Fire near Bahr el Ghazal du Nord (SS)

8.93°N, 26.68°E · first detected on 3 October at 02:07

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 3 October at 02:07 to 22 October at 14:17, that is 20 days, through 760 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 16,424 ha.

Detected extent: 16,424 ha
Cumulative power: 6,323 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 94 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 760
Estimated emissions: 6.8 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 October 2026 to 21 October 2026. An order-of-magnitude estimate from GFAS (ECMWF, Copernicus CAMS): it also counts neighbouring fires in the same cell. Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information (2026). Published data stop on 21 October 2026.

These four figures cover the polar orbits alone, the ones that measure an area. The pass table below also counts geostationary detections, more frequent but too coarse for geometry, and its power column sums a whole pass where the peak above is that of a single pixel.

“Detected extent” is not “burned area”: it is the union of the ground footprints of the satellite pixels, and a pixel counts in full (375 m for VIIRS, 1 km for MODIS) even when only a forest edge is burning. Compared with press figures it is in practice one and a half to three times the area reported. Detections taken at the edge of the scan swath, too coarse to measure anything at all, are excluded. These figures come from thermal detection and are not an official assessment: only the emergency services and the competent authorities are authoritative.

Replay how the fire spread

The map is framed on this fire's footprint and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the period in which satellites saw it, from the first to the last detection, with twelve hours before and twenty-four after; the ticks on the bar mark the emergency services' announcements that fall within it. The cursor opens on the most powerful pass, and playback replays the whole fire in about thirty seconds. “1 h” shows what is burning within an hour of the chosen moment : the map then follows the power curve below and empties when it falls. “24 h” stacks twenty-four hours : a fire stays visible between two satellite passes, which come two to four times a day. Both are true, but they say different things.

How the radiative power evolved

One point per satellite pass: the sum of the fire radiative power measured over the fire. This is the curve that says whether the fire eased off or picked up again, which no cumulative figure shows. The window covers 22 days; beyond that, clustering would merge two successive fires in the same place.

Fire dynamics

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Satellite passes in detail

Pass	Power summed over the pass	Detections	Sensor
22 October at 16:55	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:52	85 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:45	66 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:37	44 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:25	35 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:22	39 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:15	35 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:07	216 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 16:05	138 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:55	277 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:52	216 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:45	83 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:37	97 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 15:35	135 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:25	41 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:55	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:45	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:25	29 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:17	194 MW	39	N20
22 October at 14:05	77 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:56	517 MW	92	N
22 October at 13:19	810 MW	77	N21
22 October at 13:15	150 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:07	45 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:05	271 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:55	396 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 12:52	28 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:45	63 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:37	188 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:35	209 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:25	115 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:15	69 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:05	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:55	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:45	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:35	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:25	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:15	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:55	39 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:45	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:05	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:55	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:35	72 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:25	93 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:22	179 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 16:15	207 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 16:07	34 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:07	139 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:05	112 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:55	118 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:52	150 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:52	284 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 15:45	123 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:44	457 MW	25	Aqua
21 October at 15:37	272 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 15:37	480 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 15:35	94 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:25	130 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:22	282 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 15:22	156 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:15	189 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 15:07	332 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 15:07	194 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 15:05	129 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:55	310 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:52	477 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 14:45	158 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:37	157 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:35	140 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:25	67 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:17	461 MW	47	N
21 October at 14:15	201 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 14:05	161 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 13:55	180 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:45	326 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:38	568 MW	60	N21
21 October at 13:37	163 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:35	187 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 13:25	65 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:22	160 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:15	155 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 13:07	79 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:05	40 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:56	282 MW	15	N20
21 October at 12:55	149 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:52	76 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:45	130 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:35	48 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:25	73 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:22	139 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:15	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:05	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:05	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:50	1 MW	1	N20
20 October at 17:05	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:55	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:45	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:07	105 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 16:05	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:55	37 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:52	35 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:52	32 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:37	120 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:37	83 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:35	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:25	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:22	95 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:22	97 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:15	55 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:07	66 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:05	58 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:55	61 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:52	44 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:52	67 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:45	90 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:37	74 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:35	88 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:34	68 MW	10	N
20 October at 14:25	75 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:22	65 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:15	53 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:07	33 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:05	69 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:57	269 MW	46	N21
20 October at 13:55	102 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:52	31 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:45	49 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:37	279 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 13:35	225 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:25	288 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 13:22	159 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:15	443 MW	57	N20
20 October at 13:15	240 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 13:07	187 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 13:05	179 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:55	254 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 12:53	217 MW	22	N
20 October at 12:52	263 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 12:45	390 MW	17	Met12
20 October at 12:37	361 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 12:35	338 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 12:25	169 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:22	60 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:15	147 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:07	157 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:05	163 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 11:55	82 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:45	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:35	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:15	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:35	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:25	14 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 16:10	40 MW	3	Aqua
19 October at 14:17	162 MW	19	N21
19 October at 13:32	244 MW	39	N20
19 October at 13:13	131 MW	21	N
18 October at 15:29	84 MW	3	Aqua
18 October at 13:51	11 MW	3	N20
18 October at 13:32	72 MW	12	N
18 October at 12:56	18 MW	3	N21
16 October at 15:53	73 MW	6	Aqua
16 October at 14:29	40 MW	7	N20
16 October at 14:10	254 MW	33	N
16 October at 13:32	132 MW	28	N21
16 October at 12:47	14 MW	3	N20
15 October at 15:14	94 MW	1	Aqua
15 October at 14:27	16 MW	4	N
15 October at 13:51	109 MW	16	N21
15 October at 13:08	80 MW	7	N20
14 October at 16:14	28 MW	2	Aqua
14 October at 14:10	105 MW	15	N21
14 October at 13:25	198 MW	29	N20
14 October at 13:06	116 MW	12	N
13 October at 15:38	13 MW	1	Aqua
13 October at 13:47	75 MW	12	N20
10 October at 14:21	3 MW	1	N
10 October at 13:47	17 MW	4	N21
9 October at 14:04	25 MW	4	N21
8 October at 13:38	4 MW	1	N20
6 October at 14:17	4 MW	1	N20
6 October at 13:55	3 MW	1	N
5 October at 13:38	18 MW	3	N21
5 October at 12:56	4 MW	1	N20
4 October at 13:57	31 MW	3	N21
4 October at 13:15	2 MW	1	N20
4 October at 12:53	5 MW	1	N
3 October at 13:32	2 MW	1	N20

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