🇨🇴 Colombia: 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.
Colombia, October 2026: 31 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 15 November at 05:06.
Busiest day: 15 October, with 5 ignitions detected. -43% compared with September 2026.
"In October 2026, kanari archived 31 detection events in Colombia, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 382 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Macarena | 27 Oct, 19:14 | 14 | 382 |
| Curillo | 14 Oct, 18:35 | 17 | 240 |
| Mapiripán | 29 Oct, 18:19 | 5 | 216 |
| La Macarena | 6 Oct, 19:29 | 2 | 216 |
| Aguachica | 15 Oct, 17:44 | 6 | 195 |
| Caracolí | 7 Oct, 17:39 | 3 | 182 |
| Chivor | 5 Oct, 12:59 | 1 | 172 |
| Cunday | 15 Oct, 17:34 | 7 | 153 |
| Morales | 1 Oct, 18:24 | 4 | 148 |
| Durania | 17 Oct, 19:54 | 5 | 139 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Colombia, October 2026: 31 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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