🇧🇷 Brazil: wildfires in September 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.
Brazil, September 2026: 3618 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 06:50.
Busiest day: 17 September, with 232 ignitions detected. Longest fire: Nova Glória, tracked for 22 h. +6% compared with August 2026.
"In September 2026, kanari archived 3618 detection events in Brazil, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 2044 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz do Piauí | 13 Sept, 17:44 | 124 | 2044 |
| Morpará | 27 Sept, 14:50 | 117 | 1614 |
| Jataí | 11 Sept, 20:59 | 6 | 1392 |
| Campos Lindos | 11 Sept, 11:53 | 97 | 1364 |
| Britânia | 29 Sept, 16:23 | 9 | 1312 |
| Novo Progresso | 18 Sept, 16:24 | 92 | 1265 |
| Itaubal | 4 Sept, 16:25 | 52 | 1230 |
| Santa Rita de Cássia | 27 Sept, 15:03 | 129 | 1182 |
| Maracás | 14 Sept, 14:53 | 14 | 1178 |
| Angical | 27 Sept, 14:33 | 193 | 1110 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Brazil, September 2026: 3618 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-18.
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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