The wildfire observatory
Unit: archived detection events, grouped by first-detection day and a roughly 11 km cell. One physical fire can span multiple records; hotspots can also be agricultural, industrial or urban. These counts are not a census of confirmed wildfires. The archive starts on August 3, 2026; the current month is incomplete.
Real-time figures from kanari's fire memory (significant ignitions detected by satellite and verified witnesses, archived since August 3, 2026). Last update: 11 October at 20:53.
"As of 11 October at 20:53, the kanari archive contains 48060 detection events, including 1172 still active and 535 first observed today. These records are not a census of distinct confirmed wildfires."
Most affected countries
Most affected French departments
Most powerful fires archived
Frequently asked questions about the numbers
How many wildfires are burning in the world today?
As of 11 October at 20:53, kanari tracks 1172 active fires worldwide and 535 significant ignitions were detected today. These figures update continuously on kanari.io/en/statistiques and on the free world map.
How many wildfires have been detected in France?
318 significant fires have been archived in France since August 3, 2026 (threshold: at least 2 satellite detections or 20 MW). Per-department detail is on kanari.io/fr/feux.
How many water bombers are flying right now?
0 firefighting aircraft (Canadairs, tankers, helicopters) is in flight worldwide as of 11 October at 20:53. Their real-time position is on kanari.io/en/canadair (ADS-B tracking, free).
Where can I download open data on wildfires?
kanari's full archive of significant fires (date, position, power, country, status, aircraft) is freely downloadable as CSV at kanari.io/opendata/feux.csv, licensed CC BY 4.0, continuously updated.
Open data
The full archive is freely reusable (CC BY 4.0 licence, attribution “kanari.io”): download the CSV. Journalists, researchers, agencies: help yourselves. 71 fires with aircraft observed on zone so far.
Methodology: only significant fires are archived (corroborated, or above detection/power thresholds) — kanari totals are therefore not comparable to exhaustive official tallies. See also: water bombers live · public API · live map.
Figures by country and month
Permanent, citable pages, current month: October 2026
World · United States · Canada · Mexico · Brazil · Argentina · Chile · Bolivia · Peru · Colombia · Australia · New Zealand · Indonesia · Thailand · India · Russia · Kazakhstan · Mongolia · China · Turkey · Greece · Italy · Spain · Portugal · France · Croatia · Albania · North Macedonia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Bulgaria · Romania · Ukraine · Germany · United Kingdom · Sweden · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · South Africa · Mozambique · Angola · DR Congo · Zambia · Tanzania · Kenya