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🇿🇲 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: 590 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 13 November at 22:19.

Busiest day: 14 October, with 35 ignitions detected. +25% compared with September 2026.

590
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
487
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 590 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: 487 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

012026-10-01: 17022026-10-02: 27032026-10-03: 20042026-10-04: 24052026-10-05: 8062026-10-06: 12072026-10-07: 13082026-10-08: 22092026-10-09: 8102026-10-10: 12112026-10-11: 15122026-10-12: 20132026-10-13: 11142026-10-14: 35152026-10-15: 28162026-10-16: 22172026-10-17: 11182026-10-18: 29192026-10-19: 16202026-10-20: 24212026-10-21: 24222026-10-22: 27232026-10-23: 19242026-10-24: 30252026-10-25: 22262026-10-26: 24272026-10-27: 19282026-10-28: 23292026-10-29: 3302026-10-30: 13312026-10-31: 12

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Serenje22 Oct, 13:2357487
Namwala8 Oct, 13:0326451
Chunga26 Oct, 13:1028447
Kaputa14 Oct, 11:2327401
Chunga15 Oct, 11:2332378
Chililabombwe1 Oct, 08:4366369
Serenje27 Oct, 15:0530365
Mpongwe3 Oct, 12:5338294
Mkushi23 Oct, 12:4362289
Itezhi-Tezhi4 Oct, 07:03205284

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Zambia, October 2026: 590 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-13.

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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