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Fire near Nipah Panjang, Jambi, Indonesia, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -1.194, 104.235 · first seen 28 September 2026, 05:59 UTC
6,466 MWpeak summed radiative power, 28 Sep
461detections on that day
12 kmwidest extent of the group
2days in the record
First detected 28 September 2026, 05:59 UTC, 14 km SSE of Nipah Panjang. Last detected 29 September 2026, 18:43 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 36,652 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | 6,466 | 461 | 11 | 46% |
| 2026-09-29 | 6,002 | 478 | 12 | 48% |
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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