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🇹🇷 Turkey: wildfires in September 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 82 significant fire ignitions in Turkey (September 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 3 September at 08:14.

Busiest day: 2 September, with 36 ignitions detected.

82
significant fires
49
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
387
peak power (MW)
"In September 2026, kanari detected 82 significant wildfires in Turkey, 49 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 387 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: 34022026-09-02: 36032026-09-03: 12

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Şekerli1 Sept, 15:5030387
Karakoçan2 Sept, 09:1026245
Seydiler2 Sept, 10:103108
Karatay3 Sept, 04:182574
Şereflikoçhisar1 Sept, 22:101257
Kabahaydar2 Sept, 15:401544
Çekerek3 Sept, 04:10150
Çekerek3 Sept, 04:10210
Boztepe3 Sept, 04:00220
Doğanyurt3 Sept, 04:0090

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Turkey, September 2026: 82 significant ignitions. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-09-03.

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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