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🇰🇪 Kenya: wildfires in September 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 5 significant fire ignitions in Kenya (September 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 3 September at 09:12.

Busiest day: 2 September, with 4 ignitions detected.

5
significant fires
5
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
38
peak power (MW)
"In September 2026, kanari detected 5 significant wildfires in Kenya, 5 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 38 MW."
Source: kanari.io, NASA FIRMS, GOES and Meteosat MTG satellites plus AI-verified witness reports. Freely citable (CC BY 4.0).

Few fires this month: informative page, handle the figures with care.

Fire ignitions per day

022026-09-02: 4032026-09-03: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Nandi Hills2 Sept, 16:05938
Merti2 Sept, 06:35835
Kathwana2 Sept, 09:241132
Naro Moru3 Sept, 04:10360
Oloitokitok2 Sept, 04:3090

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Kenya, September 2026: 5 significant ignitions. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-09-03.

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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