🇹🇿 Tanzania: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 204 significant fire ignitions in Tanzania (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.

204

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

572

peak power (MW)

"In August 2026, kanari detected 204 significant wildfires in Tanzania, 21 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 572 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

Most powerful fires of the month

Place	First detection (UTC)	Detections	MW
Makungu	13 Aug, 16:05	180	572
Nguruka	5 Aug, 07:20	45	376
Matonga	18 Aug, 07:54	28	263
Mafinga	10 Aug, 14:04	86	242
Itigi	21 Aug, 11:44	34	241
Mafinga	7 Aug, 14:20	144	232
Kidatu	19 Aug, 14:04	28	198
Makungu	19 Aug, 13:50	66	185
Kigoma	13 Aug, 08:00	37	181
Itigi	7 Aug, 12:04	28	159

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Tanzania, August 2026: 204 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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