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Fire near Puerto Bahía Negra, Boquerón Department, Paraguay, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -20.258, -58.330 · first seen 27 September 2026, 16:41 UTC
5,481 MWpeak summed radiative power, 29 Sep
304detections on that day
21 kmwidest extent of the group
3days in the record
First detected 27 September 2026, 16:41 UTC, 24 km WSW of Puerto Bahía Negra. Last detected 29 September 2026, 18:28 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 2,537 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | 3,181 | 259 | 14 | 44% |
| 2026-09-28 | 3,651 | 391 | 21 | 62% |
| 2026-09-29 | 5,481 | 304 | 11 | 66% |
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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