🇦🇺 Australia: wildfires in October 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.
Australia, October 2026: 5 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 1 October at 11:49.
Busiest day: 1 October, with 5 ignitions detected.
"In October 2026, kanari archived 5 detection events in Australia, with 5 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 136 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dysart | 1 Oct, 07:27 | 6 | 136 |
| Goondiwindi | 1 Oct, 07:28 | 10 | 106 |
| Mount Morgan | 1 Oct, 07:07 | 9 | 51 |
| Alligator Creek | 1 Oct, 05:27 | 8 | 47 |
| Charleville | 1 Oct, 06:38 | 14 | 36 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Australia, October 2026: 5 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-01.
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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