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Lubumbashi Incident Tracker

Every incident recorded in and around Lubumbashi — fires, building collapses, road accidents, floods, blasts and more — tracked live, each with its own report page.

Country: DR Congo Coordinates: -11.661, 27.479 Coverage radius: ~65 km Earthquakes near Lubumbashi →
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Incidents in Lubumbashi Today

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Recent records around Lubumbashi

Active fire cluster 30 km SSE of Lubumbashi, DR Congo — 7 satellite hotspots 10 Oct 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 77 km NE of Lubumbashi, DR Congo — 17 satellite hotspots 10 Oct 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 38 km ENE of Lubumbashi, DR Congo — 11 satellite hotspots 9 Oct 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 36 km SSW of Kipushi, Zambia — 12 satellite hotspots 4 Oct 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 50 km S of Kipushi, Zambia — 18 satellite hotspots 3 Oct 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 26 km WNW of Kipushi, Zambia — 12 satellite hotspots 1 Oct 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 46 km S of Kipushi, Zambia — 13 satellite hotspots 29 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 31 km S of Kipushi, Zambia — 29 satellite hotspots 29 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 27 km W of Kipushi, Zambia — 20 satellite hotspots 28 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 39 km SW of Kipushi, Zambia — 43 satellite hotspots 28 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 31 km S of Kipushi, Zambia — 21 satellite hotspots 28 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 45 km S of Kipushi, Zambia — 21 satellite hotspots 28 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 56 km SSW of Kipushi, Zambia — 24 satellite hotspots 28 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 57 km NNE of Lubumbashi, DR Congo — 10 satellite hotspots 25 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 34 km W of Kipushi, DR Congo — 15 satellite hotspots 25 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 27 km S of Kipushi, Zambia — 15 satellite hotspots 25 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 41 km SW of Kipushi, Zambia — 19 satellite hotspots 25 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 27 km W of Kipushi, Zambia — 15 satellite hotspots 24 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 23 km S of Kipushi, Zambia — 20 satellite hotspots 24 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 34 km NNW of Chililabombwe, DR Congo — 10 satellite hotspots 24 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 34 km NW of Lubumbashi, DR Congo — 13 satellite hotspots 24 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 44 km NNE of Lubumbashi, DR Congo — 14 satellite hotspots 23 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 48 km N of Lubumbashi, DR Congo — 13 satellite hotspots 20 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 35 km NW of Lubumbashi, DR Congo — 10 satellite hotspots 20 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 29 km W of Kipushi, DR Congo — 17 satellite hotspots 20 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 36 km SW of Kipushi, Zambia — 19 satellite hotspots 20 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 30 km S of Kipushi, Zambia — 18 satellite hotspots 20 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 35 km NNE of Chililabombwe, DR Congo — 10 satellite hotspots 20 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 53 km NNE of Lubumbashi, DR Congo — 19 satellite hotspots 18 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Active fire cluster 22 km SSW of Kipushi, Zambia — 11 satellite hotspots 18 Sep 2026 · Wildfire Moderate

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About incidents in Lubumbashi

This page tracks every incident our monitoring detects within roughly 65 kilometres of Lubumbashi, DR Congo — which means suburbs, industrial areas and surrounding districts are included, not just the city centre.

Because most urban incidents — building collapses, factory fires, gas blasts, road and rail accidents — are never published in any official data feed, we find them by reading local media directly, in the local language, and by geocoding those headlines back to the place they name. That is how a report mentioning Lubumbashi ends up on this map instead of being lost in a national average.

So far in 2026, 63 incidents have been recorded in the Lubumbashi area, including 1 rated severe or extreme.

For the national picture see the DR Congo incident tracker, or browse every incident category we track.

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