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🇦🇱 Albania: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 8 significant fire ignitions in Albania (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.

8
significant fires
1
still active
0
with verified witnesses
1
with aircraft observed
627
peak power (MW)
"In August 2026, kanari detected 8 significant wildfires in Albania, 1 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 627 MW."
Source: kanari.io, NASA FIRMS, GOES and Meteosat MTG satellites plus AI-verified witness reports. Freely citable (CC BY 4.0).

Few fires this month: informative page, handle the figures with care.

Fire ignitions per day

032026-08-03: 1062026-08-06: 1082026-08-08: 1112026-08-11: 3142026-08-14: 1212026-08-21: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Rrëshen21 Aug, 11:2582627
Fushë-Lurë11 Aug, 10:2865475
Fushë-Lurë11 Aug, 10:2838432
Finiq3 Aug, 09:5819116
Orosh11 Aug, 10:551112
Farka e Madhe8 Aug, 15:251682
Helmas6 Aug, 10:081166
Gjegjan14 Aug, 06:281418

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Albania, August 2026: 8 significant ignitions. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-08-22.

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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