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🇹🇳 Tunisia: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 8 significant fire ignitions in Tunisia (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.

8
significant fires
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
137
peak power (MW)
"In August 2026, kanari detected 8 significant wildfires in Tunisia, 0 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 137 MW."
Source: kanari.io, NASA FIRMS, GOES and Meteosat MTG satellites plus AI-verified witness reports. Freely citable (CC BY 4.0).

Few fires this month: informative page, handle the figures with care.

Fire ignitions per day

052026-08-05: 1062026-08-06: 1072026-08-07: 1082026-08-08: 2122026-08-12: 1132026-08-13: 1172026-08-17: 1

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Touiref5 Aug, 12:402137
Nefta8 Aug, 17:551106
Wadi Maliz12 Aug, 12:5547103
Mateur8 Aug, 08:481577
Sejenane13 Aug, 12:481153
Mateur17 Aug, 18:20848
Sidi Bou Rouis6 Aug, 14:18841
El Alia7 Aug, 10:18840

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Tunisia, August 2026: 8 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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