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Wildfires in Kasaï-Oriental
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 113,070 km² of Kasaï-Oriental at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 72,810 km², ranking 6th 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 78,890 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 62,400 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.9% 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 74% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 July 2025, with detections in 6,198 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 113,070 km² with at least one detection, 94% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,820 | 3.4% |
| 2 years | 3,120 | 2.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 12,030 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 49,700 | 44% |
| 11 years or more | 44,410 | 39% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -3.25, 23.75 and holds 4.7% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 62,400 | 84,571 |
| 2013 | 72,360 | 109,159 |
| 2014 | 67,230 | 93,989 |
| 2015 | 71,070 | 105,938 |
| 2016 | 77,320 | 125,858 |
| 2017 | 69,120 | 97,835 |
| 2018 | 76,070 | 119,712 |
| 2019 | 73,390 | 111,324 |
| 2020 | 75,670 | 119,097 |
| 2021 | 77,100 | 125,008 |
| 2022 | 70,240 | 102,022 |
| 2023 | 75,230 | 115,420 |
| 2024 | 78,890 | 129,027 |
| 2025 | 73,200 | 106,160 |
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
- Kasaï-Occidental76,700 km² in an average year
- Équateur73,190 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
- Maniema350 km
- Kasaï-Occidental447 km
- South Kivu565 km
- Bubanza, Burundi610 km
- Cibitoke, Burundi613 km
- North Kivu633 km