🇺🇦 Ukraine: wildfires in August 2026
Over the month, kanari archived 210 significant fire ignitions in Ukraine (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.
"In August 2026, kanari detected 210 significant wildfires in Ukraine, 9 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 704 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karpivka | 4 Aug, 07:48 | 24 | 704 |
| Plavni | 18 Aug, 15:00 | 34 | 692 |
| Novogrigoryevka | 7 Aug, 07:08 | 37 | 666 |
| Dzhulynka | 11 Aug, 07:18 | 39 | 587 |
| Velyka Pysarivka | 18 Aug, 13:10 | 78 | 540 |
| Yuryivka | 17 Aug, 08:00 | 15 | 420 |
| Dudchany | 18 Aug, 14:08 | 26 | 397 |
| Narodychi | 20 Aug, 15:26 | 6 | 373 |
| Hlavani | 20 Aug, 15:26 | 47 | 353 |
| Khoroshe | 17 Aug, 08:28 | 17 | 330 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Ukraine, August 2026: 210 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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