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🇬🇷 Greece: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 6 significant fire ignitions in Greece (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 11:59.

6
significant fires
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
2
with aircraft observed
94
peak power (MW)
"In August 2026, kanari detected 6 significant wildfires in Greece, 0 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 94 MW."
Source: kanari.io, NASA FIRMS, GOES and Meteosat MTG satellites plus AI-verified witness reports. Freely citable (CC BY 4.0).

Few fires this month: informative page, handle the figures with care.

Fire ignitions per day

062026-08-06: 1092026-08-09: 1102026-08-10: 2132026-08-13: 1182026-08-18: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Orchomenós13 Aug, 12:581494
Kouvarás10 Aug, 04:481994
Pelópi9 Aug, 15:40992
Kokkinóchoma10 Aug, 13:481352
Sitia6 Aug, 01:502246
Kilkís18 Aug, 11:28843

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Greece, August 2026: 6 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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