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🇰🇪 Kenya: 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.

Kenya, September 2026: 108 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 06:57.

Busiest day: 9 September, with 11 ignitions detected. +27% compared with August 2026.

108
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
381
peak power (MW)
"In September 2026, kanari archived 108 detection events in Kenya, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 381 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

022026-09-02: 4032026-09-03: 2042026-09-04: 2052026-09-05: 1062026-09-06: 1072026-09-07: 7082026-09-08: 2092026-09-09: 11112026-09-11: 2122026-09-12: 3132026-09-13: 8142026-09-14: 2152026-09-15: 6162026-09-16: 2172026-09-17: 4182026-09-18: 1192026-09-19: 4202026-09-20: 5212026-09-21: 5222026-09-22: 3232026-09-23: 6242026-09-24: 3252026-09-25: 3262026-09-26: 6272026-09-27: 3282026-09-28: 2292026-09-29: 6302026-09-30: 4

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Merti9 Sept, 15:0599381
Nakuru26 Sept, 05:5421253
Merti29 Sept, 09:5012240
Baragoi15 Sept, 05:5118201
Baragoi26 Sept, 07:2120191
Loiyangalani29 Sept, 07:2412187
Baragoi21 Sept, 05:5114185
Baragoi15 Sept, 07:0627176
Oloitokitok24 Sept, 07:205174
Lokichokio7 Sept, 08:1021170

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Kenya, September 2026: 108 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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