🇨🇳 China: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 739 significant fire ignitions in China (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 11:59.

739

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

3085

peak power (MW)

"In August 2026, kanari detected 739 significant wildfires in China, 72 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 3085 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

Most powerful fires of the month

Place	First detection (UTC)	Detections	MW
Mori	8 Aug, 10:01	3	3085
Bofeng	11 Aug, 10:01	17	3075
Delingha	12 Aug, 01:55	4	2862
Golmud	4 Aug, 01:55	3	2442
Golmud	7 Aug, 01:55	2	2375
Golmud	6 Aug, 01:55	5	2365
Jiayuguan	18 Aug, 08:21	20	2341
Delingha	12 Aug, 01:55	4	2286
Golmud	7 Aug, 01:55	4	2229
Golmud	6 Aug, 01:55	3	2192

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, China, August 2026: 739 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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