🇰🇪 Kenya: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 61 significant fire ignitions in Kenya (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 11:59.

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

490

peak power (MW)

"In August 2026, kanari detected 61 significant wildfires in Kenya, 5 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 490 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
Rumuruti	21 Aug, 11:30	61	490
Baragoi	17 Aug, 07:21	8	183
Baragoi	18 Aug, 07:51	8	173
Baragoi	16 Aug, 07:21	6	154
Baragoi	4 Aug, 07:36	2	134
Baragoi	5 Aug, 07:21	2	129
Baragoi	5 Aug, 07:36	1	120
Maralal	9 Aug, 08:21	1	118
Baragoi	7 Aug, 07:51	2	116
Baragoi	16 Aug, 08:06	1	115

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Kenya, August 2026: 61 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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