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🇨🇳 China: 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.

China, October 2026: 230 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 15 November at 14:35.

Busiest day: 9 October, with 29 ignitions detected. -47% compared with September 2026.

230
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
1503
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 230 detection events in China, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 1503 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

012026-10-01: 13022026-10-02: 8032026-10-03: 4042026-10-04: 7052026-10-05: 14062026-10-06: 5072026-10-07: 4082026-10-08: 4092026-10-09: 29102026-10-10: 5112026-10-11: 2122026-10-12: 2132026-10-13: 4142026-10-14: 1152026-10-15: 5162026-10-16: 3182026-10-18: 7192026-10-19: 1202026-10-20: 9222026-10-22: 5232026-10-23: 29242026-10-24: 22252026-10-25: 16262026-10-26: 3272026-10-27: 13282026-10-28: 2292026-10-29: 7302026-10-30: 5312026-10-31: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Hami18 Oct, 01:5521503
Shazhou9 Oct, 01:5581102
Hami1 Oct, 08:5117936
Hami27 Oct, 01:553784
Qarabura20 Oct, 07:405782
Binhe18 Oct, 07:1115738
Hami18 Oct, 01:551701
Hami26 Oct, 01:551698
Hami11 Oct, 01:551633
Hami3 Oct, 08:5110622

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, China, October 2026: 230 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-15.

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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