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Wildfire near Nasir, South Sudan

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Map: Wildfire near Nasir, South Sudan

GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Nasir, South Sudan since October 30, 2026, 8 days as of its latest update on November 7. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 63,575 acres (25,728 hectares, 257 km²), roughly 4.4 times the size of Manhattan, or about 48,163 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountrySouth Sudan
SinceOct 30, 2026
Tracked for8 days
Burned area25,728 ha · 63,575 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 30, 2026
When tracking began · October 30, 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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