🇹🇳 Tunisia: wildfires in August 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.
Tunisia, August 2026: 10 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 5 October at 12:47.
Busiest day: 8 August, with 2 ignitions detected.
"In August 2026, kanari archived 10 detection events in Tunisia, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 178 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Djebel Abiod | 26 Aug, 20:25 | 162 | 178 |
| Touiref | 5 Aug, 12:40 | 2 | 137 |
| Nefta | 8 Aug, 17:55 | 1 | 106 |
| Wadi Maliz | 12 Aug, 12:55 | 47 | 103 |
| Mateur | 8 Aug, 08:48 | 15 | 77 |
| Mateur | 25 Aug, 08:38 | 10 | 68 |
| Sejenane | 13 Aug, 12:48 | 11 | 53 |
| Mateur | 17 Aug, 18:20 | 8 | 48 |
| Sidi Bou Rouis | 6 Aug, 14:18 | 8 | 41 |
| El Alia | 7 Aug, 10:18 | 8 | 40 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Tunisia, August 2026: 10 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-05.
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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