🇿🇲 Zambia: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 235 significant fire ignitions in Zambia (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.

235

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

316

peak power (MW)

"In August 2026, kanari detected 235 significant wildfires in Zambia, 11 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 316 MW."
Source: kanari.io, NASA FIRMS, GOES and Meteosat MTG satellites plus AI-verified witness reports. Freely citable (CC BY 4.0).

Fire ignitions per day

Most powerful fires of the month

Place	First detection (UTC)	Detections	MW
Mwense	8 Aug, 09:53	30	316
Kafue	8 Aug, 14:33	16	274
Mazabuka	15 Aug, 14:04	5	234
Chiengi	8 Aug, 06:23	7	218
Kalabo	18 Aug, 11:23	19	209
Kataba	5 Aug, 12:30	20	204
Lukulu	18 Aug, 09:00	33	203
Lubombo	17 Aug, 07:23	38	193
Mpongwe	3 Aug, 09:49	21	184
Limulunga	18 Aug, 13:49	48	177

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Zambia, August 2026: 235 significant ignitions. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-08-22.

Methodology: only significant fires are archived (corroborated by witnesses, or above detection and power thresholds); totals are not comparable to exhaustive official tallies. Full methodology and licence.

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