🇮🇳 India: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 214 significant fire ignitions in India (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 11:59.

214

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

238

peak power (MW)

"In August 2026, kanari detected 214 significant wildfires in India, 10 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 238 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

Most powerful fires of the month

Place	First detection (UTC)	Detections	MW
Sanaur	9 Aug, 09:42	1	238
Hubballi	11 Aug, 10:33	11	233
Suthālia	12 Aug, 10:42	1	230
Bhādra	12 Aug, 10:32	1	216
Khekra	12 Aug, 10:42	3	214
Mudki	5 Aug, 10:52	1	213
Tezu	12 Aug, 17:54	1	211
Ayodhya	12 Aug, 10:22	1	211
Bhindār	3 Aug, 10:02	1	207
Swroop Nagar	12 Aug, 10:32	4	206

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, India, August 2026: 214 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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