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🇨🇩 DR Congo: 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.

DR Congo, October 2026: 324 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 15 November at 01:14.

Busiest day: 3 October, with 27 ignitions detected. -41% compared with September 2026.

324
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
639
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 324 detection events in DR Congo, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 639 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: 20032026-10-03: 27042026-10-04: 4052026-10-05: 19062026-10-06: 8072026-10-07: 18082026-10-08: 15092026-10-09: 5102026-10-10: 11112026-10-11: 5122026-10-12: 4132026-10-13: 10142026-10-14: 16152026-10-15: 14162026-10-16: 4172026-10-17: 5182026-10-18: 10192026-10-19: 12202026-10-20: 17212026-10-21: 2222026-10-22: 12232026-10-23: 18242026-10-24: 9252026-10-25: 4262026-10-26: 16272026-10-27: 8282026-10-28: 3292026-10-29: 3302026-10-30: 7312026-10-31: 5

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Lubao20 Oct, 12:5456639
Kabinda14 Oct, 13:1412577
Sake18 Oct, 09:0026565
Mokambo8 Oct, 13:0332415
Kongolo5 Oct, 13:0432331
Lubao7 Oct, 12:207308
Lubao7 Oct, 12:2031284
Kabalo23 Oct, 12:205270
Mwene14 Oct, 12:0027255
Kabinda19 Oct, 13:504248

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, DR Congo, October 2026: 324 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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