🇵🇪 Peru: wildfires in September 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 22 significant fire ignitions in Peru (September 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 3 September at 09:12.

Busiest day: 1 September, with 13 ignitions detected. Longest fire: Toro, tracked for 12 h.

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

743

peak power (MW)

"In September 2026, kanari detected 22 significant wildfires in Peru, 14 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 743 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
San Juan del Oro	2 Sept, 12:39	13	743
Massiapo	2 Sept, 12:39	1	718
Toro	1 Sept, 14:46	18	344
Masisea	2 Sept, 16:55	6	274
Iberia	1 Sept, 19:36	5	272
Inahuaya	1 Sept, 16:29	7	254
Quehue	1 Sept, 16:06	10	251
Toro	2 Sept, 00:19	2	249
Navarro	2 Sept, 16:35	12	193
Honoria	1 Sept, 16:15	5	149

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Peru, September 2026: 22 significant ignitions. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-09-03.

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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