International Wildfire Activity
Botswana Wildfires: Live Map & Satellite Activity
Track wildfire activity across Botswana with Copernicus GWIS mapped burned-area events and NASA FIRMS satellite heat detections. GWIS provides satellite-derived burned-area context; FIRMS shows separate thermal activity detected from space.
For confirmed incidents, warnings and evacuation information, follow national and local authorities.
Satellite heat & recent fire events
Map key: fire pins show recent Copernicus GWIS fire events; orange and red marks show NASA satellite heat. A Copernicus event is not automatically a named official incident, and one wildfire can create several heat detections.
Recent fire events in Botswana
Copernicus GWIS adds recent satellite-derived burned-area events alongside the NASA FIRMS heat layer. Each event gets an approximate geographic label from its source geometry, not an invented official incident name. These are fire-event records, not evacuation notices or incident-command reports.
Fire Event — Northern Botswana, Sep 20, 2026
Near 18.64°S, 25.33°E · latest source Sep 20, 2026
Fire Event — Northern Botswana, Sep 26, 2026
Near 20.52°S, 25.82°E · latest source Sep 26, 2026
Fire Event — Northwestern Botswana, Sep 28, 2026
Near 18.42°S, 21.49°E · latest source Sep 28, 2026
Fire Event — Northeastern Botswana, Sep 24, 2026
Near 20.50°S, 26.50°E · latest source Sep 24, 2026
Fire Event — Northwestern Botswana, Sep 27, 2026
Near 18.48°S, 21.18°E · latest source Sep 27, 2026
Fire Event — Northern Botswana, Sep 26, 2026
Near 18.10°S, 23.24°E · latest source Sep 26, 2026
Fire Event — Northern Botswana, Sep 25, 2026
Near 20.40°S, 25.66°E · latest source Sep 25, 2026
Fire Event — Northwestern Botswana, Sep 28, 2026
Near 18.09°S, 22.44°E · latest source Sep 28, 2026
Fire Event — Northern Botswana, Sep 21, 2026
Near 19.53°S, 25.83°E · latest source Sep 21, 2026
Fire Event — Central Botswana, Sep 27, 2026
Near 23.89°S, 24.15°E · latest source Sep 27, 2026
Fire Event — Northwestern Botswana, Sep 27, 2026
Near 18.36°S, 20.99°E · latest source Sep 27, 2026
Fire Event — Northwestern Botswana, Sep 27, 2026
Near 18.71°S, 22.70°E · latest source Sep 27, 2026
Fire Event — Northern Botswana, Sep 25, 2026
Near 19.99°S, 25.88°E · latest source Sep 25, 2026
Fire Event — Northern Botswana, Sep 24, 2026
Near 20.07°S, 25.12°E · latest source Sep 24, 2026
Fire Event — Northern Botswana, Sep 24, 2026
Near 20.22°S, 26.07°E · latest source Sep 24, 2026
Fire Event — Northern Botswana, Sep 27, 2026
Near 20.26°S, 26.22°E · latest source Sep 27, 2026
Fire Event — Northwestern Botswana, Sep 27, 2026
Near 19.27°S, 21.09°E · latest source Sep 27, 2026
Fire Event — Northwestern Botswana, Sep 24, 2026
Near 18.83°S, 21.72°E · latest source Sep 24, 2026
Fire Event — Northern Botswana, Sep 25, 2026
Near 20.29°S, 25.97°E · latest source Sep 25, 2026
Fire Event — Northern Botswana, Sep 24, 2026
Near 20.13°S, 25.14°E · latest source Sep 24, 2026
Fire Event — Eastern Botswana, Sep 28, 2026
Near 21.15°S, 27.17°E · latest source Sep 28, 2026
Fire Event — Eastern Botswana, Sep 21, 2026
Near 20.78°S, 26.85°E · latest source Sep 21, 2026
Fire Event — Northwestern Botswana, Sep 27, 2026
Near 19.21°S, 21.07°E · latest source Sep 27, 2026
Fire Event — Eastern Botswana, Sep 26, 2026
Near 21.04°S, 27.12°E · latest source Sep 26, 2026
77 current/recent fire records from the last available source snapshot. A fresh source check is pending.
Botswana activity at a glance
How to read Botswana activity
The country view uses NASA FIRMS satellite heat detections as its live signal. A cluster can contain several observations from one fire, so the number of detections should not be read as the number of separate wildfires.
How individual fire-event pages work
WildfireSignal uses Copernicus GWIS near-real-time burned-area events to create individual fire-event pages. These satellite-derived events are kept separate from named national incident records, because they do not by themselves provide containment, evacuation or incident-command status.
Official and satellite wildfire sources for Botswana
WildfireSignal uses NASA FIRMS for its satellite heat-detection layer and links to official sources for wildfire context. For confirmed incidents, warnings, evacuation orders and other emergency information, rely on official national and local authorities.