🌍 World: wildfires in September 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.

World, September 2026: 19743 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 07:28.

Busiest day: 17 September, with 1024 ignitions detected. Brazil accounts for 18% of the month's fires (3618). Longest fire: Nova Glória, tracked for 22 h. -5% compared with August 2026.

"In September 2026, kanari archived 19743 detection events in World, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 9428 MW."