Severe Wildfire ● Closed
Forestfire — Yrgyz district (Aktobe Region), Kazakhstan
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Forestfire — Yrgyz district (Aktobe Region), Kazakhstan
Measurements
| Coordinates | 48.6219, 61.9948 |
|---|---|
| Region | Yrgyz district (Aktobe Region) |
| Location Precision | polygon |
| Issuing Authority | Kazakhstan — kz-kazhydromet-en |
| Cap Urgency | Immediate |
| Cap Certainty | Likely |
| Cap Expires | 2026-10-06T15:00:00-00:00 |
Official source
Warnings courtesy of the issuing national meteorological service, via the WMO Alert Hub.
This is an official warning issued by the authority named above. Follow its instructions and those of your local emergency services.
Severity as published by WMO Alert Hub (national weather services).
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Source updated 14 days ago (Oct 5, 2026 10:59 UTC) · we last heard from WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) 29 seconds ago
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Internet connectivity at the time
Internet connectivity in Kazakhstan dropped 34 hours after this event, and stayed disrupted for about 4 hours.
From 06 Oct 2026 20:40 UTC to 07 Oct 2026 00:40 UTC. Detected by global routing tables — networks withdrawn from the internet entirely.
Internet outages have many causes — damaged cables, power failures, network maintenance and deliberate shutdowns among them. IODA detects the loss of connectivity and does not attribute it to anything. This is shown because it happened at the same time, not because one caused the other.
Measured by IODA, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Satellite view, before and after
The latest clear Sentinel-2 pass before this event and the earliest one after it.
4 Oct 2026, the day before this event. 11.2% cloud across the tile.
6 Oct 2026, the day after this event. 4.7% cloud across the tile.
The white ring marks where the event was reported.
Each image is a preview of a whole Sentinel-2 tile — an area of roughly 110 by 110 km, where one pixel is about 320 metres — not a close-up of the event, which may be a small part of it. "Clear" means under 30% cloud across the entire tile, so the exact place that matters can still be hidden. These are pictures for context, not an assessment of damage.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026, found through the Earth Search catalogue (Element 84) and served from the AWS Open Data Sentinel-2 archive.
Official authorities in Kazakhstan
If you are there, these are the bodies whose instructions apply. This site is not an emergency service and does not issue warnings.
More for Kazakhstan →What to do
Follow the instructions issued by WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) and your local emergency services. The guidance below is background.
Defensible space, evacuation go-bags, smoke protection, and returning home safely after a wildfire.
Open Wildfire Safety Guide →Earlier wildfire events in Kazakhstan
Severe and extreme events of the same kind, before this one. Listed for scale, not because they are connected to it.
Nearby & related events
Disclaimer: figures are automatic feeds from the named agencies and may be revised. Do not use this page for life-safety decisions — follow official local emergency services.