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🇫🇷 France: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 99 significant fire ignitions in France (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 11:59.

99
significant fires
3
still active
3
with verified witnesses
5
with aircraft observed
1193
peak power (MW)
"In August 2026, kanari detected 99 significant wildfires in France, 3 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 1193 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

032026-08-03: 3042026-08-04: 5052026-08-05: 2062026-08-06: 7072026-08-07: 8082026-08-08: 9092026-08-09: 6102026-08-10: 8112026-08-11: 5122026-08-12: 9132026-08-13: 6142026-08-14: 3152026-08-15: 5162026-08-16: 1182026-08-18: 6192026-08-19: 12202026-08-20: 1212026-08-21: 3

Most affected French departments

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Serres3 Aug, 16:001741193
Langogne19 Aug, 13:40124811
Broglie9 Aug, 15:4948214
Toutainville9 Aug, 15:3977180
Villemoustaussou13 Aug, 16:2843163
Langogne19 Aug, 14:252154
Vinça18 Aug, 13:108130
Mormant6 Aug, 14:3020124
Puiseux-en-France11 Aug, 13:2616119
Landiras18 Aug, 13:4111106

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, France, August 2026: 99 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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