Overall Green Forest fire in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 26 Jul 2025 00:00 UTC to 02 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (8798 ha) in The Democratic Republic of Congo 26 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 1024389
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	26 Jul 2025 - 02 Aug 2025
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	330 in the burned area
Burned area:	8798 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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31 Jul 23:05 01 Aug 03:04 01 Aug 07:04 01 Aug 15:05 02 Aug 03:08 02 Aug 15:08 05 Aug 19:13

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	223	7461	31 Jul 2025 22:00	GWIS
2	0.5	269	7739	01 Aug 2025 02:00	GWIS
3	0.5	271	8117	01 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
4	0.5	271	8135	01 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
5	0.5	330	8313	02 Aug 2025 02:00	GWIS
6	0.5	330	8337	02 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
7	0.5	330	8798	05 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 Shaba (population 5,356,509) . The nearest places are and Kabongo.

Radius	Population
10 km	12000 people
5 km	5800 people
2 km	4300 people
1 km	3100 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kabongo	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	83 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
Sominka		630	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	108 km

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Nuclear plants

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