🇷🇴 Romania: 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.
Romania, August 2026: 36 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 6 October at 04:32.
Busiest day: 13 August, with 5 ignitions detected.
"In August 2026, kanari archived 36 detection events in Romania, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 392 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urzicuţa | 16 Aug, 17:58 | 55 | 392 |
| Galicea Mare | 6 Aug, 14:20 | 5 | 262 |
| Conţeşti | 21 Aug, 16:40 | 25 | 206 |
| Brezniţa Ocol | 11 Aug, 10:40 | 19 | 204 |
| Gogoşari | 7 Aug, 07:56 | 3 | 162 |
| Tulca | 4 Aug, 10:58 | 5 | 144 |
| Perișor | 16 Aug, 18:41 | 2 | 134 |
| Vulturu | 10 Aug, 15:18 | 40 | 131 |
| Poian | 21 Aug, 09:11 | 1 | 121 |
| Urzicuţa | 26 Aug, 12:18 | 15 | 118 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Romania, August 2026: 36 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-06.
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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