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🇵🇪 Peru: 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.

Peru, October 2026: 439 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 15 November at 20:29.

Busiest day: 10 October, with 38 ignitions detected. Longest fire: Quichuas, tracked for 11 h. +47% compared with September 2026.

439
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
8397
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 439 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: 8397 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

012026-10-01: 28022026-10-02: 17032026-10-03: 8042026-10-04: 24052026-10-05: 31062026-10-06: 25072026-10-07: 16082026-10-08: 30092026-10-09: 5102026-10-10: 38112026-10-11: 17122026-10-12: 4132026-10-13: 17142026-10-14: 35152026-10-15: 23162026-10-16: 17172026-10-17: 20182026-10-18: 9192026-10-19: 11202026-10-20: 1212026-10-21: 6222026-10-22: 2232026-10-23: 1242026-10-24: 17252026-10-25: 16262026-10-26: 6272026-10-27: 1282026-10-28: 4292026-10-29: 6302026-10-30: 3312026-10-31: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Chupa10 Oct, 10:29108397
Anapia10 Oct, 10:2926930
Titili16 Oct, 10:29526022
Mañazo14 Oct, 10:29145869
Mazo Cruz14 Oct, 10:29175373
Deustua16 Oct, 10:29144776
Layo11 Oct, 10:4994618
Anapia8 Oct, 10:2924490
Mañazo17 Oct, 10:2993807
Chupa8 Oct, 10:2953731

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Peru, October 2026: 439 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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