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Fire near Novo Santo Antônio, Mato Grosso, Brazil, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -12.203, -50.758 · first seen 24 September 2026, 16:43 UTC
6,335 MWpeak summed radiative power, 24 Sep
593detections on that day
22 kmwidest extent of the group
2days in the record
First detected 24 September 2026, 16:43 UTC, 25 km ENE of Novo Santo Antônio. Last detected 25 September 2026, 05:31 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 2,040 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | 6,335 | 593 | 22 | 82% |
| 2026-09-25 | 5,447 | 485 | 16 | 100% |
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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