AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Wenquan, Inner Mongolia, China, October 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · 46.886, 119.309 · first seen 8 October 2026, 04:08 UTC
75,930 MWpeak summed radiative power, 8 Oct
2,298detections on that day
53 kmwidest extent of the group
3days in the record
First detected 8 October 2026, 04:08 UTC, 58 km WSW of Wenquan. Last detected 10 October 2026, 06:05 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 75,930 | 2,298 | 50 | 57% |
| 2026-10-09 | 56,125 | 915 | 53 | 4.0% |
| 2026-10-10 | 28,983 | 440 | 19 | 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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