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Wildfires in Lupososhi

Lupososhi, Zambia: 95 fires since 2016 burned 1,165,766 hectares inside its boundaries, 2.8 times its area, because some ground burned more than once. Fire danger today: high (FWI 26).

Only fires of 3,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Sun 1 Moderate 30° · 36 % · 25 km/h
  2. Mon 2 High 30° · 30 % · 26 km/h
  3. Tue 3 High 30° · 39 % · 29 km/h
  4. Wed 4 High 30° · 42 % · 31 km/h
  5. Thu 5 Low 31° · 42 % · 27 km/h
  6. Fri 6 Low 30° · 43 % · 32 km/h
  7. Sat 7 Very low 27° · 55 % · 34 km/h
  8. Sun 8 Low 30° · 49 % · 20 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service.

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

1,165,766
hectares burned
2.8×
times its area (some ground burned more than once)
95
fires
4,143
km²

How many times has Lupososhi burned?

Lupososhi has burned 95 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Lupososhi fire, 12 September 2026, with 3,929 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 9× 16
  2. 4× 17
  3. 11× 18
  4. 8× 19
  5. 9× 20
  6. 9× 21
  7. 13× 22
  8. 8× 23
  9. 6× 24
  10. 11× 25
  11. 7× 26
95
fires
11
years with fire
1,165,766
cumulative ha
12 Sept 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 3,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in Zambia →

