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Fire near Itanhangá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, October 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -12.217, -57.107 · first seen 8 October 2026, 16:37 UTC
8,214 MWpeak summed radiative power, 8 Oct
349detections on that day
9 kmwidest extent of the group
2days in the record
First detected 8 October 2026, 16:37 UTC, 50 km W of Itanhangá. Last detected 9 October 2026, 18:00 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 8,214 | 349 | 8 | 85% |
| 2026-10-09 | 7,729 | 405 | 9 | 73% |
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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