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Fire near Morpará, Bahia, Brazil, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -11.671, -43.460 · first seen 22 September 2026, 03:45 UTC
9,676 MWpeak summed radiative power, 22 Sep
232detections on that day
8 kmwidest extent of the group
1day in the record
First detected 22 September 2026, 03:45 UTC, 23 km WSW of Morpará. Last detected 23 September 2026, 05:04 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 7,996 (GeoNames).
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | 9,676 | 232 | 8 | 23% |
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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