AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Muting, South Papua, Indonesia, October 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -7.851, 141.103 · first seen 6 October 2026, 03:25 UTC
9,932 MWpeak summed radiative power, 10 Oct
337detections on that day
27 kmwidest extent of the group
5days in the record
First detected 6 October 2026, 03:25 UTC, 89 km SE of Muting. Last detected 10 October 2026, 16:56 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | 8,764 | 497 | 27 | 41% |
| 2026-10-07 | 9,359 | 636 | 26 | 54% |
| 2026-10-08 | 4,480 | 327 | 16 | 33% |
| 2026-10-09 | 9,731 | 251 | 19 | 11% |
| 2026-10-10 | 9,932 | 337 | 23 | 32% |
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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