🇬🇧 United Kingdom: wildfires in August 2026

Over the month, kanari archived 20 significant fire ignitions in United Kingdom (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.

significant fires

still active

with verified witnesses

with aircraft observed

404

peak power (MW)

"In August 2026, kanari detected 20 significant wildfires in United Kingdom, 3 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 404 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

Most powerful fires of the month

Place	First detection (UTC)	Detections	MW
Burley	9 Aug, 16:38	32	404
Hagley	13 Aug, 12:39	38	211
Rhayader	12 Aug, 13:46	37	195
Taibach	12 Aug, 16:38	64	171
Colwich	5 Aug, 16:38	13	59
East Dean	9 Aug, 13:39	5	43
Pimperne	13 Aug, 12:59	9	41
Aldbourne	12 Aug, 13:44	1	24
Woodchurch	11 Aug, 14:19	3	19
Romsey	3 Aug, 17:18	2	14

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, United Kingdom, August 2026: 20 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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