🌍 World: wildfires in October 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, October 2026: 20711 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 15 November at 06:29.

Busiest day: 20 October, with 1149 ignitions detected. Brazil accounts for 26% of the month's fires (5437). Longest fire: feu-2026-10-26-1sz8, tracked for 15 h. +5% compared with September 2026.

"In October 2026, kanari archived 20711 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: 12060 MW."