AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -20.516, 129.616 · first seen 21 September 2026, 15:56 UTC
17,584 MWpeak summed radiative power, 26 Sep
749detections on that day
33 kmwidest extent of the group
7days in the record
First detected 21 September 2026, 15:56 UTC, 331 km SE of Halls Creek. Last detected 27 September 2026, 17:24 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | 7,004 | 222 | 18 | 13% |
| 2026-09-22 | 10,400 | 398 | 30 | 10% |
| 2026-09-23 | 10,397 | 399 | 28 | 10% |
| 2026-09-24 | 6,592 | 255 | 26 | 54% |
| 2026-09-25 | 4,754 | 298 | 15 | 31% |
| 2026-09-26 | 17,584 | 749 | 33 | 23% |
| 2026-09-27 | 13,229 | 498 | 26 | 23% |
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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