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🇹🇿 Tanzania: 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.

Tanzania, September 2026: 439 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 06:43.

Busiest day: 29 September, with 29 ignitions detected. Longest fire: Utete, tracked for 12 h. +32% compared with August 2026.

439
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
660
peak power (MW)
"In September 2026, kanari archived 439 detection events in Tanzania, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 660 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: 8022026-09-02: 24032026-09-03: 3042026-09-04: 8052026-09-05: 13062026-09-06: 12072026-09-07: 10082026-09-08: 13092026-09-09: 14102026-09-10: 10112026-09-11: 10122026-09-12: 9132026-09-13: 15142026-09-14: 11152026-09-15: 15162026-09-16: 15172026-09-17: 15182026-09-18: 12192026-09-19: 24202026-09-20: 23212026-09-21: 18222026-09-22: 18232026-09-23: 25242026-09-24: 8252026-09-25: 11262026-09-26: 25272026-09-27: 11282026-09-28: 23292026-09-29: 29302026-09-30: 7

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Issenye21 Sept, 06:4478660
Makungu28 Sept, 14:207420
Igunga29 Sept, 09:4425409
Inyonga13 Sept, 08:1462403
Mgandu27 Sept, 08:4410377
Nguruka1 Sept, 09:1033375
Kintinku29 Sept, 09:3455371
Mgandu23 Sept, 10:2476318
Biharamulo15 Sept, 10:0425255
Inyonga28 Sept, 08:5065231

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Tanzania, September 2026: 439 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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