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Wildfire near Dori, Burkina Faso

Latest update Sunday, October 25, 2026

GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Dori, Burkina Faso since October 22, 2026, 3 days as of its latest update on October 25. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 53,498 acres (21,650 hectares, 216 km²), roughly 3.7 times the size of Manhattan, or about 40,529 American football fields.

TypeWildfire

GDACS alertGreen

CountryBurkina Faso

SinceOct 22, 2026

Tracked for3 days

Burned area21,650 ha · 53,498 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 22, 2026 — When tracking began · October 22, 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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Wildfire near Dori, Burkina Faso

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