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Wildfire near Katima Mulilo, Botswana, Namibia

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GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Katima Mulilo, Botswana, Namibia since October 26, 2026, 9 days as of its latest update on November 4. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 102,524 acres (41,490 hectares, 415 km²), roughly 7 times the size of Manhattan, or about 77,670 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryBotswana, Namibia
SinceOct 26, 2026
Tracked for9 days
Burned area41,490 ha · 102,524 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 26, 2026
When tracking began · October 26, 2026
Satellite picture, Latest · November 2, 2026
Latest · November 2, 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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