AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Gurúè, Zambezia Province, Mozambique, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -16.092, 36.614 · first seen 23 September 2026, 22:22 UTC
5,291 MWpeak summed radiative power, 24 Sep
371detections on that day
37 kmwidest extent of the group
5days in the record
First detected 23 September 2026, 22:22 UTC, 82 km SSW of Gurúè. Last detected 27 September 2026, 23:31 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 5,120 | 279 | 24 | 2.0% |
| 2026-09-24 | 5,291 | 371 | 25 | 22% |
| 2026-09-25 | 3,356 | 354 | 37 | 4.0% |
| 2026-09-26 | 3,459 | 303 | 30 | 5.0% |
| 2026-09-27 | 5,184 | 515 | 31 | 17% |
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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