AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Kepi, South Papua, Indonesia, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -6.450, 139.511 · first seen 27 September 2026, 15:37 UTC
5,572 MWpeak summed radiative power, 29 Sep
351detections on that day
40 kmwidest extent of the group
3days in the record
First detected 27 September 2026, 15:37 UTC, 18 km ESE of Kepi. Last detected 29 September 2026, 17:00 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 8,394 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | 3,938 | 283 | 30 | 16% |
| 2026-09-28 | 5,540 | 342 | 40 | 4.0% |
| 2026-09-29 | 5,572 | 351 | 40 | 7.0% |
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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