🌍 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: 160 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 1 October at 11:49.

Busiest day: 1 October, with 160 ignitions detected. Indonesia accounts for 36% of the month's fires (58).

"In October 2026, kanari archived 160 detection events in World, with 160 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 496 MW."