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Fire near Kushoky, Karaganda, Kazakhstan, October 2026

Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · 50.407, 73.702 · first seen 2 October 2026, 06:40 UTC

6,852 MWpeak summed radiative power, 2 Oct
294detections on that day
13 kmwidest extent of the group
1day in the record

First detected 2 October 2026, 06:40 UTC, 29 km NE of Kushoky. Last detected 2 October 2026, 08:39 UTC.

Day (UTC)MWDetectionsExtent kmNight
2026-10-026,852294130.0%

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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