Overall Green Forest fire in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 28 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC to 02 Sep 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6991 ha) in The Democratic Republic of Congo 28 Aug 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 1024836
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Aug 2025 - 02 Sep 2025
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	1141 in the burned area
Burned area:	6991 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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02 Sep 15:03 07 Sep 19:20

Impact Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	1140	6883	02 Sep 2025 14:00	GWIS
2		0.5	1141	6991	07 Sep 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 Kivu (population 7,173,131) . The nearest places are Kongolo, Mbulula, Kasongo, and Samba.

Radius	Population
10 km	17000 people
5 km	11000 people
2 km	3900 people
1 km	3500 people
Burned Area	1100 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kivu	The Democratic Republic of Congo	7.2 million people
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 million people

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
Kongolo	KOO	564	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6200	63 km
Kasongo	KGN	544	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3100	82 km

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