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🇮🇳 India: wildfires in September 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 21 significant fire ignitions in India (September 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 3 September at 09:12.

Busiest day: 2 September, with 16 ignitions detected.

21
significant fires
19
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
1111
peak power (MW)
"In September 2026, kanari detected 21 significant wildfires in India, 19 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 1111 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

012026-09-01: 2022026-09-02: 16032026-09-03: 3

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Muttayyāpuram2 Sept, 11:5411111
Dabwāli3 Sept, 03:424295
Mānsa2 Sept, 10:122255
Goniāna Mandi2 Sept, 09:422231
Kalakkādu3 Sept, 03:241223
Bhadaur2 Sept, 10:022216
Sardulgarh2 Sept, 10:024213
Rāman3 Sept, 03:244206
Khanna2 Sept, 10:021194
Mullānwāla2 Sept, 10:121186

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, India, September 2026: 21 significant ignitions. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-09-03.

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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