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Wildfires in Insiza

Insiza, Zimbabwe, has had 92 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 141,759 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 17% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 22).

Only fires of 1,000 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 24 Moderate 26° · 58 % · 45 km/h
  2. Sun 25 High 30° · 32 % · 33 km/h
  3. Mon 26 High 33° · 18 % · 23 km/h
  4. Tue 27 Extreme 35° · 18 % · 54 km/h
  5. Wed 28 High 31° · 33 % · 45 km/h
  6. Thu 29 High 25° · 51 % · 46 km/h
  7. Fri 30 High 28° · 37 % · 43 km/h
  8. Sat 31 High 29° · 32 % · 35 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

141,759
hectares burned
17 %
of its area
92
fires
8,265
km²

How many times has Insiza burned?

Insiza has burned 92 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Insiza fire, October 2026, with 1,294 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 3× 16
  2. 10× 17
  3. 23× 18
  4. 2× 19
  5. 1× 20
  6. 7× 21
  7. 15× 22
  8. 10× 23
  9. 1× 24
  10. 5× 25
  11. 15× 26
92
fires
11
years with fire
141,759
cumulative ha
18 Oct 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 1,000 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 Zimbabwe →

Fires that entered Insiza

  1. 1,294 ha Insiza fire, October 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,290 ha in total · 8 days
  2. 1,292 ha Insiza fire, 27 September 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,287 ha in total · 2 days
  3. 1,040 ha Insiza fire, 24 September 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,033 ha in total · 2 days
  4. 2,056 ha Insiza fire, 23 September 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,049 ha in total · 2 days
  5. 1,753 ha Insiza fire, 20 September 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,260 ha in total · 4 days
  6. 2,544 ha Insiza fire, 17 September 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,534 ha in total · 4 days
  7. 765 ha Insiza fire, 17 September 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,177 ha in total · 7 days
  8. 1,920 ha Insiza fire, 17 September 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,908 ha in total · 7 days
  9. 1,370 ha Insiza fire, 17 September 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,449 ha in total · 2 days
  10. 3,874 ha Insiza fire, 12 September 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,862 ha in total · 4 days
  11. 1,173 ha Insiza fire, 11 September 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,171 ha in total · 5 days
  12. 1,471 ha Insiza fire, 2 September 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,467 ha in total · 3 days
  13. 4,941 ha Insiza fire, August 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,920 ha in total · 5 days
  14. 25 ha Umzingwane fire, 5 August 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 1,010 ha in total · 1 day
  15. 1,171 ha Insiza fire, July 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,169 ha in total · 1 day
  16. 1,035 ha Insiza fire, 22 September 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,028 ha in total · 2 days
  17. 1,137 ha Insiza fire, 15 September 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,135 ha in total · 1 day
  18. 1,113 ha Insiza fire, 1 September 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,107 ha in total · 2 days
  19. 1,822 ha Insiza fire, 30 August 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,812 ha in total · 1 day
  20. 1,046 ha Insiza fire, 20 August 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,042 ha in total · 1 day
  21. 1,209 ha Insiza fire, September 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,204 ha in total · 2 days
  22. 1,009 ha Insiza fire, December 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,006 ha in total · 1 day
  23. 1,526 ha Insiza fire, 5 October 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,521 ha in total · 2 days
  24. 3,795 ha Insiza fire, 5 October 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,776 ha in total · 3 days
  25. 1,622 ha Insiza fire, 23 September 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,612 ha in total · 2 days
  26. 1,541 ha Insiza fire, 5 September 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,535 ha in total · 2 days
  27. 1,369 ha Insiza fire, 2 September 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,365 ha in total · 2 days
  28. 1,277 ha Insiza fire, 1 September 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,273 ha in total · 4 days
  29. 1,219 ha Insiza fire, August 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,213 ha in total · 3 days
  30. 1,278 ha Insiza fire, 30 July 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,274 ha in total · 2 days
  31. 1,114 ha Insiza fire, 29 July 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,107 ha in total · 3 days
  32. 1,696 ha Insiza fire, 13 October 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,689 ha in total · 3 days
  33. 1,178 ha Insiza fire, 11 October 2022 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,177 ha in total · 2 days
  34. 1,237 ha Insiza fire, 5 October 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,232 ha in total · 4 days
  35. 773 ha Insiza fire, 3 October 2022 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,088 ha in total · 2 days
  36. 1,311 ha Insiza fire, 3 October 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,314 ha in total · 1 day
  37. 144 ha Umzingwane fire, October 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 2,209 ha in total · 6 days
  38. 1,052 ha Bubi fire, 30 September 2022 0.1% of the municipality · 2,087 ha in total · 4 days
  39. 1,222 ha Insiza fire, 25 September 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,217 ha in total · 3 days
  40. 519 ha Insiza fire, 19 September 2022 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,534 ha in total · 1 day
  41. 1,382 ha Insiza fire, 10 September 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,380 ha in total · 3 days
