🇩🇿 Algeria: 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.
Algeria, August 2026: 72 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 6 October at 04:37.
Busiest day: 7 August, with 10 ignitions detected.
"In August 2026, kanari archived 72 detection events in Algeria, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 987 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammamet | 25 Aug, 13:38 | 116 | 987 |
| Draa Klalouche | 25 Aug, 13:48 | 77 | 792 |
| El Tarf | 29 Aug, 14:10 | 2 | 600 |
| Lakhdaria | 18 Aug, 13:38 | 95 | 478 |
| Sidi Mérouane | 4 Aug, 11:10 | 20 | 406 |
| Khenchela | 18 Aug, 13:48 | 49 | 339 |
| Arbatache | 27 Aug, 13:40 | 71 | 333 |
| Souk Ahras | 26 Aug, 08:50 | 21 | 287 |
| Tsabit | 7 Aug, 18:27 | 16 | 242 |
| Aougrout | 4 Aug, 14:57 | 7 | 240 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Algeria, August 2026: 72 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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