AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Baliza, Goiás, Brazil, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -16.039, -52.516 · first seen 21 September 2026, 04:04 UTC
5,780 MWpeak summed radiative power, 21 Sep
287detections on that day
7 kmwidest extent of the group
1day in the record
First detected 21 September 2026, 04:04 UTC, 18 km N of Baliza. Last detected 21 September 2026, 18:15 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 7,581 (GeoNames).
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | 5,780 | 287 | 7 | 46% |
MW is fire radiative power summed over every detection grouped into the fire in a 24-hour window, across three satellites. Extent is the width of the group of detections, not a mapped perimeter. Night is the share of detections from the night pass. How these are measured.
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