🇨🇴 Colombia: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 74 significant fire ignitions in Colombia (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

657

peak power (MW)

"In August 2026, kanari detected 74 significant wildfires in Colombia, 5 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 657 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
Albania	17 Aug, 18:34	15	657
Hatonuevo	10 Aug, 17:14	15	457
Maicao	7 Aug, 19:14	4	417
Becerril	12 Aug, 16:44	13	395
Fundación	21 Aug, 18:04	6	340
Coyaima	10 Aug, 17:34	27	312
El Carmen	13 Aug, 17:24	12	297
Curumaní	8 Aug, 18:04	21	285
Maicao	12 Aug, 17:44	2	235
Chiriguaná	8 Aug, 17:24	33	222

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Colombia, August 2026: 74 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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