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Wildfire near Bentiu, South Sudan, Sudan

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GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Bentiu, South Sudan, Sudan since October 11, 2026, 12 days as of its latest update on October 23. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 77,816 acres (31,491 hectares, 315 km²), roughly 5.3 times the size of Manhattan, or about 58,951 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountrySouth Sudan, Sudan
SinceOct 11, 2026
Tracked for12 days
Burned area31,491 ha · 77,814 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 11, 2026
When tracking began · October 11, 2026
Satellite picture, Latest · October 22, 2026
Latest · October 22, 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).

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