Zambia
Open on the live globe ↗Brief · 15 September 2026
Zambia continued to see widespread forest fire activity over the past seven days, with numerous separate blazes tracked across the country, several rated at red severity. Among the most significant, forest fires burning across Zambia and areas extending into the Democratic Republic of Congo have consumed thousands of hectares, alongside two other large fires within Zambia, all classed at red severity.
Wildfire Multiple forest fires are burning across Zambia. A fire first tracked on 24 August has burned approximately 5,198 hectares and remains steady, a newly tracked fire first detected on 8 September has burned 5,311 hectares, and a fire spanning Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, first tracked on 4 September, has burned 5,731 hectares with a total fire radiative power of 6,408 MW.
- A forest fire in Zambia, first tracked on 8 September, has burned 5,311 hectares and is newly identified this week.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. Not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.
Events · last 7 days · 27
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaNew12 Sept, 16:31 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaSteady12 Sept, 16:22 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in Zambia, The Democratic Republic of CongoSteady9 Sept, 23:16 UTC
24 other tracked events below the significance bar
- WildfireWildfire — ZambiaCooling15 Sept, 06:01 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — ZambiaNew14 Sept, 23:15 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaSteady14 Sept, 16:22 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaSteady13 Sept, 19:15 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaSteady13 Sept, 16:22 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaSteady12 Sept, 18:01 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaSteady12 Sept, 16:22 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in AngolaNew12 Sept, 07:16 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaNew10 Sept, 15:31 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — ZambiaSteady10 Sept, 06:01 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaNew9 Sept, 16:22 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaSteady9 Sept, 16:22 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaNew9 Sept, 03:16 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaSteady9 Sept, 03:16 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaSteady8 Sept, 23:16 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaSteady8 Sept, 16:22 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaNew8 Sept, 15:46 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaNew13 Sept, 19:15 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in Zambia, ZimbabweSteady13 Sept, 19:15 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaNew13 Sept, 16:22 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaNew10 Sept, 15:31 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaNew9 Sept, 19:16 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaNew9 Sept, 16:22 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in ZambiaSteady9 Sept, 16:22 UTC
Seven days of source changes
Revisions · 3 events also first tracked this week
- 15 Sept, 06:01 UTCWildfire — ZambiaFire power 3,663 → 2,917 MW
- 14 Sept, 16:22 UTCForest fires in ZambiaFire power 3,125 → 3,625 MW · Peak FRP 128 → 396 MW
- 13 Sept, 16:22 UTCForest fires in ZambiaSeverity green → orange · Fire power 2,376 MW first reported · Peak FRP 264 MW first reported
- 13 Sept, 16:22 UTCForest fires in Zambia, ZimbabweFire power 2,150 → 2,173 MW · Peak FRP 250 → 61 MW
- 13 Sept, 16:22 UTCForest fires in ZambiaFire power 9,723 → 2,955 MW · Peak FRP 127 → 64 MW
- 12 Sept, 18:01 UTCForest fires in ZambiaFire power 5,091 → 2,089 MW · Peak FRP 104 → 79 MW
- 12 Sept, 18:01 UTCForest fires in ZambiaFire power 8,803 → 9,723 MW · Peak FRP 74 → 127 MW
- 12 Sept, 16:22 UTCForest fires in Zambia, ZimbabweFire power 1,114 → 2,150 MW
Countries · by trend
12| Country | Active | Worst | Trend | Changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 9 | RED | escalating2 escalating · 1 steady · 6 new | 4h ago |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 35 | RED | steady2 steady · 33 new | 4h ago |
| Namibia | 13 | RED | steady2 escalating · 5 steady · 6 new | 4h ago |
| Angola | 30 | RED | steady1 escalating · 9 steady · 1 cooling · 19 new | 5h ago |
| Zambia | 27 | RED | steady14 steady · 1 cooling · 12 new | 5h ago |
| Botswana | 10 | RED | steady1 escalating · 3 steady · 6 new | 5h ago |
| Tanzania | 8 | RED | steady4 steady · 4 new | 8h ago |
| Uganda | 8 | RED | new8 new | 5h ago |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | RED | new3 new | 17h ago |
| Kenya | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Congo | 2 | GREEN | new2 new | 4h ago |
| Gabon | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 21h ago |
Trend compares each event’s own source-reported measure across Hazardly’s last two ingests. It measures reported change, not impact: a fire whose satellite coverage improved overnight can read as escalating, and a storm can weaken while its damage is still unfolding.
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