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Wildfire near Kasempa, Zambia

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GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Kasempa, Zambia since October 18, 2026, 4 days as of its latest update on October 22. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 52,809 acres (21,371 hectares, 214 km²), roughly 3.6 times the size of Manhattan, or about 40,007 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryZambia
SinceOct 18, 2026
Tracked for4 days
Burned area21,371 ha · 52,808 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 18, 2026
When tracking began · October 18, 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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