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🇵🇪 Peru: wildfires in September 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, September 2026: 298 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 06:42.

Busiest day: 13 September, with 35 ignitions detected. Longest fire: Toro, tracked for 12 h. +47% compared with August 2026.

298
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
961
peak power (MW)
"In September 2026, kanari archived 298 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: 961 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

012026-09-01: 13022026-09-02: 9032026-09-03: 10042026-09-04: 13052026-09-05: 14062026-09-06: 2072026-09-07: 5082026-09-08: 1092026-09-09: 3102026-09-10: 15112026-09-11: 3122026-09-12: 30132026-09-13: 35152026-09-15: 6162026-09-16: 7172026-09-17: 8182026-09-18: 1192026-09-19: 3202026-09-20: 13212026-09-21: 15222026-09-22: 22232026-09-23: 11242026-09-24: 22252026-09-25: 5262026-09-26: 13272026-09-27: 1282026-09-28: 13292026-09-29: 2302026-09-30: 3

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Cojata12 Sept, 11:592961
Mosoc Cancha12 Sept, 11:5912896
Huayrapata12 Sept, 11:591891
Juli10 Sept, 12:191868
Accocunca12 Sept, 11:4942840
Nicasio12 Sept, 11:596838
Layo12 Sept, 11:5922835
Yunguyo10 Sept, 12:194831
Copani10 Sept, 12:192825
Quilca3 Sept, 12:091801

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Peru, September 2026: 298 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-18.

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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