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Wildfire near Arxan, Mongolia, China

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GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Arxan, Mongolia, China since October 9, 2026, 4 days as of its latest update on October 13. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 137,862 acres (55,791 hectares, 558 km²), roughly 9.4 times the size of Manhattan, or about 104,441 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryMongolia, China
SinceOct 9, 2026
Tracked for4 days
Burned area55,791 ha · 137,860 acres
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How the size is measured

GDACS estimates burned areas from satellite data, so the figures cover the whole fire complex and may include several fires burning close together.

Seen from space

Satellite picture, When tracking began · October 9, 2026
When tracking began · October 9, 2026
Satellite picture, Latest · October 13, 2026
Latest · October 13, 2026

True color from the VIIRS instrument on the NOAA-20 satellite. Red dots are fires detected by their heat; smoke shows as gray-brown haze. The ring marks where the event was reported. Pictures: NASA Worldview (GIBS) from the daily satellite passes; clouds can hide the ground on some days.

GDACS report. Source: GDACS, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System of the United Nations and the European Commission (CC BY 4.0).

Did you know?

Fireweed. Many plants bounce back fast after fire: some shrubs resprout from their roots within weeks, and fireweed is named for how quickly it covers burned land.

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