Overall Green Forest fire in Zimbabwe from 30 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC to 03 Sep 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5378 ha) in Zimbabwe 30 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 1024875
Countries:	Zimbabwe
Start Date - Last detection*:	30 Aug 2025 - 03 Sep 2025
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5378 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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03 Sep 03:00 09 Sep 15:11

Impact Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5157	03 Sep 2025 02:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	5378	09 Sep 2025 14:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Zimbabwe , Province of Mashonaland West (population 1,264,263) .

Radius	Population
10 km	1400 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mashonaland West	Zimbabwe	1.3 million people
Southern	Zambia	1.1 million people

Affected populated places

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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
Kariba	KAB	520	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5400	19 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Kariba	Kariba	Zambezi	1959	32 km
	Kudzwe	Kudzwe	1976	62 km
	Bert Hacking	Siwa	1978	93 km
	Kafue Gorge	Kafue	1971	98 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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