Overview

• Authorities estimate about 775,163 hectares inside Etosha have burned, roughly 34% of the park, with a further 171,098 hectares affected outside.
• The prime minister said Monday that fires inside and outside the park are contained, following earlier reports of active fronts in the Omusati region.
• More than 500 to 540 soldiers, two helicopters and water tankers are reinforcing firefighters, police, forestry teams and local volunteers.
• At least nine antelope deaths are confirmed, wider wildlife losses are under assessment, and no human casualties have been reported.
• The blaze spread into communal areas in Omusati and Oshana, damaging grazing lands as some tourist routes were closed and visitors were urged to use caution.