  42. 1,908 ha Insiza fire, 10 September 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,900 ha in total · 3 days
  43. 1,966 ha Insiza fire, 6 September 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,961 ha in total · 1 day
  44. 1,450 ha Insiza fire, 5 September 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,444 ha in total · 2 days
  45. 2,184 ha Insiza fire, 27 August 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,341 ha in total · 4 days
  46. 2,029 ha Insiza fire, 26 August 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,024 ha in total · 3 days
  47. 5,619 ha Insiza fire, October 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 5,914 ha in total · 5 days
  48. 1,081 ha Insiza fire, 29 September 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,077 ha in total · 1 day
  49. 895 ha Insiza fire, 29 September 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,566 ha in total · 2 days
  50. 1,186 ha Insiza fire, 25 September 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,184 ha in total · 1 day
  51. 0 ha Umzingwane fire, September 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 1,622 ha in total · 2 days
  52. 1,856 ha Insiza fire, 1 September 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,848 ha in total · 3 days
  53. 1,237 ha Insiza fire, July 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,235 ha in total · 1 day
  54. 1,023 ha Insiza fire, September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,020 ha in total · 1 day
  55. 1,039 ha Insiza fire, October 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,036 ha in total · 1 day
  56. 2,296 ha Insiza fire, September 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,290 ha in total · 4 days
  57. 1,230 ha Insiza fire, 28 October 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,223 ha in total · 3 days
  58. 3,116 ha Insiza fire, 12 October 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,101 ha in total · 2 days
  59. 1,200 ha Insiza fire, 25 September 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,196 ha in total · 2 days
  60. 1,018 ha Insiza fire, 25 September 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,015 ha in total · 1 day
  61. 753 ha Gweru fire, 24 September 2018 0.1% of the municipality · 1,543 ha in total · 2 days
  62. 1,959 ha Insiza fire, 19 September 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,452 ha in total · 3 days
  63. 1,334 ha Insiza fire, 18 September 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,325 ha in total · 2 days
  64. 1,506 ha Insiza fire, 18 September 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,499 ha in total · 1 day
  65. 7,147 ha Insiza fire, 15 September 2018 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 7,113 ha in total · 5 days
  66. 1,101 ha Insiza fire, 14 September 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,100 ha in total · 1 day
  67. 545 ha Insiza fire, 14 September 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,174 ha in total · 6 days
  68. 3,058 ha Insiza fire, 14 September 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,049 ha in total · 3 days
  69. 3,027 ha Insiza fire, 12 September 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,008 ha in total · 5 days
  70. 690 ha Insiza fire, 5 September 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,007 ha in total · 2 days
  71. 401 ha Gweru fire, 30 August 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 1,375 ha in total · 3 days
  72. 122 ha Bubi fire, 29 August 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 1,590 ha in total · 5 days
  73. 2,305 ha Insiza fire, 14 August 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,300 ha in total · 3 days
  74. 1,131 ha Insiza fire, 13 August 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,129 ha in total · 3 days
  75. 1,617 ha Insiza fire, 12 August 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,610 ha in total · 3 days
  76. 1,040 ha Insiza fire, 7 August 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,036 ha in total · 2 days
  77. 1,319 ha Insiza fire, 6 August 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,313 ha in total · 1 day
  78. 35 ha Gweru fire, 5 August 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 1,041 ha in total · 2 days
  79. 1,398 ha Insiza fire, 3 August 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,392 ha in total · 1 day
  80. 407 ha Gweru fire, October 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 1,060 ha in total · 1 day
  81. 1,148 ha Insiza fire, October 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,141 ha in total · 2 days
  82. 1,031 ha Insiza fire, 29 September 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,028 ha in total · 1 day
  83. 1,161 ha Insiza fire, 15 September 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,156 ha in total · 2 days
  84. 1,006 ha Insiza fire, 14 September 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,001 ha in total · 3 days
  85. 1,072 ha Insiza fire, 14 September 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,070 ha in total · 2 days
  86. 1,034 ha Insiza fire, 14 September 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,029 ha in total · 2 days
  87. 1,055 ha Insiza fire, 14 September 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,051 ha in total · 2 days
  88. 2,776 ha Insiza fire, 12 September 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,761 ha in total · 4 days
  89. 2,654 ha Insiza fire, August 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,644 ha in total · 5 days
  90. 2,035 ha Insiza fire, 28 October 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,024 ha in total · 3 days
  91. 1,523 ha Insiza fire, 11 October 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,518 ha in total · 1 day
  92. 1,719 ha Insiza fire, September 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,716 ha in total · 3 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT www.zimstat.co.zw) Central Statistics Office, OCHA ROSEA (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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