🇲🇦 Morocco: 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.
Morocco, October 2026: 43 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 15 November at 18:56.
Busiest day: 28 October, with 34 ignitions detected. +258% compared with September 2026.
"In October 2026, kanari archived 43 detection events in Morocco, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 57 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ain El Aouda | 14 Oct, 12:28 | 12 | 57 |
| Chefchaouen | 28 Oct, 15:17 | 14 | 38 |
| Gueznaia | 29 Oct, 17:30 | 20 | 26 |
| Za Bougrine | 24 Oct, 14:47 | 9 | 23 |
| Aguelmous | 28 Oct, 09:20 | 30 | 0 |
| Al Fqih Ben Çalah | 28 Oct, 09:20 | 39 | 0 |
| Azrou | 28 Oct, 09:20 | 29 | 0 |
| Bab Taza | 28 Oct, 09:20 | 108 | 0 |
| Bir Jdid | 2 Oct, 11:10 | 29 | 0 |
| Bir Jdid | 10 Oct, 10:10 | 9 | 0 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Morocco, October 2026: 43 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-15.
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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