🇿🇲 Zambia: wildfires in October 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, October 2026: 9 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 1 October at 15:19.
Busiest day: 1 October, with 9 ignitions detected.
"In October 2026, kanari archived 9 detection events in Zambia, with 9 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 369 MW."
Few fires this month: informative page, handle the figures with care.
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chililabombwe | 1 Oct, 08:43 | 66 | 369 |
| Kabompo | 1 Oct, 08:19 | 14 | 148 |
| Mporokoso | 1 Oct, 07:53 | 15 | 50 |
| Nakonde | 1 Oct, 07:53 | 9 | 35 |
| Kataba | 1 Oct, 07:03 | 8 | 30 |
| Kaputa | 1 Oct, 07:53 | 11 | 30 |
| Mufumbwe | 1 Oct, 08:23 | 14 | 27 |
| Kawambwa | 1 Oct, 07:53 | 8 | 20 |
| Chalimbana | 1 Oct, 06:20 | 8 | 0 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Zambia, October 2026: 9 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-01.
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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