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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: wildfires in September 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.

Kazakhstan, September 2026: 166 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 06:43.

Busiest day: 8 September, with 15 ignitions detected. -45% compared with August 2026.

166
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
943
peak power (MW)
"In September 2026, kanari archived 166 detection events in Kazakhstan, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 943 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: 3022026-09-02: 13032026-09-03: 5042026-09-04: 2062026-09-06: 9072026-09-07: 10082026-09-08: 15092026-09-09: 4102026-09-10: 11112026-09-11: 12122026-09-12: 9132026-09-13: 6142026-09-14: 5152026-09-15: 10182026-09-18: 9192026-09-19: 3202026-09-20: 4212026-09-21: 2222026-09-22: 8232026-09-23: 2262026-09-26: 4272026-09-27: 5282026-09-28: 5292026-09-29: 8302026-09-30: 2

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Ayagoz10 Sept, 08:016943
Peremetnoe2 Sept, 03:1040878
Usharal15 Sept, 07:013616
Suykbulak22 Sept, 06:511607
Karasu7 Sept, 07:564591
Qarqaraly29 Sept, 09:412584
Taldykorgan29 Sept, 07:215578
Kalbatau22 Sept, 07:311544
Khromtau27 Sept, 05:5614528
Aqtoghay22 Sept, 07:115499

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Kazakhstan, September 2026: 166 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-18.

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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