Proveneya & Nahiara · Updated Friday, October 9, 2026

Wildfires 2026 — daily update. Pollinators are victims too — and they deserve to be counted. They are the great unknown of these fires, absent from the reporting. PDF report · Word

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Europe

  • Spain · EFFIS satellite estimate: 300,998 ha by 1 Oct 2026 (EFFIS via Ecoticias).
  • European Union · EFFIS satellite estimate: 686,071 ha by 1 Oct 2026 (EFFIS via Ecoticias).
  • Europe · GWIS burned area to 1 Aug 2026: 3,992,404 ha (3.6% of the reported world total).

Africa

  • Africa · GWIS burned area to 1 Aug 2026: 61,870,300 ha (55.1% of the reported world total).
  • DR Congo · GWIS to 1 Aug 2026: 13,611,126 ha (12.1%).
  • Angola · GWIS to 1 Aug 2026: 7,473,034 ha (6.7%).
  • South Africa · GWIS to 1 Aug 2026: 784,647 ha (0.7%).

Asia

  • Asia · GWIS burned area to 1 Aug 2026: 19,733,182 ha (17.6% of the reported world total).
  • Russia · GWIS to 1 Aug 2026: 3,335,029 ha (3.0%).
  • Russia · more than 1.3 million ha burning at once on 24 Aug 2026 (not a season total): Sakha 987,067 ha; Krasnoyarsk 405,800 ha.

North America

  • North America · GWIS burned area to 1 Aug 2026: 6,804,905 ha (6.1% of the reported world total).
  • United States · GWIS to 1 Aug 2026: 2,371,207 ha (2.1%).
  • Canada · GWIS to 1 Aug 2026: 2,031,754 ha (1.8%).
  • Canada · NIFC's official seasonal outlook (14 Sep 2026): about 4.49 million ha across 5,132 fires, near the 10-year average.
  • United States · NIFC (2 Oct 2026): 9,000,619 acres (about 3.64 million ha) in 62,738 fires; the 10-year average is 6,106,514 acres.

South America

  • South America · GWIS burned area to 1 Aug 2026: 7,813,377 ha (7.0% of the reported world total).
  • Venezuela · GWIS to 1 Aug 2026: 2,977,466 ha (2.7%).
  • Brazil · GWIS to 1 Aug 2026: 2,030,209 ha (1.8%).
  • Bolivia · GWIS to 1 Aug 2026: 546,490 ha (0.5%).
  • Brazil (Amazonas) · INPE counted 2,384 hotspots from 1–19 Sep 2026, 282% above the 624 in the same period of 2025 (via BNC Amazonas).
  • Bolivia · about 2,538 ha in Otuquis National Park; more fires were reported in Santa Cruz and Tarija, with no national total found (20 Jul 2026).

Oceania

  • Oceania · GWIS burned area to 1 Aug 2026: 12,061,714 ha (10.7% of the reported world total).

Data notes

  • Country and regional GWIS tables include agricultural and planned burning as well as wildfires; do not compare them directly with EFFIS wildfire-only estimates.

Each figure links to its cited source.

A wildland firefighter works beside a line of flames.
Photo: NIFC · Flickr
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