Fires that entered Lupososhi

  1. 3,929 ha Lupososhi fire, 12 September 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,906 ha in total · 21 days
  2. 3,055 ha Lupososhi fire, 6 September 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,309 ha in total · 14 days
  3. 7,486 ha Lupososhi fire, 22 August 2026 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 7,441 ha in total · 21 days
  4. 5,271 ha Lupososhi fire, 7 August 2026 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 5,240 ha in total · 15 days
  5. 4,818 ha Lupososhi fire, 3 August 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 4,788 ha in total · 24 days
  6. 73,876 ha Chipili fire, July 2026 18% of the municipality · 156,557 ha in total · 65 days
  7. 84,802 ha Chipili fire, July 2026 20% of the municipality · 614,688 ha in total · 65 days
  8. 6,209 ha Lupososhi fire, 13 September 2025 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 6,173 ha in total · 16 days
  9. 4,162 ha Lupososhi fire, 6 September 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 5,770 ha in total · 19 days
  10. 7,622 ha Lupososhi fire, 2 September 2025 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 7,576 ha in total · 15 days
  11. 3,981 ha Lupososhi fire, 27 August 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,958 ha in total · 20 days
  12. 3,841 ha Lupososhi fire, 26 August 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,818 ha in total · 15 days
  13. 4,002 ha Lupososhi fire, 25 August 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,978 ha in total · 16 days
  14. 11,241 ha Chipili fire, 18 August 2025 2.7% of the municipality · 14,068 ha in total · 20 days
  15. 9,324 ha Lupososhi fire, 18 August 2025 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 9,274 ha in total · 22 days
  16. 39 ha Kawambwa fire, 16 August 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 5,933 ha in total · 23 days
  17. 87,625 ha Mansa fire, 8 August 2025 21% of the municipality · 296,161 ha in total · 51 days
  18. 4,605 ha Chipili fire, 7 August 2025 1.1% of the municipality · 110,204 ha in total · 41 days
  19. 3,200 ha Lupososhi fire, September 2024 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,179 ha in total · 15 days
  20. 6,337 ha Lupososhi fire, 28 August 2024 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 6,294 ha in total · 12 days
  21. 36,751 ha Mansa fire, 18 August 2024 8.9% of the municipality · 104,574 ha in total · 37 days
  22. 3,887 ha Lupososhi fire, 16 August 2024 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,866 ha in total · 21 days
  23. 4,450 ha Lupososhi fire, 5 August 2024 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 4,441 ha in total · 15 days
  24. 16,679 ha Chipili fire, 20 July 2024 4.0% of the municipality · 36,195 ha in total · 34 days
  25. 4,362 ha Lupososhi fire, 14 September 2023 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 4,336 ha in total · 12 days
  26. 3,841 ha Lupososhi fire, 5 September 2023 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,819 ha in total · 12 days
  27. 3,260 ha Lupososhi fire, 4 September 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,240 ha in total · 15 days
  28. 42,696 ha Mansa fire, 21 August 2023 10% of the municipality · 133,309 ha in total · 36 days
  29. 1,693 ha Chipili fire, 14 August 2023 0.4% of the municipality · 15,251 ha in total · 29 days
  30. 1,511 ha Kawambwa fire, 13 August 2023 0.4% of the municipality · 3,179 ha in total · 17 days
  31. 14,194 ha Chipili fire, 9 August 2023 3.4% of the municipality · 27,236 ha in total · 28 days
  32. 1,296 ha Chilubi fire, July 2023 0.3% of the municipality · 4,373 ha in total · 11 days
  33. 1,555 ha Luwingu fire, 2 October 2022 0.4% of the municipality · 3,614 ha in total · 15 days
  34. 1,316 ha Lupososhi fire, 28 September 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,151 ha in total · 14 days
  35. 3,736 ha Lupososhi fire, 24 September 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,715 ha in total · 14 days
  36. 7,834 ha Lupososhi fire, 20 September 2022 where it started 1.9% of the municipality · 7,786 ha in total · 30 days
  37. 6,313 ha Lupososhi fire, 20 September 2022 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 6,275 ha in total · 15 days
  38. 15,331 ha Lupososhi fire, 7 September 2022 where it started 3.7% of the municipality · 15,351 ha in total · 20 days
  39. 8,278 ha Lupososhi fire, 4 September 2022 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 12,686 ha in total · 30 days
  40. 3,469 ha Lupososhi fire, 3 September 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,136 ha in total · 15 days
  41. 13,849 ha Lupososhi fire, 2 September 2022 where it started 3.3% of the municipality · 13,759 ha in total · 13 days
  42. 4,595 ha Lupososhi fire, August 2022 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 4,566 ha in total · 18 days
  43. 119 ha Chipili fire, 19 August 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 14,251 ha in total · 18 days
  44. 3 ha Chipili fire, 16 August 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 4,719 ha in total · 13 days
  45. 44,507 ha Mansa fire, 16 August 2022 11% of the municipality · 185,598 ha in total · 40 days
  46. 3,426 ha Lupososhi fire, 18 September 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,405 ha in total · 6 days
  47. 3,448 ha Lupososhi fire, 1 September 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,427 ha in total · 9 days
  48. 10,607 ha Lupososhi fire, 1 September 2021 where it started 2.6% of the municipality · 10,547 ha in total · 9 days
