🇵🇪 Peru: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 128 significant fire ignitions in Peru (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 11:59.

128

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

955

peak power (MW)

"In August 2026, kanari detected 128 significant wildfires in Peru, 12 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 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

Most powerful fires of the month

Place	First detection (UTC)	Detections	MW
Urcos	20 Aug, 17:36	12	955
Chumpi	20 Aug, 16:19	12	878
Ocros	17 Aug, 18:36	16	794
Raján	17 Aug, 19:09	7	771
Nueva Requena	8 Aug, 15:45	42	693
Orurillo	16 Aug, 15:49	1	653
Quiaca	4 Aug, 18:36	5	630
Ichupampa	20 Aug, 16:19	2	628
Inahuaya	8 Aug, 18:55	16	511
Maca	20 Aug, 16:19	6	455

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Peru, August 2026: 128 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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