Overall Green Forest fire in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 26 Jul 2025 00:00 UTC to 05 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7270 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 1024400
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	26 Jul 2025 - 05 Aug 2025
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	19 in the burned area
Burned area:	7270 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	11	5025	01 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
2	0.5	12	5517	02 Aug 2025 02:00	GWIS
3	0.5	12	5517	02 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
4	0.5	12	5622	03 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
5	0.5	12	5863	04 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
6	0.5	16	6442	05 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
7	0.5	19	7270	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 Kasai-Oriental (population 3,322,019) . The nearest places are Lubefu, Lusambo, and Kabinda.

Radius	Population
10 km	5200 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 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
Lubefu	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	16000 people	71 km
Lusambo	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	41000 people	90 km
Kabinda	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	58000 people	98 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
Tunta	KBN	843	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	91 km
Lusambo	LBO	429	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	96 km

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Nuclear plants

More information

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