AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Paredes, Bengo, Angola, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -8.597, 14.628 · first seen 22 September 2026, 13:14 UTC
11,956 MWpeak summed radiative power, 23 Sep
986detections on that day
112 kmwidest extent of the group
4days in the record
First detected 22 September 2026, 13:14 UTC, 9 km SW of Paredes. Last detected 25 September 2026, 13:40 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 92,354 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | 7,826 | 721 | 85 | 1.0% |
| 2026-09-23 | 11,956 | 986 | 112 | 0.0% |
| 2026-09-24 | 4,764 | 365 | 37 | 0.0% |
| 2026-09-25 | 5,583 | 299 | 45 | 0.0% |
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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