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🇲🇿 Mozambique: 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.

Mozambique, October 2026: 207 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 15 November at 08:46.

Busiest day: 22 October, with 15 ignitions detected. +26% compared with September 2026.

207
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
224
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 207 detection events in Mozambique, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 224 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: 2032026-10-03: 4052026-10-05: 1062026-10-06: 2072026-10-07: 8082026-10-08: 5092026-10-09: 7102026-10-10: 5112026-10-11: 4122026-10-12: 2132026-10-13: 5142026-10-14: 14152026-10-15: 8162026-10-16: 5172026-10-17: 6182026-10-18: 14192026-10-19: 9202026-10-20: 8212026-10-21: 6222026-10-22: 15232026-10-23: 11242026-10-24: 5252026-10-25: 8262026-10-26: 12272026-10-27: 9282026-10-28: 14292026-10-29: 2302026-10-30: 14312026-10-31: 2

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Alto Molocue20 Oct, 10:4314224
Nhamatanda30 Oct, 12:1217194
Nhamatanda30 Oct, 12:1215194
Mutuáli26 Oct, 08:1321173
Nova Mambone22 Oct, 12:4287172
Murrupula11 Oct, 09:4920171
Búzi11 Oct, 12:1927146
Micolene7 Oct, 09:2238144
Mocímboa da Praia9 Oct, 12:0011135
Moatize26 Oct, 08:192133

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Mozambique, October 2026: 207 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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