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🇧🇬 Bulgaria: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 10 significant fire ignitions in Bulgaria (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.

10
significant fires
1
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
400
peak power (MW)
"In August 2026, kanari detected 10 significant wildfires in Bulgaria, 1 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 400 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

052026-08-05: 2062026-08-06: 1082026-08-08: 1132026-08-13: 1142026-08-14: 1152026-08-15: 1182026-08-18: 1202026-08-20: 1212026-08-21: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Asenovgrad8 Aug, 07:2854400
Borovan18 Aug, 07:4893330
Chepintsi6 Aug, 14:5516157
Petrich5 Aug, 12:401110
Ugarchin21 Aug, 11:4825106
Kyustendil5 Aug, 12:101100
Maglizh20 Aug, 08:25885
Gulyantsi15 Aug, 11:381572
Elhovo13 Aug, 08:181027
Devin14 Aug, 06:00100

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Bulgaria, August 2026: 10 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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