Wildfire

4,616 MW · Zambia

First tracked 9 September 2026 · Last updated 10 September 2026

4,616 MW

Total fire radiative power

128 MW

Peak FRP

422

Thermal detections

Satellite passes

A significant wildfire in Zambia has generated a total fire radiative power of 5,028 MW, as detected by satellite monitoring.

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