🇵🇹 Portugal: 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.
Portugal, October 2026: 4 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 13 November at 12:07.
Busiest day: 4 October, with 1 ignition detected. -71% compared with September 2026.
"In October 2026, kanari archived 4 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: 42 MW."
Few fires this month: informative page, handle the figures with care.
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santo André | 9 Oct, 07:28 | 8 | 42 |
| Sendim | 21 Oct, 18:20 | 9 | 19 |
| Caldelas | 28 Oct, 10:10 | 17 | 0 |
| Vila do Bispo | 4 Oct, 12:00 | 10 | 0 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Portugal, October 2026: 4 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-13.
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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