AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Ngukurr, Northern Territory, Australia, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -17.054, 135.439 · first seen 25 September 2026, 15:41 UTC
8,126 MWpeak summed radiative power, 25 Sep
576detections on that day
29 kmwidest extent of the group
2days in the record
First detected 25 September 2026, 15:41 UTC, 269 km SSE of Ngukurr. Last detected 26 September 2026, 17:05 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | 8,126 | 576 | 28 | 39% |
| 2026-09-26 | 7,964 | 546 | 29 | 36% |
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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