  49. 3,751 ha Lupososhi fire, 31 August 2021 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,729 ha in total · 16 days
  50. 4,540 ha Lupososhi fire, 28 August 2021 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 4,513 ha in total · 16 days
  51. 4,099 ha Lupososhi fire, 26 August 2021 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 4,073 ha in total · 15 days
  52. 24,672 ha Lupososhi fire, 26 August 2021 where it started 6.0% of the municipality · 34,216 ha in total · 21 days
  53. 4,655 ha Lupososhi fire, 24 August 2021 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 7,102 ha in total · 19 days
  54. 55,588 ha Mansa fire, 17 August 2021 13% of the municipality · 259,734 ha in total · 36 days
  55. 4,681 ha Lupososhi fire, 9 September 2020 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 4,713 ha in total · 18 days
  56. 3,463 ha Lupososhi fire, 8 September 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,443 ha in total · 12 days
  57. 3,535 ha Lupososhi fire, 2 September 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,588 ha in total · 5 days
  58. 14,098 ha Lupososhi fire, 2 September 2020 where it started 3.4% of the municipality · 14,018 ha in total · 15 days
  59. 3,109 ha Lupososhi fire, 2 September 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,125 ha in total · 10 days
  60. 3,052 ha Lupososhi fire, 28 August 2020 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,036 ha in total · 10 days
  61. 4,094 ha Lupososhi fire, 28 August 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 4,070 ha in total · 14 days
  62. 62,313 ha Mansa fire, 18 August 2020 15% of the municipality · 280,384 ha in total · 44 days
  63. 4,460 ha Lupososhi fire, 9 August 2020 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 4,432 ha in total · 17 days
  64. 200 ha Luwingu fire, 15 September 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 4,200 ha in total · 15 days
  65. 35,954 ha Lupososhi fire, August 2019 where it started 8.7% of the municipality · 35,869 ha in total · 31 days
  66. 90 ha Chipili fire, 15 August 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 5,046 ha in total · 16 days
  67. 50,190 ha Mansa fire, 14 August 2019 12% of the municipality · 190,302 ha in total · 48 days
  68. 130 ha Chipili fire, 10 August 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 32,366 ha in total · 31 days
  69. 3,683 ha Chipili fire, 5 August 2019 0.9% of the municipality · 81,932 ha in total · 44 days
  70. 3,607 ha Lupososhi fire, July 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,582 ha in total · 10 days
  71. 536 ha Chilubi fire, July 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 3,726 ha in total · 8 days
  72. 2,112 ha Luwingu fire, 22 September 2018 0.5% of the municipality · 6,662 ha in total · 10 days
  73. 5,443 ha Lupososhi fire, 21 September 2018 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 6,733 ha in total · 9 days
  74. 3,506 ha Lupososhi fire, 13 September 2018 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,488 ha in total · 16 days
  75. 10,411 ha Lupososhi fire, 6 September 2018 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 10,351 ha in total · 23 days
  76. 3,223 ha Lupososhi fire, 4 September 2018 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,200 ha in total · 4 days
  77. 7,743 ha Lupososhi fire, 3 September 2018 where it started 1.9% of the municipality · 8,848 ha in total · 8 days
  78. 778 ha Kawambwa fire, 27 August 2018 0.2% of the municipality · 5,416 ha in total · 10 days
  79. 9,012 ha Lupososhi fire, August 2018 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 8,962 ha in total · 21 days
  80. 4,744 ha Mansa fire, 22 August 2018 1.1% of the municipality · 83,277 ha in total · 31 days
  81. 4,828 ha Kawambwa fire, 17 August 2018 1.2% of the municipality · 10,864 ha in total · 20 days
  82. 1,728 ha Chipili fire, 17 August 2018 0.4% of the municipality · 20,116 ha in total · 29 days
  83. 7,580 ha Lupososhi fire, September 2017 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 7,536 ha in total · 18 days
  84. 16,363 ha Lupososhi fire, 27 August 2017 where it started 4.0% of the municipality · 19,800 ha in total · 14 days
  85. 3,142 ha Lupososhi fire, 19 August 2017 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,125 ha in total · 16 days
  86. 57,711 ha Mansa fire, 15 August 2017 14% of the municipality · 258,414 ha in total · 47 days
  87. 4,184 ha Lupososhi fire, 23 September 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 4,440 ha in total · 8 days
  88. 3,449 ha Lupososhi fire, 20 September 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,376 ha in total · 10 days
  89. 4,826 ha Lupososhi fire, 14 September 2016 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 4,797 ha in total · 12 days
  90. 10,185 ha Lupososhi fire, 10 September 2016 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 10,125 ha in total · 21 days
  91. 4,320 ha Lupososhi fire, 10 September 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 4,295 ha in total · 10 days
  92. 3,523 ha Lupososhi fire, 5 September 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,518 ha in total · 6 days
  93. 27,100 ha Mansa fire, 24 August 2016 6.5% of the municipality · 136,692 ha in total · 37 days
  94. 44,951 ha Kawambwa fire, 17 August 2016 11% of the municipality · 123,335 ha in total · 33 days
  95. 31,973 ha Chipili fire, 11 August 2016 7.7% of the municipality · 76,625 ha in total · 36 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/GRID3, Office of the Surveyor General (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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