Overall Green Forest fire in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 29 Jul 2025 00:00 UTC to 07 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (39149 ha) in The Democratic Republic of Congo 29 Jul 2025

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1024367
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Jul 2025 - 07 Aug 2025
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	635 in the burned area
Burned area:	39149 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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31 Jul 15:00 01 Aug 15:02 02 Aug 15:03 03 Aug 15:04 04 Aug 15:05 04 Aug 19:05 05 Aug 15:06 07 Aug 15:09 08 Aug 19:10

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	244	12123	31 Jul 2025 14:00	GWIS
2	0.5	650	35628	01 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
3	0.5	631	36481	02 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
4	0.5	631	37204	03 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
5	0.5	632	37432	04 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
6	0.5	643	37876	04 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
7	0.5	634	37964	05 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
8	0.5	634	39082	07 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
9	0.5	635	39149	08 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in The Democratic Republic of Congo , Region of Kasai-Oriental (population 3,322,019) . The nearest places are and Katako-Kombe.

Radius	Population
10 km	43000 people
5 km	28000 people
2 km	3300 people
1 km	1600 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kasai-Oriental	The Democratic Republic of Congo	3.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Katako-Kombe	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	16000 people	79 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Lodja	LJA	502	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	5300	28 km
Katako'Kombe		603	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	82 km
Tshumbe		350	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4200	108 km
Dikungu		560	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	111 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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