Wildfire

7,260 MW · Botswana

First tracked 27 July 2026 · Last updated 16 July 2026

7,260 MW

Total fire radiative power

952 MW

Peak FRP

223

Thermal detections

Satellite passes

A major wildfire is burning in Botswana with a total fire radiative power of 7,260 MW.

Sources

Coverage

News coverage via The GDELT Project · not a source for this event’s data

Coverage not checked yet.

Source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS/MODIS) & GDACS · figures modelled