Where The World Is Burning In 2026
Where The World Is Burning In 2026 As of August 1, 2026, wildfires and landscape fires have burned 112.3 million hectares of land across the globe, an area roughly the size of South Africa. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Sofie Gilbert, uses data from the Global Wildf.
Expanded Context
Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated disasters & weather brief. The source report from ZeroHedge says: Where The World Is Burning In 2026 As of August 1, 2026, wildfires and landscape fires have burned 112.3 million hectares of land across the globe, an area roughly the size of South Africa. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Sofie Gilbert, uses data from the Global Wildf.
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- Primary source: ZeroHedge
- Published: Aug 15, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC
- Coverage area: Disasters & Weather
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