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🌍 World: wildfires in November 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, November 2026: 120 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 1 November at 08:13.

Busiest day: 1 November, with 120 ignitions detected. MG accounts for 33% of the month's fires (40).

120
archived events
120
still active
2
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
1150
peak power (MW)
"In November 2026, kanari archived 120 detection events in World, with 120 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 1150 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

012026-11-01: 120

Most affected countries this month

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
feu-2026-11-01-t0mm1 Nov, 03:47321150
Stuart · AU1 Nov, 01:17111148
feu-2026-11-01-li861 Nov, 04:2771008
feu-2026-11-01-t0mn1 Nov, 04:073500
feu-2026-11-01-1rnn1 Nov, 02:0722498
feu-2026-11-01-lfyk1 Nov, 02:5646490
feu-2026-11-01-1p9w1 Nov, 04:274462
feu-2026-11-01-1av01 Nov, 03:274436
feu-2026-11-01-12sm1 Nov, 01:1742377
feu-2026-11-01-tipz1 Nov, 02:2722323

Cite these figures

kanari (2026). Archived detection events, World, November 2026: 120 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-11-01.

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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