Turkey

Brief · 15 September 2026

Turkey's wildfire activity remained significant this week, with a red-severity fire tracked since 8 September showing a total fire radiative power of 7,076 MW and 301 thermal detections, holding steady with no change in 48 hours. Several other wildfires were active concurrently across the country, including two additional red-severity fires first tracked on 5 and 8 September, and a new orange-severity fire first detected on 12 September.

Wildfire A red-severity wildfire in Turkey, first tracked on 8 September 2026, has burned with a total fire radiative power of 7,076 MW and a peak of 588 MW, with 301 thermal detections recorded; its trend is steady, with no change in 48 hours. Other wildfires remained active in the country, including red-severity fires first tracked on 5 September (total FRP 2,951 MW) and 8 September (total FRP 3,259 MW), both also steady, alongside a newly detected orange-severity fire first tracked on 12 September with a total FRP of 2,229 MW.

• A new orange-severity wildfire in Turkey has been active since 12 September 2026.

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.