Disaster · Wildfire · updated 2 Nov 2026, 20:19 UTC

How many wildfires in 2026?

Name: Wildfires recorded worldwide in 2026
Creator: Global Incident Tracker
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

As of 2 November 2026, Global Incident Tracker has recorded 5,863 wildfires in 2026 (records begin on 9 August 2026), 2,999 of them rated severe or extreme; the most were in Indonesia (1,118).

Wildfires come from official and scientific feeds (NASA FIRMS, NASA EONET, GDACS, Meteoalarm), so large events are well covered; small ones are recorded far more completely in countries with dense monitoring.

Download CSV Live wildfires tracker Most severe of 2026

2026Month by month

Month	Recorded	Severe or extreme
January	0	0	before records began
February	2	0	before records began
March	0	0	before records began
April	3	0	before records began
May	2	0	before records began
June	6	1	before records began
July	208	0	before records began
August	674	51
September	2,193	1,115
October	2,728	1,794
November	47 so far	38
December	—	—
Total	5,863	2,999

Severity, then number of reportsThe 10 most severe wildfires of 2026

Ranked by this site's severity signal, then by how many separate reports reached us. Neither is a death toll.

2026Countries with the most wildfires

#	Country	Recorded	Severe or extreme
1	Indonesia	1,118	940
2	Australia	833	434
3	Brazil	671	416
4	Mozambique	535	273
5	United States	449	19
6	Angola	300	126
7	Zambia	258	70
8	Papua New Guinea	212	129
9	DR Congo	135	46
10	Botswana	118	38
11	Tanzania	111	39
12	China	110	79
13	Russia	85	33
14	South Sudan	80	37
15	Namibia	75	30

Recorded in 87 countries. Events at sea or without a location are not in this table.

Official reference

What this page shows, and what it misses

Shows: every wildfire event Global Incident Tracker recorded in 2026, by the date it happened (UTC), after duplicate reports were merged. Official warnings and forecasts are left out, and so are small satellite hotspot clusters; a large cluster is counted once per area per day.

Misses: small events where sensors or reporting are sparse. Months before 9 August 2026 hold only a few back-dated records.

Coverage note: Satellite thermal detection. Sees large outdoor fires; cannot see a kitchen.

Coverage by type · Methodology

Other counts for 2026

Fires 40,589 Earthquakes 30,248 Epidemics and outbreaks 22,684 Floods 17,195 Storms 12,422 Road accidents 11,912 Explosions 11,902 Plane crashes 4,512 Building collapses 4,193 Droughts 2,973 Maritime accidents 2,902 Landslides 2,460 Cyclones and hurricanes 2,286 Shootings 1,764

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QuestionsAbout this count

How many wildfires have there been in 2026?

As of 2 November 2026, Global Incident Tracker has recorded 5,863 wildfires in 2026 (records begin on 9 August 2026), 2,999 of them rated severe or extreme; the most were in Indonesia (1,118). Wildfires come from official and scientific feeds (NASA FIRMS, NASA EONET, GDACS, Meteoalarm), so large events are well covered; small ones are recorded far more completely in countries with dense monitoring.

Which country has had the most wildfires in 2026?

Indonesia, with 1,118 wildfires recorded by Global Incident Tracker in 2026. In all, 5,863 wildfires were recorded across 87 countries. Countries with more reporting or denser monitoring show more records.

Which month of 2026 had the most wildfires?

October, with 2,728 wildfires recorded. The table on this page gives every month; months before 9 August 2026 hold only a few back-dated records.

Is this the official number of wildfires?

No. It is the number recorded by Global Incident Tracker from official feeds, after merging duplicate reports and leaving out warnings. For an official count, compare with NASA FIRMS and EFFIS (Europe).

How to cite this

Suggested citation:

Global Incident Tracker (2026). Wildfires recorded in 2026. Data as of 2 November 2026. https://globalincidenttracker.com/2026/wildfires (CC BY 4.0)

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Data & methodology

Licence: CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse, including commercially, with credit and a link. Upstream sources keep their own terms (listed here).
What is counted: records of events by the date they happened (UTC), after duplicate reports were merged. Official warnings are counted separately, never as events. How records are sourced and checked.
What is missing: types with no official feed exist here only because news reported them, so their counts are a floor, not a total. Coverage by type.
Not a death toll: severity is this site’s monitoring signal, not an official damage or casualty assessment.
Download: this page as CSV · every record as CSV or JSON.

Counts compiled by Global Incident Tracker and published under CC BY 4.0. Upstream records keep their own terms: USGS, NOAA and NASA data are US public domain; GDACS is free to reuse with attribution; headlines belong to their publishers. Every record of this type, warnings included: full CSV.