🇷🇴 Romania: 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.
Romania, October 2026: 26 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 14 November at 03:01.
Busiest day: 20 October, with 4 ignitions detected. +86% compared with September 2026.
"In October 2026, kanari archived 26 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: 209 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valea Roșie | 11 Oct, 11:48 | 39 | 209 |
| Frumușelu | 8 Oct, 12:18 | 26 | 91 |
| Iazu | 4 Oct, 12:28 | 21 | 90 |
| Giuvărăşti | 3 Oct, 14:18 | 43 | 79 |
| Gângiova | 2 Oct, 23:10 | 56 | 64 |
| Dăbuleni | 10 Oct, 10:10 | 8 | 45 |
| Desa | 4 Oct, 23:39 | 19 | 44 |
| Gruia | 8 Oct, 12:18 | 9 | 43 |
| Bumbeşti-Jiu | 1 Oct, 13:28 | 15 | 42 |
| Cărpiniş | 2 Oct, 12:30 | 8 | 42 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Romania, October 2026: 26 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-14.
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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