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Wildfires in Manono

Manono, Democratic Republic of the Congo, has had 59 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 390,230 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 11% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 22).

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. Sun 25 High 34° · 35 % · 29 km/h
  2. Mon 26 High 35° · 32 % · 30 km/h
  3. Tue 27 Moderate 37° · 27 % · 35 km/h
  4. Wed 28 Very low 34° · 51 % · 58 km/h
  5. Thu 29 Very low 30° · 64 % · 28 km/h
  6. Fri 30 Very low 30° · 61 % · 25 km/h
  7. Sat 31 Very low 31° · 58 % · 32 km/h
  8. Sun 1 Very low 30° · 85 % · 27 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

390,230
hectares burned
11 %
of its area
59
fires
34,279
km²

How many times has Manono burned?

Manono has burned 59 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Malemba-Nkulu fire, 15 August 2026, with 1,349 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 2× 16
  2. 12× 17
  3. 4× 18
  4. 2× 19
  5. 2× 20
  6. 3× 21
  7. 9× 22
  8. 1× 23
  9.   24
  10. 3× 25
  11. 21× 26
59
fires
10
years with fire
390,230
cumulative ha
15 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 Manono

  1. 1,349 ha Malemba-Nkulu fire, 15 August 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 11,672 ha in total · 17 days
  2. 2,386 ha Manono fire, 15 August 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,371 ha in total · 11 days
  3. 8,541 ha Manono fire, 14 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 8,495 ha in total · 20 days
  4. 2,025 ha Kabongo fire, 12 August 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 18,816 ha in total · 22 days
  5. 7,229 ha Manono fire, 11 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,184 ha in total · 13 days
  6. 6,311 ha Manono fire, 6 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,348 ha in total · 22 days
  7. 11,913 ha Manono fire, 5 August 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 11,838 ha in total · 25 days
  8. 6,222 ha Manono fire, 5 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,189 ha in total · 11 days
  9. 5,822 ha Manono fire, 1 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,861 ha in total · 7 days
  10. 7,105 ha Manono fire, 17 July 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,063 ha in total · 20 days
  11. 5,021 ha Manono fire, 17 July 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,098 ha in total · 17 days
  12. 9,650 ha Manono fire, 16 July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 9,592 ha in total · 30 days
  13. 6,607 ha Manono fire, 27 June 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,569 ha in total · 15 days
  14. 5,815 ha Manono fire, 17 June 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,785 ha in total · 25 days
  15. 19,780 ha Manono fire, 15 June 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 19,680 ha in total · 26 days
  16. 5,465 ha Manono fire, 12 June 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,435 ha in total · 29 days
  17. 8,263 ha Manono fire, 11 June 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 8,206 ha in total · 30 days
  18. 5,717 ha Manono fire, 11 June 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,686 ha in total · 28 days
  19. 12,862 ha Manono fire, 3 June 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 12,781 ha in total · 38 days
  20. 33,566 ha Manono fire, 3 June 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 33,406 ha in total · 38 days
  21. 6,187 ha Manono fire, 2 June 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 9,757 ha in total · 32 days
  22. 6,225 ha Manono fire, 21 July 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,521 ha in total · 16 days
  23. 9,456 ha Manono fire, 21 July 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 9,704 ha in total · 16 days
  24. 3,601 ha Kabongo fire, 19 July 2025 0.1% of the municipality · 8,798 ha in total · 18 days
  25. 5,226 ha Manono fire, July 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,197 ha in total · 15 days
  26. 4,051 ha Manono fire, 19 July 2022 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,034 ha in total · 7 days
  27. 5,563 ha Manono fire, 18 July 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,535 ha in total · 13 days
  28. 531 ha Manono fire, 17 July 2022 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 5,168 ha in total · 12 days
  29. 5,814 ha Manono fire, 12 July 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,783 ha in total · 12 days
  30. 6,323 ha Manono fire, 6 July 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,288 ha in total · 18 days
  31. 6,860 ha Manono fire, 26 June 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,822 ha in total · 20 days
  32. 7,060 ha Manono fire, 26 June 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,021 ha in total · 18 days
  33. 5,906 ha Manono fire, 20 June 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,872 ha in total · 18 days
  34. 5,607 ha Manono fire, 31 May 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,573 ha in total · 21 days
  35. 9,444 ha Manono fire, August 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 9,632 ha in total · 10 days
  36. 3,266 ha Kabalo fire, 19 July 2021 0.1% of the municipality · 7,992 ha in total · 19 days
  37. 3,222 ha Kabongo fire, 19 July 2021 0.1% of the municipality · 5,348 ha in total · 12 days
  38. 5,520 ha Manono fire, 31 July 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,486 ha in total · 4 days
  39. 5,057 ha Manono fire, 7 July 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,030 ha in total · 13 days
  40. 413 ha Malemba-Nkulu fire, 2 July 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 7,460 ha in total · 21 days
  41. 5,908 ha Manono fire, June 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,875 ha in total · 26 days
  42. 5,787 ha Manono fire, 8 July 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,758 ha in total · 20 days
  43. 5,300 ha Manono fire, 5 July 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,271 ha in total · 19 days
  44. 7,340 ha Manono fire, 2 July 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,302 ha in total · 25 days
  45. 5,389 ha Manono fire, 28 June 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,360 ha in total · 19 days
  46. 5,194 ha Manono fire, 22 June 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,163 ha in total · 13 days
  47. 9,659 ha Manono fire, 14 June 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 9,611 ha in total · 27 days
  48. 5,967 ha Manono fire, 4 June 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,937 ha in total · 14 days
  49. 6,223 ha Manono fire, 29 May 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,192 ha in total · 22 days
  50. 5,124 ha Manono fire, 28 May 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,093 ha in total · 21 days
  51. 763 ha Kabalo fire, 27 May 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 6,579 ha in total · 21 days
  52. 6,986 ha Manono fire, 22 May 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,951 ha in total · 31 days
  53. 4,907 ha Manono fire, 22 May 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,221 ha in total · 6 days
  54. 7,220 ha Manono fire, 19 May 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,183 ha in total · 10 days
  55. 11,147 ha Manono fire, 16 May 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 11,092 ha in total · 23 days
  56. 6,174 ha Manono fire, 13 May 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,141 ha in total · 21 days
  57. 7,163 ha Manono fire, 13 May 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,123 ha in total · 17 days
  58. 4 ha Malemba-Nkulu fire, 29 July 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 6,421 ha in total · 11 days
  59. 6,993 ha Manono fire, July 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,957 ha in total · 21 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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