🇪🇸 Spain: wildfires in August 2026
Over the month, kanari archived 97 significant fire ignitions in Spain (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 11:59.
"In August 2026, kanari detected 97 significant wildfires in Spain, 5 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 949 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muñopedro | 9 Aug, 15:10 | 2 | 949 |
| Marines | 20 Aug, 23:10 | 114 | 840 |
| Alcublas | 20 Aug, 23:25 | 8 | 672 |
| Longás | 10 Aug, 13:25 | 1 | 601 |
| Puértolas | 4 Aug, 20:11 | 19 | 385 |
| Vegas de Matute | 8 Aug, 15:00 | 77 | 362 |
| Ortigosa del Monte | 9 Aug, 15:00 | 45 | 281 |
| Posada de Valdeón | 10 Aug, 12:40 | 3 | 260 |
| Villaturde | 3 Aug, 15:20 | 68 | 254 |
| Salvatierra de Miño | 18 Aug, 15:38 | 11 | 249 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Spain, August 2026: 97 significant ignitions. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-08-22.
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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