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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 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.

Kazakhstan, October 2026: 61 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 15 November at 17:51.

Busiest day: 1 October, with 9 ignitions detected. -63% compared with September 2026.

61
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
1189
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 61 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: 1189 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: 9022026-10-02: 5042026-10-04: 2052026-10-05: 4072026-10-07: 2122026-10-12: 3132026-10-13: 2162026-10-16: 1172026-10-17: 1182026-10-18: 2202026-10-20: 5212026-10-21: 3222026-10-22: 1232026-10-23: 1242026-10-24: 2252026-10-25: 6262026-10-26: 2272026-10-27: 3282026-10-28: 2292026-10-29: 2302026-10-30: 2312026-10-31: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Usharal12 Oct, 07:51111189
Kazalinsk23 Oct, 04:255782
Qobda22 Oct, 10:411694
Druzhba17 Oct, 09:401617
Urzhar1 Oct, 09:411552
Usharal12 Oct, 08:414525
Badamsha1 Oct, 08:033523
Karasu13 Oct, 08:411489
Usharal12 Oct, 09:101472
Zhalagash25 Oct, 05:5513439

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Kazakhstan, October 2026: 61 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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