AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Wenquan, Inner Mongolia, China, October 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · 46.850, 119.742 · first seen 9 October 2026, 17:43 UTC
82,822 MWpeak summed radiative power, 11 Oct
2,451detections on that day
47 kmwidest extent of the group
4days in the record
First detected 9 October 2026, 17:43 UTC, 52 km SSW of Wenquan. Last detected 12 October 2026, 05:27 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | 17,968 | 370 | 22 | 1.0% |
| 2026-10-10 | 82,751 | 2,373 | 47 | 27% |
| 2026-10-11 | 82,822 | 2,451 | 47 | 29% |
| 2026-10-12 | 4,793 | 200 | 18 | 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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