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Fire near Oloitokitok, Kajiado County, Kenya, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -2.984, 37.363 · first seen 25 September 2026, 22:25 UTC
29,522 MWpeak summed radiative power, 26 Sep
530detections on that day
27 kmwidest extent of the group
5days in the record
First detected 25 September 2026, 22:25 UTC, 17 km WSW of Oloitokitok. Last detected 30 September 2026, 23:29 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 33,199 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | 22,037 | 283 | 10 | 4.0% |
| 2026-09-26 | 29,522 | 530 | 10 | 48% |
| 2026-09-28 | 10,863 | 510 | 24 | 56% |
| 2026-09-29 | 24,512 | 1,029 | 27 | 50% |
| 2026-09-30 | 18,755 | 503 | 21 | 3.0% |
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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