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🇷🇴 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.

26
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
209
peak power (MW)
"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."
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

012026-10-01: 1022026-10-02: 2032026-10-03: 1042026-10-04: 3052026-10-05: 1082026-10-08: 2092026-10-09: 1102026-10-10: 1112026-10-11: 2122026-10-12: 1172026-10-17: 2182026-10-18: 1202026-10-20: 4232026-10-23: 2242026-10-24: 1262026-10-26: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Valea Roșie11 Oct, 11:4839209
Frumușelu8 Oct, 12:182691
Iazu4 Oct, 12:282190
Giuvărăşti3 Oct, 14:184379
Gângiova2 Oct, 23:105664
Dăbuleni10 Oct, 10:10845
Desa4 Oct, 23:391944
Gruia8 Oct, 12:18943
Bumbeşti-Jiu1 Oct, 13:281542
Cărpiniş2 Oct, 12:30842

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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