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🇲🇦 Morocco: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 13 significant fire ignitions in Morocco (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 11:59.

13
significant fires
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
958
peak power (MW)
"In August 2026, kanari detected 13 significant wildfires in Morocco, 0 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 958 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

032026-08-03: 1042026-08-04: 1082026-08-08: 2092026-08-09: 1152026-08-15: 1162026-08-16: 3172026-08-17: 1182026-08-18: 2202026-08-20: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Essaouira18 Aug, 06:291958
Smimou18 Aug, 06:291572
Amizmiz17 Aug, 09:192340
Taghazout3 Aug, 16:5745165
Assads20 Aug, 14:541130
Foum Zguid16 Aug, 18:397122
Foum Zguid16 Aug, 18:391114
Chefchaouen4 Aug, 14:554113
Foum Zguid16 Aug, 18:542102
Touarga15 Aug, 13:50843

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Morocco, August 2026: 13 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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