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🇹🇿 Tanzania: 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.

Tanzania, October 2026: 531 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 13 November at 22:19.

Busiest day: 3 October, with 37 ignitions detected. +21% compared with September 2026.

531
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
445
peak power (MW)
"In October 2026, kanari archived 531 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: 445 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: 18022026-10-02: 16032026-10-03: 37042026-10-04: 15052026-10-05: 24062026-10-06: 14072026-10-07: 8082026-10-08: 25092026-10-09: 14102026-10-10: 21112026-10-11: 17122026-10-12: 10132026-10-13: 13142026-10-14: 32152026-10-15: 10162026-10-16: 13172026-10-17: 8182026-10-18: 11192026-10-19: 26202026-10-20: 31212026-10-21: 9222026-10-22: 21232026-10-23: 27242026-10-24: 29252026-10-25: 5262026-10-26: 14272026-10-27: 25282026-10-28: 14292026-10-29: 6302026-10-30: 8312026-10-31: 10

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Ndago23 Oct, 12:548445
Mgandu2 Oct, 12:4426435
Makungu1 Oct, 13:20108350
Kisanga22 Oct, 12:4470307
Karema5 Oct, 05:3421302
Nkove24 Oct, 12:0035295
Kilimatinde8 Oct, 09:2413264
Namanyere6 Oct, 07:14118221
Manyoni8 Oct, 09:4021213
Kisesa2 Oct, 02:35144208

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Tanzania, October 2026: 531 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-13.

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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