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Wildfires in Zaire
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 32,920 km² of Zaire at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 14,600 km², ranking 12th of 18 regions of Angola.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2016, with 16,060 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 12,530 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
July, August and September together hold 66% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 19 September 2015, with detections in 685 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 32,920 km² with at least one detection, 86% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,090 | 6.4% |
| 2 years | 2,370 | 7.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,560 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 15,770 | 48% |
| 11 years or more | 3,130 | 9.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -6.25, 14.25 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 14,090 | 15,408 |
| 2013 | 15,920 | 17,807 |
| 2014 | 12,530 | 13,410 |
| 2015 | 13,160 | 14,111 |
| 2016 | 16,060 | 18,976 |
| 2017 | 14,650 | 16,296 |
| 2018 | 15,530 | 17,453 |
| 2019 | 14,020 | 15,385 |
| 2020 | 15,710 | 18,117 |
| 2021 | 15,530 | 17,976 |
| 2022 | 13,280 | 14,568 |
| 2023 | 13,900 | 15,263 |
| 2024 | 14,670 | 16,669 |
| 2025 | 15,390 | 17,644 |
Other regions of Angola
- Moxico94,960 km² in an average year
- Cuando Cubango94,090 km² in an average year
- Lunda Norte68,320 km² in an average year
- Malanje62,850 km² in an average year
- Bié50,310 km² in an average year
- Lunda Sul45,030 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Uíge199 km
- Kongo Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo199 km
- Bengo229 km
- Bouenza, Republic of the Congo229 km
- Cabinda247 km
- Kouilou, Republic of the Congo277 km