Kazakhstan
Open on the live globe ↗Brief · 15 September 2026
Kazakhstan has multiple active wildfires this week, with several forest fire events burning across the country at red severity. Some fires have been ongoing since mid-August, while new fire detections continue to be reported, including one that escalated from green to red severity by 15 September.
Wildfire Several forest fires are active across Kazakhstan, with burned area ranging from about 6,500 to 8,891 hectares across individual events and fire radiative power readings as high as 28,818 MW. One forest fire event, first tracked on 18 August, escalated from green to red severity, while others first tracked between 10 and 13 September remain newly detected.
- A forest fire in Kazakhstan first tracked on 18 August has escalated from green to red severity, with the change recorded by 15 September.
- A wildfire in Kazakhstan first tracked on 13 September is newly detected, with a total fire radiative power of 8,742 MW.
- A wildfire in Kazakhstan first tracked on 10 September is newly detected, with a total fire radiative power of 6,501 MW.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. Not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.
Events · last 7 days · 10
- WildfireForest fires in KazakhstanEscalating15 Sept, 06:01 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in KazakhstanSteady13 Sept, 15:15 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — KazakhstanNew13 Sept, 12:01 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in KazakhstanSteady13 Sept, 00:01 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — KazakhstanNew11 Sept, 18:01 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in KazakhstanSteady11 Sept, 12:01 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in KazakhstanSteady11 Sept, 00:15 UTC
Below the significance bar
- WildfireWildfire — KazakhstanNew11 Sept, 18:16 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — KazakhstanNew9 Sept, 18:01 UTC
- DroughtDrought in China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, RussiaNew14 Sept, 14:37 UTC
Seven days of source changes
Revisions · 5 events also first tracked this week
- 15 Sept, 06:01 UTCForest fires in KazakhstanFire power 8,749 → 8,753 MW
- 15 Sept, 00:01 UTCForest fires in KazakhstanSeverity green → red · Fire power 8,749 MW first reported · Peak FRP 372 MW first reported
- 13 Sept, 00:01 UTCForest fires in KazakhstanFire power 10,690 → 8,742 MW
- 12 Sept, 18:01 UTCForest fires in KazakhstanFire power 3,259 → 10,690 MW · Peak FRP 243 → 266 MW
- 12 Sept, 16:22 UTCForest fires in KazakhstanFire power 2,865 → 10,690 MW · Peak FRP 139 → 266 MW
- 12 Sept, 12:01 UTCForest fires in KazakhstanFire power 4,627 → 10,641 MW · Peak FRP 151 → 266 MW
- 11 Sept, 18:01 UTCForest fires in KazakhstanFire power 28,801 → 28,818 MW
- 11 Sept, 16:22 UTCForest fires in KazakhstanSeverity green → red · Fire power 28,801 MW first reported · Peak FRP 699 MW first reported
Countries · by trend
5| Country | Active | Worst | Trend | Changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 10 | RED | steady1 escalating · 4 steady · 5 new | 5h ago |
| Russia | 24 | RED | steady7 steady · 17 new | 17h ago |
| China | 3 | ORANGE | new1 new | 3h ago |
| Mongolia | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 21h ago |
Trend compares each event’s own source-reported measure across Hazardly’s last two ingests. It measures reported change, not impact: a fire whose satellite coverage improved overnight can read as escalating, and a storm can weaken while its damage is still unfolding.
Nearby
- Uzbekistan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Turkmenistan
- Russia
- China
- Tajikistan
- Afghanistan
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