AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Catolândia, Bahia, Brazil, October 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -12.189, -44.740 · first seen 7 October 2026, 03:25 UTC
21,700 MWpeak summed radiative power, 7 Oct
340detections on that day
24 kmwidest extent of the group
4days in the record
First detected 7 October 2026, 03:25 UTC, 20 km NE of Catolândia. Last detected 11 October 2026, 04:49 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 17,166 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | 21,700 | 340 | 16 | 21% |
| 2026-10-08 | 13,948 | 284 | 24 | 6.0% |
| 2026-10-09 | 7,879 | 247 | 15 | 6.0% |
| 2026-10-10 | 4,373 | 223 | 23 | 16% |
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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