AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -16.705, 130.049 · first seen 28 September 2026, 04:14 UTC
10,006 MWpeak summed radiative power, 29 Sep
724detections on that day
55 kmwidest extent of the group
6days in the record
First detected 28 September 2026, 04:14 UTC, 168 km SE of Kununurra. Last detected 5 October 2026, 05:23 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | 3,621 | 421 | 55 | 63% |
| 2026-09-29 | 10,006 | 724 | 27 | 71% |
| 2026-09-30 | 6,814 | 721 | 30 | 71% |
| 2026-10-01 | 6,553 | 339 | 16 | 31% |
| 2026-10-02 | 9,540 | 294 | 10 | 71% |
| 2026-10-04 | 5,382 | 365 | 12 | 67% |
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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