AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Casseche, Uíge, Angola, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -7.716, 14.872 · first seen 22 September 2026, 12:17 UTC
30,816 MWpeak summed radiative power, 22 Sep
2,470detections on that day
175 kmwidest extent of the group
2days in the record
First detected 22 September 2026, 12:17 UTC, 18 km SSW of Casseche. Last detected 24 September 2026, 01:22 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 322,531 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | 30,816 | 2,470 | 175 | 1.0% |
| 2026-09-23 | 11,501 | 915 | 92 | 3.0% |
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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