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Wildfires in Masi-Manimba

Masi-Manimba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, has had 95 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 1,123,570 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 78% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 2).

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 14 Very low 31° · 54 % · 23 km/h
  2. Sun 15 Very low 31° · 64 % · 18 km/h
  3. Mon 16 Very low 32° · 54 % · 16 km/h
  4. Tue 17 Very low 29° · 70 % · 17 km/h
  5. Wed 18 Very low 30° · 63 % · 20 km/h
  6. Thu 19 Very low 29° · 65 % · 26 km/h
  7. Fri 20 Very low 31° · 65 % · 32 km/h
  8. Sat 21 Very low 29° · 85 % · 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 Masi-Manimba: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

1,123,570
hectares burned
78 %
of its area
95
fires
14,474
km²

How many times has Masi-Manimba burned?

Masi-Manimba has burned 95 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Masi-Manimba fire, 17 August 2026, with 7,423 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 11× 16
  2. 8× 17
  3. 6× 18
  4. 8× 19
  5. 11× 20
  6. 4× 21
  7. 11× 22
  8. 4× 23
  9. 5× 24
  10. 8× 25
  11. 19× 26
95
fires
11
years with fire
1,123,570
cumulative ha
17 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 Masi-Manimba

  1. 7,423 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 17 August 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 8,611 ha in total · 11 days
  2. 48 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 12 August 2026 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 5,286 ha in total · 27 days
  3. 4,671 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 10 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,073 ha in total · 18 days
  4. 6,631 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 8 August 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,589 ha in total · 20 days
  5. 3,866 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 8 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,649 ha in total · 20 days
  6. 18,266 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 6 August 2026 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 18,151 ha in total · 30 days
  7. 11,320 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 5 August 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 11,255 ha in total · 23 days
  8. 11,989 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 2 August 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 11,903 ha in total · 12 days
  9. 6,612 ha Bagata fire, 1 August 2026 0.5% of the municipality · 17,237 ha in total · 27 days
  10. 158,517 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 27 July 2026 where it started 11% of the municipality · 145,241 ha in total · 41 days
  11. 104,394 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 27 July 2026 where it started 7.2% of the municipality · 111,205 ha in total · 49 days
  12. 25,664 ha Bulungu fire, 11 July 2026 1.8% of the municipality · 65,332 ha in total · 53 days
  13. 5,478 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 26 May 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,437 ha in total · 16 days
  14. 9,277 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 25 May 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 9,214 ha in total · 12 days
  15. 11,484 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 25 May 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 11,401 ha in total · 18 days
  16. 44,772 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 24 May 2026 where it started 3.1% of the municipality · 58,672 ha in total · 27 days
  17. 14,060 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 22 May 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 18,207 ha in total · 21 days
  18. 20,319 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 22 May 2026 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 20,175 ha in total · 15 days
  19. 61,781 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 14 May 2026 where it started 4.3% of the municipality · 61,670 ha in total · 33 days
  20. 9,719 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 7 August 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 9,755 ha in total · 31 days
  21. 7,264 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 7 August 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,774 ha in total · 26 days
  22. 6,561 ha Bagata fire, 7 August 2025 0.4% of the municipality · 9,632 ha in total · 24 days
  23. 9,168 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 4 August 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 9,109 ha in total · 26 days
  24. 5,355 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 3 August 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,321 ha in total · 30 days
  25. 12,218 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 1 August 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 12,144 ha in total · 28 days
  26. 7,873 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 1 August 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,821 ha in total · 30 days
  27. 6,265 ha Masi-Manimba fire, May 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,222 ha in total · 16 days
  28. 5,634 ha Masi-Manimba fire, August 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,931 ha in total · 24 days
  29. 7,024 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 27 July 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,975 ha in total · 25 days
  30. 8,005 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 26 July 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 7,947 ha in total · 30 days
  31. 639 ha Feshi fire, 28 May 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 5,878 ha in total · 9 days
  32. 1,815 ha Feshi fire, 17 May 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 5,406 ha in total · 8 days
  33. 6,018 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 6 August 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,981 ha in total · 24 days
  34. 5,209 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 6 August 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,178 ha in total · 20 days
  35. 11,578 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 27 July 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 11,496 ha in total · 28 days
  36. 7,521 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 23 July 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,467 ha in total · 25 days
  37. 8,466 ha Masi-Manimba fire, July 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 8,407 ha in total · 27 days
  38. 6,841 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 7 June 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,793 ha in total · 8 days
  39. 9,231 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 7 June 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 9,168 ha in total · 7 days
  40. 3,618 ha Feshi fire, 6 June 2022 0.2% of the municipality · 7,726 ha in total · 6 days
  41. 13,168 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 6 June 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 13,074 ha in total · 7 days
  42. 5,244 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 4 June 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,206 ha in total · 8 days
  43. 9,942 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 3 June 2022 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 9,870 ha in total · 12 days
  44. 7,016 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 2 June 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,965 ha in total · 11 days
