AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Morehead, Western Province, Papua New Guinea, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -8.300, 141.257 · first seen 25 September 2026, 15:39 UTC
9,064 MWpeak summed radiative power, 26 Sep
338detections on that day
30 kmwidest extent of the group
6days in the record
First detected 25 September 2026, 15:39 UTC, 63 km NW of Morehead. Last detected 30 September 2026, 16:22 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | 4,183 | 287 | 20 | 17% |
| 2026-09-26 | 9,064 | 338 | 30 | 12% |
| 2026-09-27 | 9,008 | 298 | 30 | 0.0% |
| 2026-09-28 | 4,764 | 296 | 24 | 8.0% |
| 2026-09-29 | 7,926 | 369 | 30 | 10% |
| 2026-09-30 | 7,901 | 349 | 30 | 5.0% |
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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