AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Las Lomitas, Formosa, Argentina, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -24.640, -60.818 · first seen 27 September 2026, 04:57 UTC
29,067 MWpeak summed radiative power, 27 Sep
484detections on that day
16 kmwidest extent of the group
2days in the record
First detected 27 September 2026, 04:57 UTC, 24 km WNW of Las Lomitas. Last detected 28 September 2026, 18:02 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 10,354 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | 29,067 | 484 | 12 | 24% |
| 2026-09-28 | 8,554 | 422 | 16 | 27% |
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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