🇵🇹 Portugal: 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.
Portugal, August 2026: 26 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 5 October at 22:11.
Busiest day: 7 August, with 3 ignitions detected.
"In August 2026, kanari archived 26 detection events in Portugal, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 432 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castro Verde | 4 Aug, 14:30 | 88 | 432 |
| Castro Verde | 4 Aug, 14:30 | 84 | 432 |
| Mangualde | 6 Aug, 14:20 | 85 | 350 |
| Mangualde | 6 Aug, 14:40 | 2 | 241 |
| Oliveira do Hospital | 13 Aug, 12:55 | 2 | 186 |
| Belver | 15 Aug, 21:58 | 19 | 171 |
| Sequeira | 10 Aug, 13:10 | 2 | 139 |
| Alijó | 19 Aug, 16:10 | 73 | 137 |
| Vale de Cambra | 18 Aug, 13:58 | 49 | 134 |
| Oliveira de Azemeis | 16 Aug, 14:18 | 42 | 126 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Portugal, August 2026: 26 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-05.
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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