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Fire near Munenga, Kwanza Sul, Angola, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -10.079, 14.710 · first seen 23 September 2026, 12:00 UTC
12,450 MWpeak summed radiative power, 23 Sep
795detections on that day
61 kmwidest extent of the group
1day in the record
First detected 23 September 2026, 12:00 UTC, 10 km SE of Munenga. Last detected 24 September 2026, 12:36 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 44,000 (GeoNames).
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 12,450 | 795 | 61 | 0.0% |
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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