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Wildfire near Maun, Botswana

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GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Maun, Botswana since October 20, 2026, 6 days as of its latest update on October 26. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 82,241 acres (33,282 hectares, 333 km²), roughly 5.6 times the size of Manhattan, or about 62,304 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryBotswana
SinceOct 20, 2026
Tracked for6 days
Burned area33,282 ha · 82,241 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 20, 2026
When tracking began · October 20, 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.

Did you know?

Dry air, fast fire. Dead grass and twigs dry out within an hour or so in dry air, so fire danger can climb quickly on a low-humidity afternoon.

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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