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+- Stop requesting Suomi NPP in Active Fires. NASA stopped delivering its data
+  on November 2, 2026, so `VIIRS_SNPP_NRT` returned no rows while still costing
+  a MAP_KEY transaction on every refresh; the layer now merges VIIRS NOAA-20,
+  VIIRS NOAA-21 and MODIS (IMBrandao, #1552).