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🇧🇬 Bulgaria: 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.

Bulgaria, October 2026: 13 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 15 November at 04:29.

Busiest day: 1 October, with 2 ignitions detected. +117% compared with September 2026.

13
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
320
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 13 detection events in Bulgaria, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 320 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

012026-10-01: 2022026-10-02: 2042026-10-04: 1062026-10-06: 2102026-10-10: 2172026-10-17: 1252026-10-25: 1272026-10-27: 2

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Lukovit1 Oct, 08:5821320
Kermen1 Oct, 06:2011120
Bolyarovo6 Oct, 08:581285
Vratsa10 Oct, 15:501954
Nova Zagora2 Oct, 17:301651
Krivodol4 Oct, 17:482550
Lukovit6 Oct, 07:381545
Anton10 Oct, 08:58832
Bansko27 Oct, 10:20140
Blagoevgrad27 Oct, 10:2080

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Bulgaria, October 2026: 13 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-15.

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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