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🇵🇹 Portugal: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 24 significant fire ignitions in Portugal (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.

24
significant fires
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
3
with aircraft observed
432
peak power (MW)
"In August 2026, kanari detected 24 significant wildfires in Portugal, 0 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 432 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

042026-08-04: 2062026-08-06: 2072026-08-07: 3082026-08-08: 1092026-08-09: 3102026-08-10: 2122026-08-12: 1132026-08-13: 2152026-08-15: 1162026-08-16: 2172026-08-17: 2182026-08-18: 1192026-08-19: 2

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Castro Verde4 Aug, 14:3088432
Castro Verde4 Aug, 14:3084432
Mangualde6 Aug, 14:2085350
Mangualde6 Aug, 14:402241
Oliveira do Hospital13 Aug, 12:552186
Belver15 Aug, 21:5819171
Sequeira10 Aug, 13:102139
Alijó19 Aug, 16:1073137
Vale de Cambra18 Aug, 13:5849134
Oliveira de Azemeis16 Aug, 14:1842126

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Portugal, August 2026: 24 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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