🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 266 significant fire ignitions in Kazakhstan (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.

266

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

3253

peak power (MW)

"In August 2026, kanari detected 266 significant wildfires in Kazakhstan, 16 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 3253 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
Sayaq	8 Aug, 13:41	1	3253
Karabas	9 Aug, 13:41	5	3229
Sayaq	8 Aug, 13:31	3	3188
Sayaq	9 Aug, 13:41	4	3123
Sayaq	8 Aug, 13:31	2	3111
Sayaq	9 Aug, 13:51	1	3040
Bakanas	8 Aug, 13:41	2	2949
Sayaq	8 Aug, 13:31	6	2941
Bakanas	8 Aug, 13:41	2	2817
Bakanas	8 Aug, 13:41	1	2745

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Kazakhstan, August 2026: 266 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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