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Wildfires in Kasaï-Occidental
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 115,010 km² of Kasaï-Occidental at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 76,700 km², ranking 4th of 11 regions of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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 2024, with 83,060 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 68,660 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.1% higher than 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.
June, July and August together hold 76% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 August 2016, with detections in 8,451 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 115,010 km² with at least one detection, 93% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,510 | 3.9% |
| 2 years | 3,500 | 3.0% |
| 3 to 5 years | 11,650 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 41,320 | 36% |
| 11 years or more | 54,030 | 47% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -6.75, 21.75 and holds 4.0% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 71,050 | 107,928 |
| 2013 | 76,440 | 126,891 |
| 2014 | 68,660 | 98,031 |
| 2015 | 75,070 | 120,091 |
| 2016 | 81,880 | 146,429 |
| 2017 | 75,550 | 121,001 |
| 2018 | 73,660 | 111,396 |
| 2019 | 75,300 | 116,087 |
| 2020 | 80,240 | 143,910 |
| 2021 | 80,790 | 136,647 |
| 2022 | 68,900 | 95,643 |
| 2023 | 80,660 | 139,020 |
| 2024 | 83,060 | 147,470 |
| 2025 | 82,560 | 143,854 |
Other regions of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Katanga334,700 km² in an average year
- Bandundu147,050 km² in an average year
- Orientale103,230 km² in an average year
- Équateur73,190 km² in an average year
- Kasaï-Oriental72,810 km² in an average year
- Maniema36,370 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
- Lunda Sul, Angola372 km
- Kasaï-Oriental447 km
- Bandundu495 km
- Lunda Norte, Angola520 km
- Moxico, Angola546 km
- Katanga575 km