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🇬🇷 Greece: 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.

Greece, October 2026: 8 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 15 November at 06:26.

Busiest day: 11 October, with 3 ignitions detected. +14% compared with September 2026.

8
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
57
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 8 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: 57 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

012026-10-01: 1042026-10-04: 1112026-10-11: 3192026-10-19: 1222026-10-22: 1282026-10-28: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Kilkís19 Oct, 09:481557
Kardámaina4 Oct, 06:084356
Eresós11 Oct, 11:34850
Andros1 Oct, 20:10837
Andros11 Oct, 09:40100
Árnissa28 Oct, 10:10100
Karyes22 Oct, 10:00100
Tínos11 Oct, 09:40160

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Greece, October 2026: 8 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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