🇨🇱 Chile: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 5 significant fire ignitions in Chile (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 11:59.

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

191

peak power (MW)

"In August 2026, kanari detected 5 significant wildfires in Chile, 0 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 191 MW."
Source: kanari.io, NASA FIRMS, GOES and Meteosat MTG satellites plus AI-verified witness reports. Freely citable (CC BY 4.0).

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
Putre	18 Aug, 15:39	1	191
Colchane	15 Aug, 12:49	1	142
Colchane	8 Aug, 17:06	11	82
Pinto	19 Aug, 13:18	14	79
Dichato	20 Aug, 17:48	8	38

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Chile, August 2026: 5 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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