  45. 5,427 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 2 June 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,390 ha in total · 12 days
  46. 5,907 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 1 June 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,863 ha in total · 6 days
  47. 17,609 ha Masi-Manimba fire, May 2022 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 25,797 ha in total · 19 days
  48. 6,222 ha Masi-Manimba fire, June 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,177 ha in total · 5 days
  49. 158 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 24 May 2021 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 5,382 ha in total · 19 days
  50. 11,585 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 24 May 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 11,755 ha in total · 14 days
  51. 14,414 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 21 May 2021 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 14,313 ha in total · 21 days
  52. 839 ha Feshi fire, August 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 7,949 ha in total · 15 days
  53. 9,192 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 5 August 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 9,137 ha in total · 14 days
  54. 12,520 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 4 August 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 12,439 ha in total · 15 days
  55. 7,175 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 3 August 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,131 ha in total · 16 days
  56. 21,007 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 1 August 2020 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 20,828 ha in total · 18 days
  57. 26,647 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 24 July 2020 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 26,397 ha in total · 34 days
  58. 15,874 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 22 July 2020 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 15,765 ha in total · 34 days
  59. 6,177 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 17 July 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,294 ha in total · 30 days
  60. 3,930 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 14 July 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,497 ha in total · 24 days
  61. 8,153 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 11 July 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 8,095 ha in total · 31 days
  62. 8,698 ha Masi-Manimba fire, June 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 8,635 ha in total · 16 days
  63. 8,474 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 9 August 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 8,419 ha in total · 22 days
  64. 9,802 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 4 August 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 9,735 ha in total · 13 days
  65. 6,788 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 3 August 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,743 ha in total · 17 days
  66. 5,270 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 8 June 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,234 ha in total · 12 days
  67. 7,223 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 4 June 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,173 ha in total · 15 days
  68. 6,900 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 3 June 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,852 ha in total · 18 days
  69. 6,463 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 3 June 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,416 ha in total · 13 days
  70. 10,596 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 2 June 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 11,164 ha in total · 14 days
  71. 5,916 ha Masi-Manimba fire, August 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,876 ha in total · 9 days
  72. 6,267 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 6 June 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,222 ha in total · 14 days
  73. 5,394 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 6 June 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,356 ha in total · 11 days
  74. 6,065 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 6 June 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,024 ha in total · 14 days
  75. 13,053 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 5 June 2018 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 12,956 ha in total · 16 days
  76. 6,414 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 3 June 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,368 ha in total · 17 days
  77. 3,662 ha Kenge fire, 24 August 2017 0.2% of the municipality · 11,179 ha in total · 13 days
  78. 5,845 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 23 August 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,808 ha in total · 12 days
  79. 5,109 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 1 August 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,078 ha in total · 19 days
  80. 7,839 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 8 June 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,780 ha in total · 5 days
  81. 13,174 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 6 June 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 13,083 ha in total · 6 days
  82. 6,578 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 3 June 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,530 ha in total · 10 days
  83. 5,925 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 2 June 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,077 ha in total · 16 days
  84. 6,478 ha Masi-Manimba fire, May 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,432 ha in total · 12 days
  85. 5,695 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 12 August 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,658 ha in total · 16 days
  86. 6,494 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 12 August 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,698 ha in total · 15 days
  87. 5,151 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 9 August 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,140 ha in total · 15 days
  88. 11,199 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 2 August 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 11,122 ha in total · 15 days
  89. 5,929 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 1 August 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,890 ha in total · 21 days
  90. 6,622 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 23 July 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,581 ha in total · 32 days
  91. 6,293 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 20 July 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,414 ha in total · 26 days
  92. 10,388 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 15 July 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 10,313 ha in total · 30 days
  93. 1,268 ha Feshi fire, 6 June 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 5,321 ha in total · 12 days
  94. 6,183 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 4 June 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,140 ha in total · 16 days
  95. 9,618 ha Masi-Manimba fire, 2 June 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 9,553 ha in total · 18 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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