Proveneya & Nahiara · Updated Friday, August 14, 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.
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Europe
Spain - 207,000-217,609 ha burned in 2026 (EFFIS); six times the same period in 2025. A new Andalusia front has affected over 25,000 ha of perimeter, with 650 evacuated and 300 firefighters deployed.
Croatia - A fire near Omis, one of the country's worst, burned 900-1,000 ha; 1 person died, 36-40 were injured and over 2,000 people were evacuated.
Germany - A 300 ha Hürtgenwald fire near Belgium is still spreading; 1,800 people were evacuated and unexploded WWII ordnance complicates the response.
Greece - Attica is at the maximum level-5 alert. The Boeotia fire burned 10,000 ha and prompted over 1,000 evacuations; another front in Rethymno, Crete remains critical.
France - A new Landes fire burned 1,100 ha, with 500 evacuated and 500 firefighters deployed. National burned area is 98,000-116,000 ha, a record in 20 years of satellite measurement.
United Kingdom and Albania - A Stourbridge fire damaged homes; Albania is also affected by the current fire wave.
Portugal - The Viseu fire burned about 13,000 ha; at peak, 39 fires were active nationwide.
Italy - Estimates range from 40,000 to more than 100,000 ha; Sicily and Calabria are the worst-hit areas.
European Union - 457,459 ha burned through July 29 (EFFIS), 32% above the historical average. More than 300,000 people were evacuated or confined in France and Spain during July.
Africa
Algeria - At the July 18 peak, 154 fires were declared in 24 hours; 6 people died and about 150 homes were affected in Annaba.
Asia
Turkey - About 95,000 ha burned, seven times the 2008-2020 historical average for this time of year.
Russia (Siberia) - About 600,000 ha burned in 2026; 84,356 ha were active at peak in Krasnoyarsk, Yamalo-Nenets and Irkutsk.
North America
Canada - 3,848 fires and 2.92 million ha burned since January; Thunder Bay 36 in Ontario has burned 314,000 ha and remains uncontained.
United States - Fire alert raised to maximum level.
South America
Ecuador - Seven fires were active and four controlled on August 11. The Cotacachi-Cayapas reserve fire has burned at least 300 ha of paramo; over 4,000 ha burned nationally in early August.
Brazil - 1.76 million ha burned in 2026, with 4,682 fire events; risk is expected to increase from August to October.
Oceania
Australia - The southern-summer season has passed; January burned more than 400,000 ha in Victoria. There is no significant activity now.
Global context
Oceans - Record-high average sea-surface temperature: 20.86 C on June 21.
Oceans - 37% of oceans are under a marine heatwave.
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