🇲🇿 Mozambique: wildfires in August 2026
Over the month, kanari archived 115 significant fire ignitions in Mozambique (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.
"In August 2026, kanari detected 115 significant wildfires in Mozambique, 7 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 184 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angoche | 4 Aug, 07:53 | 28 | 184 |
| Micolene | 11 Aug, 10:23 | 17 | 152 |
| Insaca | 14 Aug, 12:30 | 13 | 147 |
| Caniçado | 20 Aug, 08:30 | 40 | 145 |
| Ribáuè | 16 Aug, 08:00 | 23 | 127 |
| Nova Mambone | 9 Aug, 09:02 | 28 | 112 |
| Montepuez | 5 Aug, 12:43 | 3 | 111 |
| Messica | 20 Aug, 09:02 | 19 | 109 |
| Vila Eduardo Mondlane | 4 Aug, 08:18 | 25 | 109 |
| Nhamayabué | 21 Aug, 11:13 | 4 | 108 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Mozambique, August 2026: 115 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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