Aursee · notable fire
Fire near Chernyshevskiy, Sakha, Russia, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · 63.652, 108.877 · first seen 22 September 2026, 17:58 UTC
6,391 MWpeak summed radiative power, 22 Sep
378detections on that day
10 kmwidest extent of the group
2days in the record
First detected 22 September 2026, 17:58 UTC, 193 km WNW of Chernyshevskiy. Last detected 23 September 2026, 06:29 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | 6,391 | 378 | 10 | 39% |
| 2026-09-23 | 5,873 | 231 | 10 | 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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