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Wildfire near Kasane, Botswana, Zimbabwe

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GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Kasane, Botswana, Zimbabwe since October 11, 2026, 8 days as of its latest update on October 19. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 69,483 acres (28,119 hectares, 281 km²), roughly 4.8 times the size of Manhattan, or about 52,639 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryBotswana, Zimbabwe
SinceOct 11, 2026
Tracked for8 days
Burned area28,119 ha · 69,482 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 19, 2026
Latest · October 19, 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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Hotshot crews. Hotshot crews are teams of about 20 wildland firefighters trained for the toughest jobs on the biggest fires, often working 16-hour shifts.

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