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🇩🇪 Germany: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 17 significant fire ignitions in Germany (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 11:59.

17
significant fires
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
103
peak power (MW)
"In August 2026, kanari detected 17 significant wildfires in Germany, 0 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 103 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: 1042026-08-04: 1062026-08-06: 1102026-08-10: 1112026-08-11: 1122026-08-12: 5132026-08-13: 5152026-08-15: 2

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Bad Schwartau3 Aug, 10:004103
Niederzier13 Aug, 13:091098
Waldaschaff15 Aug, 14:501485
Möhnesee13 Aug, 13:09752
Hückelhoven13 Aug, 13:09232
Ochtendung10 Aug, 14:391731
Schönau im Schwarzwald15 Aug, 16:41128
Biebesheim6 Aug, 14:49320
Mettendorf12 Aug, 12:04612
Dillingen11 Aug, 22:18312

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Germany, August 2026: 17 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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