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Wildfires in Mazowe

Mazowe, Zimbabwe, has had 66 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 74,221 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 17% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 30).

Only fires of 1,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

These figures leave out 2 provisional pages, seen only as heat detections and still without a perimeter. They appear in the lists, marked.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Sun 25 High 30° · 33 % · 38 km/h
  2. Mon 26 High 32° · 23 % · 32 km/h
  3. Tue 27 High 33° · 18 % · 26 km/h
  4. Wed 28 Very high 34° · 20 % · 40 km/h
  5. Thu 29 Low 32° · 31 % · 30 km/h
  6. Fri 30 High 30° · 28 % · 29 km/h
  7. Sat 31 High 29° · 24 % · 28 km/h
  8. Sun 1 High 30° · 26 % · 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

74,221
hectares burned
17 %
of its area
66
fires
4,376
km²

How many times has Mazowe burned?

Mazowe has burned 66 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Mount Darwin fire, 20 October 2026, with 2 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 7× 16
  2. 8× 17
  3. 1× 18
  4. 10× 19
  5. 1× 20
  6. 4× 21
  7. 9× 22
  8. 1× 23
  9. 1× 24
  10. 7× 25
  11. 17× 26
66
fires
11
years with fire
74,221
cumulative ha
20 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 Mazowe

  1. 2 ha Mount Darwin fire, 20 October 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 1,021 ha in total · 2 days
  2. 1,330 ha Mazowe fire, October 2026 0.3% of the municipality · 0 ha in total · 11 days
  3. 336 ha Zvimba fire, 13 October 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 0 ha in total · 6 days
  4. 23 ha Harare fire, September 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 1,183 ha in total · 5 days
  5. 397 ha Bindura fire, 20 September 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 1,245 ha in total · 7 days
  6. 1,059 ha Mazowe fire, September 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,053 ha in total · 2 days
  7. 1,218 ha Mazowe fire, 28 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,210 ha in total · 1 day
  8. 1,151 ha Mazowe fire, 26 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,144 ha in total · 1 day
  9. 1,370 ha Mazowe fire, 24 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,360 ha in total · 9 days
  10. 1,063 ha Mazowe fire, 24 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,057 ha in total · 6 days
  11. 1,964 ha Mazowe fire, 21 August 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,953 ha in total · 8 days
  12. 1,081 ha Mazowe fire, 20 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,073 ha in total · 1 day
  13. 847 ha Mazowe fire, 17 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,336 ha in total · 3 days
  14. 1,029 ha Mazowe fire, 15 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,093 ha in total · 3 days
  15. 1,069 ha Mazowe fire, 6 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,063 ha in total · 1 day
  16. 1,525 ha Mazowe fire, 5 August 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,514 ha in total · 6 days
  17. 271 ha Mazowe fire, 29 July 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,054 ha in total · 14 days
  18. 1,036 ha Mazowe fire, 20 July 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,030 ha in total · 3 days
  19. 1,426 ha Mazowe fire, 17 July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,416 ha in total · 12 days
  20. 2,279 ha Mazowe fire, 16 September 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,264 ha in total · 3 days
  21. 1,197 ha Mazowe fire, 16 September 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,190 ha in total · 4 days
  22. 1,191 ha Mazowe fire, 12 September 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,182 ha in total · 5 days
  23. 1,244 ha Mazowe fire, 1 September 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,235 ha in total · 4 days
  24. 1,082 ha Mazowe fire, 1 September 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,075 ha in total · 6 days
  25. 1,119 ha Mazowe fire, 26 August 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,111 ha in total · 3 days
  26. 1,266 ha Mazowe fire, 12 August 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,258 ha in total · 20 days
  27. 922 ha Mazowe fire, July 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,059 ha in total · 3 days
  28. 1,171 ha Mazowe fire, August 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,162 ha in total · 9 days
  29. 1,446 ha Mazowe fire, 10 October 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,437 ha in total · 2 days
  30. 1,546 ha Mazowe fire, 7 October 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,540 ha in total · 2 days
  31. 119 ha Bindura fire, 2 October 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 1,567 ha in total · 9 days
  32. 1,539 ha Mazowe fire, 2 October 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,528 ha in total · 9 days
  33. 1,559 ha Mazowe fire, 29 September 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,552 ha in total · 14 days
  34. 1,931 ha Mazowe fire, 28 September 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,923 ha in total · 13 days
  35. 1,496 ha Mazowe fire, 10 September 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,487 ha in total · 4 days
  36. 1,056 ha Mazowe fire, 2 September 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,049 ha in total · 8 days
  37. 1,177 ha Mazowe fire, August 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,203 ha in total · 1 day
  38. 1,385 ha Mazowe fire, 21 September 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,378 ha in total · 6 days
  39. 1,302 ha Mazowe fire, 14 September 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,292 ha in total · 2 days
  40. 1,249 ha Mazowe fire, 9 August 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,241 ha in total · 8 days
  41. 1,096 ha Mazowe fire, 7 August 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,089 ha in total · 5 days
  42. 1,182 ha Mazowe fire, July 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,173 ha in total · 2 days
  43. 1,005 ha Mazowe fire, 27 October 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,001 ha in total · 5 days
  44. 1,678 ha Mazowe fire, 19 October 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,669 ha in total · 10 days
  45. 1,116 ha Mazowe fire, 15 October 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,110 ha in total · 6 days
  46. 1,210 ha Mazowe fire, 20 September 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,202 ha in total · 2 days
  47. 81 ha Zvimba fire, 15 September 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 1,188 ha in total · 1 day
  48. 1,122 ha Mazowe fire, 12 September 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,115 ha in total · 2 days
  49. 1,208 ha Mazowe fire, 19 August 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,203 ha in total · 2 days
  50. 1,048 ha Mazowe fire, 16 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,042 ha in total · 4 days
  51. 2,545 ha Mazowe fire, 11 August 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,526 ha in total · 10 days
  52. 1,635 ha Mazowe fire, July 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,626 ha in total · 5 days
  53. 1,168 ha Mazowe fire, September 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,160 ha in total · 9 days
  54. 1,367 ha Mazowe fire, 13 September 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,360 ha in total · 7 days
  55. 1,215 ha Mazowe fire, 11 September 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,207 ha in total · 12 days
  56. 1,117 ha Mazowe fire, 10 September 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,109 ha in total · 6 days
  57. 43 ha Guruve fire, September 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 1,582 ha in total · 7 days
  58. 12 ha Zvimba fire, 28 August 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 1,442 ha in total · 2 days
  59. 1,111 ha Mazowe fire, 23 August 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,105 ha in total · 2 days
  60. 892 ha Mazowe fire, 17 August 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,165 ha in total · 2 days
  61. 1,149 ha Mazowe fire, 13 August 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,142 ha in total · 1 day
  62. 585 ha Zvimba fire, November 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 1,211 ha in total · 2 days
  63. 727 ha Mazowe fire, October 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,024 ha in total · 3 days
  64. 1,124 ha Mazowe fire, September 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,116 ha in total · 1 day
  65. 2,011 ha Mazowe fire, 27 August 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,999 ha in total · 2 days
  66. 1,112 ha Mazowe fire, 20 August 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,104 ha in total · 10 days
  67. 1,310 ha Mazowe fire, 12 August 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,303 ha in total · 4 days
  68. 546 ha Zvimba fire, 4 August 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 1,173 ha in total · 1 day

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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