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🇪🇸 Spain: wildfires in September 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.

Spain, September 2026: 109 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 08:53.

Busiest day: 15 September, with 21 ignitions detected. -9% compared with August 2026.

109
archived events
0
still active
1
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
729
peak power (MW)
"In September 2026, kanari archived 109 detection events in Spain, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 729 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

012026-09-01: 2022026-09-02: 3032026-09-03: 2042026-09-04: 4052026-09-05: 2062026-09-06: 1072026-09-07: 3082026-09-08: 3092026-09-09: 2102026-09-10: 3112026-09-11: 1122026-09-12: 3132026-09-13: 1142026-09-14: 5152026-09-15: 21162026-09-16: 3172026-09-17: 6182026-09-18: 1192026-09-19: 7202026-09-20: 5212026-09-21: 1222026-09-22: 4232026-09-23: 6242026-09-24: 4252026-09-25: 8262026-09-26: 1272026-09-27: 2282026-09-28: 1292026-09-29: 4

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Santa Bárbara de Casa15 Sept, 12:58121729
Abenójar23 Sept, 15:0875232
Zahara de los Atunes15 Sept, 12:401216
A Rúa14 Sept, 09:252196
Molinaseca14 Sept, 10:551170
Castrillo de Cabrera14 Sept, 09:551163
Sabiñánigo19 Sept, 12:554146
Puente la Reina de Jaca19 Sept, 12:551139
Jaca19 Sept, 12:553126
Porto12 Sept, 11:101120

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Spain, September 2026: 109 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-18.

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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