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Fire near Muquém do São Francisco, Bahia, Brazil, October 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -11.990, -43.465 · first seen 8 October 2026, 15:39 UTC
11,991 MWpeak summed radiative power, 9 Oct
674detections on that day
15 kmwidest extent of the group
3days in the record
First detected 8 October 2026, 15:39 UTC, 12 km ENE of Muquém do São Francisco. Last detected 11 October 2026, 04:46 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 10,443 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 7,450 | 242 | 7 | 72% |
| 2026-10-09 | 11,991 | 674 | 14 | 40% |
| 2026-10-10 | 4,509 | 440 | 15 | 62% |
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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