AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Casseche, Uíge, Angola, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -7.492, 14.878 · first seen 22 September 2026, 12:17 UTC
24,379 MWpeak summed radiative power, 22 Sep
1,994detections on that day
148 kmwidest extent of the group
1day in the record
First detected 22 September 2026, 12:17 UTC, 14 km NW of Casseche. Last detected 23 September 2026, 12:00 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 353,913 (GeoNames).
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | 24,379 | 1,994 | 148 | 2.0% |
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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