Kamonia fire, 19 June 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 9,772 ha in total · 6 days
  49. 5,120 ha Kamonia fire, 5 June 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,083 ha in total · 16 days
  50. 15,214 ha Kamonia fire, 16 July 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 15,113 ha in total · 35 days
  51. 12,996 ha Kamonia fire, 16 July 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 12,670 ha in total · 31 days
  52. 57,034 ha Kazumba fire, 15 July 2020 2.1% of the municipality · 148,354 ha in total · 36 days
  53. 10,685 ha Kamonia fire, 14 July 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 10,619 ha in total · 32 days
  54. 5,102 ha Kamonia fire, 7 July 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,072 ha in total · 34 days
  55. 13,728 ha Kamonia fire, June 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 13,641 ha in total · 24 days
  56. 14,866 ha Kamonia fire, August 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 16,431 ha in total · 26 days
  57. 4,748 ha Kamonia fire, July 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,898 ha in total · 4 days
  58. 5,917 ha Kamonia fire, 15 June 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,882 ha in total · 14 days
  59. 10,890 ha Kamonia fire, 15 June 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 10,814 ha in total · 18 days
  60. 7,952 ha Kamonia fire, 8 June 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,902 ha in total · 19 days
  61. 5,968 ha Kamonia fire, 7 June 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,930 ha in total · 18 days
  62. 6,555 ha Kamonia fire, 7 June 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,514 ha in total · 18 days
  63. 5,725 ha Kamonia fire, 5 June 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,690 ha in total · 13 days
  64. 9,470 ha Kamonia fire, 1 June 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 9,417 ha in total · 7 days
  65. 2,190 ha Kazumba fire, August 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 6,751 ha in total · 11 days
  66. 5,146 ha Kamonia fire, July 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,113 ha in total · 6 days
  67. 5,438 ha Kamonia fire, 16 June 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,401 ha in total · 3 days
  68. 8,043 ha Kamonia fire, 13 June 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,987 ha in total · 19 days
  69. 7,440 ha Kamonia fire, 5 June 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,394 ha in total · 21 days
  70. 5,174 ha Kamonia fire, July 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,142 ha in total · 28 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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