🇵🇹 Portugal: 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.
Portugal, September 2026: 14 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 06:45.
Busiest day: 16 September, with 2 ignitions detected. -46% compared with August 2026.
"In September 2026, kanari archived 14 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: 788 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poiares | 19 Sept, 12:48 | 71 | 788 |
| Caniçal | 26 Sept, 08:59 | 1 | 164 |
| Vila Nova de Foz Côa | 16 Sept, 00:55 | 1 | 111 |
| Cinfães | 23 Sept, 07:18 | 62 | 86 |
| Castro Daire | 20 Sept, 19:48 | 16 | 55 |
| Serpa | 12 Sept, 18:40 | 28 | 51 |
| Ourique | 24 Sept, 17:08 | 9 | 35 |
| Redondo | 5 Sept, 20:20 | 19 | 25 |
| Terras de Bouro | 16 Sept, 19:40 | 12 | 23 |
| Moimenta da Beira | 14 Sept, 13:25 | 15 | 8 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Portugal, September 2026: 14 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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