AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -16.246, 130.021 · first seen 20 September 2026, 16:13 UTC
18,068 MWpeak summed radiative power, 20 Sep
769detections on that day
39 kmwidest extent of the group
5days in the record
First detected 20 September 2026, 16:13 UTC, 146 km ESE of Kununurra. Last detected 25 September 2026, 17:24 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-20 | 18,068 | 769 | 28 | 23% |
| 2026-09-21 | 17,931 | 798 | 31 | 26% |
| 2026-09-22 | 7,671 | 390 | 35 | 18% |
| 2026-09-24 | 13,575 | 304 | 34 | 11% |
| 2026-09-25 | 13,911 | 448 | 39 | 40% |
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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