🇦🇴 Angola: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 873 significant fire ignitions in Angola (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.

873

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

791

peak power (MW)

"In August 2026, kanari detected 873 significant wildfires in Angola, 29 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 791 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

Most powerful fires of the month

Place	First detection (UTC)	Detections	MW
Quitapa	18 Aug, 11:33	48	791
Chibemba	19 Aug, 12:43	119	644
Muié	18 Aug, 13:43	122	608
Luia	11 Aug, 14:13	17	527
Luia	4 Aug, 09:03	83	490
Alfândega	19 Aug, 13:20	12	485
Quinguengue	15 Aug, 11:53	71	472
Longa	6 Aug, 09:34	49	413
Muriege	13 Aug, 13:00	30	408
Nancova	21 Aug, 09:03	31	371

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Angola, August 2026: 873 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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