Wildfire

5,519 MW · Botswana

First tracked 19 September 2026 · Last updated 17 October 2026

5,519 MW

Total fire radiative power

126 MW

Peak FRP

324

Thermal detections

Satellite passes

A wildfire in Botswana with a total fire radiative power of 1,551 MW is currently active, as detected by satellite imagery.

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 & NASA FIRMS (VIIRS/MODIS) & NASA FIRMS (VIIRS/MODIS) · figures modelled