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🇵🇪 Peru: wildfires in August 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.

Peru, August 2026: 203 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 6 October at 09:08.

Busiest day: 8 August, with 24 ignitions detected.

203
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
955
peak power (MW)
"In August 2026, kanari archived 203 detection events in Peru, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 955 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: 3042026-08-04: 11052026-08-05: 4062026-08-06: 4072026-08-07: 11082026-08-08: 24092026-08-09: 1102026-08-10: 3122026-08-12: 1142026-08-14: 5152026-08-15: 19162026-08-16: 12172026-08-17: 6182026-08-18: 3202026-08-20: 12212026-08-21: 8222026-08-22: 4232026-08-23: 1252026-08-25: 4262026-08-26: 6272026-08-27: 8282026-08-28: 19292026-08-29: 18302026-08-30: 6312026-08-31: 10

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Urcos20 Aug, 17:3612955
Chumpi20 Aug, 16:1912878
Ocros17 Aug, 18:3616794
Raján17 Aug, 19:097771
Nueva Requena8 Aug, 15:4542693
Orurillo16 Aug, 15:491653
Quiaca4 Aug, 18:365630
Ichupampa20 Aug, 16:192628
Uchiza28 Aug, 17:2515605
Puquina25 Aug, 18:491584

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Peru, August 2026: 203 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-06.

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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