🇧🇬 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.
"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."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lukovit | 1 Oct, 08:58 | 21 | 320 |
| Kermen | 1 Oct, 06:20 | 11 | 120 |
| Bolyarovo | 6 Oct, 08:58 | 12 | 85 |
| Vratsa | 10 Oct, 15:50 | 19 | 54 |
| Nova Zagora | 2 Oct, 17:30 | 16 | 51 |
| Krivodol | 4 Oct, 17:48 | 25 | 50 |
| Lukovit | 6 Oct, 07:38 | 15 | 45 |
| Anton | 10 Oct, 08:58 | 8 | 32 |
| Bansko | 27 Oct, 10:20 | 14 | 0 |
| Blagoevgrad | 27 Oct, 10:20 | 8 | 0 |
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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