🇲🇿 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.
"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."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alto Molocue | 20 Oct, 10:43 | 14 | 224 |
| Nhamatanda | 30 Oct, 12:12 | 17 | 194 |
| Nhamatanda | 30 Oct, 12:12 | 15 | 194 |
| Mutuáli | 26 Oct, 08:13 | 21 | 173 |
| Nova Mambone | 22 Oct, 12:42 | 87 | 172 |
| Murrupula | 11 Oct, 09:49 | 20 | 171 |
| Búzi | 11 Oct, 12:19 | 27 | 146 |
| Micolene | 7 Oct, 09:22 | 38 | 144 |
| Mocímboa da Praia | 9 Oct, 12:00 | 11 | 135 |
| Moatize | 26 Oct, 08:19 | 2 | 133 |
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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