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🇮🇹 Italy: 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.

Italy, October 2026: 48 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 15 November at 13:43.

Busiest day: 3 October, with 4 ignitions detected. -25% compared with September 2026.

48
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
1
with aircraft observed
389
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 48 detection events in Italy, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 389 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

012026-10-01: 2022026-10-02: 2032026-10-03: 4042026-10-04: 2052026-10-05: 3062026-10-06: 3092026-10-09: 1112026-10-11: 2122026-10-12: 1132026-10-13: 1142026-10-14: 2152026-10-15: 1182026-10-18: 1192026-10-19: 2202026-10-20: 3232026-10-23: 3242026-10-24: 2252026-10-25: 4262026-10-26: 3272026-10-27: 1282026-10-28: 1292026-10-29: 1302026-10-30: 3

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Pabillonis4 Oct, 12:08110389
Milis12 Oct, 15:0823125
Furtei13 Oct, 13:5819120
Monterosso Calabro4 Oct, 12:081294
Altavilla Milicia20 Oct, 23:206092
Marianopoli5 Oct, 12:281082
Solofra1 Oct, 14:101464
Calasetta3 Oct, 13:581861
Cerignola19 Oct, 14:401355
Grottole5 Oct, 11:40855

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Italy, October 2026: 48 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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