🇬🇷 Greece: wildfires in September 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.
Greece, September 2026: 7 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 06:56.
Busiest day: 18 September, with 2 ignitions detected. -22% compared with August 2026.
"In September 2026, kanari archived 7 detection events in Greece, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 108 MW."
Few fires this month: informative page, handle the figures with care.
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sitia | 20 Sept, 11:40 | 14 | 108 |
| Polídhrosos | 7 Sept, 07:40 | 15 | 100 |
| Kraniá Elassónas | 18 Sept, 08:30 | 12 | 77 |
| Kréstena | 5 Sept, 12:48 | 16 | 66 |
| Dório | 18 Sept, 10:18 | 9 | 59 |
| Kónitsa | 4 Sept, 23:48 | 13 | 3 |
| Agía Foteiní | 14 Sept, 10:40 | 8 | 0 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Greece, September 2026: 7 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-18.
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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