AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Úcua, Bengo, Angola, October 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -8.638, 14.165 · first seen 7 October 2026, 12:38 UTC
6,701 MWpeak summed radiative power, 8 Oct
643detections on that day
68 kmwidest extent of the group
2days in the record
First detected 7 October 2026, 12:38 UTC, 3 km N of Úcua. Last detected 8 October 2026, 13:14 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 41,654 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | 5,664 | 490 | 66 | 1.0% |
| 2026-10-08 | 6,701 | 643 | 68 | 1.0% |
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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