🇨🇱 Chile: 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.
Chile, October 2026: 35 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 14 November at 10:58.
Busiest day: 20 October, with 6 ignitions detected. +17% compared with September 2026.
"In October 2026, kanari archived 35 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: 2102 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putre | 14 Oct, 10:29 | 2 | 2102 |
| Putre | 16 Oct, 10:29 | 1 | 1543 |
| Sierra Gorda | 20 Oct, 10:19 | 8 | 1258 |
| Sierra Gorda | 20 Oct, 10:19 | 1 | 1176 |
| Diego de Almagro | 14 Oct, 10:29 | 2 | 1110 |
| San Pedro de Atacama | 18 Oct, 10:09 | 2 | 1103 |
| Sierra Gorda | 20 Oct, 10:19 | 2 | 1082 |
| San Pedro de Atacama | 20 Oct, 10:09 | 1 | 1059 |
| San Pedro de Atacama | 20 Oct, 10:09 | 1 | 1030 |
| Colchane | 14 Oct, 10:19 | 1 | 985 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Chile, October 2026: 35 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-14.
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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