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🇰🇪 Kenya: 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.

Kenya, October 2026: 88 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 14 November at 19:53.

Busiest day: 20 October, with 9 ignitions detected. -19% compared with September 2026.

88
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
462
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 88 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: 462 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

022026-10-02: 3032026-10-03: 7042026-10-04: 5052026-10-05: 2062026-10-06: 1072026-10-07: 4082026-10-08: 2092026-10-09: 5102026-10-10: 2112026-10-11: 4122026-10-12: 1132026-10-13: 6142026-10-14: 3152026-10-15: 2162026-10-16: 7172026-10-17: 2182026-10-18: 3192026-10-19: 4202026-10-20: 9212026-10-21: 4222026-10-22: 6232026-10-23: 2242026-10-24: 2252026-10-25: 1312026-10-31: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Taveta3 Oct, 12:20110462
Baragoi22 Oct, 08:216257
Makindu23 Oct, 05:5431215
Baragoi4 Oct, 07:0620204
Baragoi19 Oct, 07:0617202
Kainuk20 Oct, 08:5411200
Baragoi3 Oct, 09:511196
Baragoi13 Oct, 08:211194
Baragoi16 Oct, 05:5128185
Baragoi24 Oct, 06:519173

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Kenya, October 2026: 88 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-14.

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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