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Wildfire near Luangwa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Luangwa, Zambia, Zimbabwe since October 14, 2026, 11 days as of its latest update on October 25. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 50,019 acres (20,242 hectares, 202 km²), roughly 3.4 times the size of Manhattan, or about 37,893 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryZambia, Zimbabwe
SinceOct 14, 2026
Tracked for11 days
Burned area20,242 ha · 50,019 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 14, 2026
When tracking began · October 14, 2026
Satellite picture, Latest · October 25, 2026
Latest · October 25, 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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