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🇿🇲 Zambia: wildfires in September 2026

Unit: archived detection events, grouped by first-detection day and a roughly 11 km cell. One physical fire can span multiple records; hotspots can also be agricultural, industrial or urban. These counts are not a census of confirmed wildfires. The archive starts on August 3, 2026; the current month is incomplete.

Zambia, September 2026: 471 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 06:57.

Busiest day: 23 September, with 44 ignitions detected. +30% compared with August 2026.

471
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
493
peak power (MW)
"In September 2026, kanari archived 471 detection events in Zambia, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 493 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

012026-09-01: 11022026-09-02: 9032026-09-03: 7042026-09-04: 6052026-09-05: 1062026-09-06: 12072026-09-07: 13082026-09-08: 9092026-09-09: 22102026-09-10: 38112026-09-11: 19122026-09-12: 7132026-09-13: 18142026-09-14: 10152026-09-15: 17162026-09-16: 23172026-09-17: 14182026-09-18: 10192026-09-19: 13202026-09-20: 14212026-09-21: 6222026-09-22: 14232026-09-23: 44242026-09-24: 22252026-09-25: 20262026-09-26: 26272026-09-27: 6282026-09-28: 29292026-09-29: 17302026-09-30: 14

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Mansa30 Sept, 07:4375493
Mpika25 Sept, 07:03104442
Lubombo2 Sept, 16:0031389
Nakonde25 Sept, 07:2396356
Chilubi10 Sept, 09:1044330
Itezhi-Tezhi1 Sept, 21:1284297
Chama25 Sept, 07:5346282
Kasama28 Sept, 08:3351267
Mumbwa16 Sept, 13:0337243
Chiengi16 Sept, 12:2339230

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Zambia, September 2026: 471 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-18.

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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