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🇩🇿 Algeria: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 52 significant fire ignitions in Algeria (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.

52
significant fires
2
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
478
peak power (MW)
"In August 2026, kanari detected 52 significant wildfires in Algeria, 2 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 478 MW."
Source: kanari.io, NASA FIRMS, GOES and Meteosat MTG satellites plus AI-verified witness reports. Freely citable (CC BY 4.0).

Fire ignitions per day

032026-08-03: 4042026-08-04: 6052026-08-05: 5062026-08-06: 1072026-08-07: 10092026-08-09: 1102026-08-10: 2112026-08-11: 3142026-08-14: 1152026-08-15: 3162026-08-16: 1172026-08-17: 1182026-08-18: 5192026-08-19: 4202026-08-20: 3212026-08-21: 2

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Lakhdaria18 Aug, 13:3895478
Sidi Mérouane4 Aug, 11:1020406
Khenchela18 Aug, 13:4849339
Tsabit7 Aug, 18:2716242
Aougrout4 Aug, 14:577240
Barbacha18 Aug, 15:0835222
Ksar el Boukhari19 Aug, 13:3814218
El Menia7 Aug, 07:5810179
Sidi Amar4 Aug, 14:1853157
Boumahra Ahmed7 Aug, 09:392156

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Algeria, August 2026: 52 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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