🇨🇳 China: wildfires in September 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 88 significant fire ignitions in China (September 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 3 September at 09:12.

Busiest day: 2 September, with 62 ignitions detected.

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

1918

peak power (MW)

"In September 2026, kanari detected 88 significant wildfires in China, 67 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 1918 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
Qabqa	2 Sept, 01:10	1	1918
Qabqa	2 Sept, 01:10	1	1893
Yuepuhu	2 Sept, 11:31	2	1882
Qaghiliq	2 Sept, 11:31	1	1533
Hejing	1 Sept, 03:10	2	1219
Bachu	2 Sept, 11:31	1	1217
Zhanggu	2 Sept, 00:39	1	1021
Hejing	2 Sept, 03:10	2	899
Niya	3 Sept, 03:40	1	811
Chira	3 Sept, 03:55	3	755

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, China, September 2026: 88 significant ignitions. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-09-03.

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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