🇨🇱 Chile: 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.
Chile, September 2026: 30 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 06:55.
Busiest day: 28 September, with 9 ignitions detected. +329% compared with August 2026.
"In September 2026, kanari archived 30 detection events in Chile, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 1173 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Pedro de Atacama | 28 Sept, 11:59 | 2 | 1173 |
| San Pedro de Atacama | 28 Sept, 11:59 | 5 | 1140 |
| San Pedro de Atacama | 28 Sept, 11:59 | 2 | 1070 |
| San Pedro de Atacama | 28 Sept, 11:59 | 13 | 1058 |
| Combarbalá | 4 Sept, 11:59 | 1 | 1044 |
| Monte Patria | 4 Sept, 11:59 | 1 | 1039 |
| Calama | 28 Sept, 11:49 | 22 | 1028 |
| Alto del Carmen | 3 Sept, 12:09 | 1 | 1017 |
| Paiguano | 4 Sept, 11:59 | 2 | 1015 |
| María Elena | 28 Sept, 11:59 | 6 | 995 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Chile, September 2026: 30 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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