AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Baudhuinville, Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -7.194, 29.897 · first seen 30 September 2026, 22:31 UTC
5,056 MWpeak summed radiative power, 30 Sep
375detections on that day
30 kmwidest extent of the group
3days in the record
First detected 30 September 2026, 22:31 UTC, 22 km SE of Baudhuinville. Last detected 2 October 2026, 11:47 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 81,181 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | 5,056 | 375 | 23 | 11% |
| 2026-10-01 | 3,731 | 230 | 30 | 4.0% |
| 2026-10-02 | 3,713 | 221 | 30 | 0.0% |
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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