🇦🇱 Albania: wildfires in August 2026
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.
Albania, August 2026: 9 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 6 October at 04:37.
Busiest day: 11 August, with 3 ignitions detected.
"In August 2026, kanari archived 9 detection events in Albania, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 627 MW."
Few fires this month: informative page, handle the figures with care.
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rrëshen | 21 Aug, 11:25 | 82 | 627 |
| Fushë-Lurë | 11 Aug, 10:28 | 65 | 475 |
| Fushë-Lurë | 11 Aug, 10:28 | 38 | 432 |
| Finiq | 3 Aug, 09:58 | 19 | 116 |
| Orosh | 11 Aug, 10:55 | 1 | 112 |
| Farka e Madhe | 8 Aug, 15:25 | 16 | 82 |
| Helmas | 6 Aug, 10:08 | 11 | 66 |
| Kotë | 25 Aug, 18:30 | 13 | 24 |
| Gjegjan | 14 Aug, 06:28 | 14 | 18 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Albania, August 2026: 9 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-06.
Methodology: only significant fires are archived (corroborated by witnesses, or above detection and power thresholds); totals are not comparable to exhaustive official tallies. Full methodology and licence.
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