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Wildfire near Maun, Botswana

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GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Maun, Botswana since October 28, 2026, 1 day as of its latest update on October 29. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 52,065 acres (21,070 hectares, 211 km²), roughly 3.6 times the size of Manhattan, or about 39,443 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryBotswana
SinceOct 28, 2026
Tracked for1 days
Burned area21,070 ha · 52,065 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, Satellite view · October 28, 2026
Satellite view · October 28, 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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