Fire near Bahr el Ghazal du Nord (SS)

9.07°N, 26.33°E · first detected on 13 October at 13:47

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 13 October at 13:47 to 22 October at 16:25, that is 9 days, through 1,294 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 26,394 ha.

Detected extent: 26,394 ha
Cumulative power: 11,737 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 89 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,294
Estimated emissions: 6.8 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 13 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 12 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 19:07	26 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 18:55	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:53	176 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 18:52	138 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:23	37 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:22	35 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:15	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:55	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:45	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:37	202 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 16:35	70 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:25	210 MW	6	Aqua
22 October at 16:25	50 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:22	210 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:15	145 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:07	101 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:05	43 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:55	47 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:52	102 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 15:45	150 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:37	132 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 15:35	770 MW	22	Met12
22 October at 15:25	522 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 15:15	299 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 15:05	154 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:55	66 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:45	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:17	343 MW	50	N20
22 October at 13:57	1,340 MW	125	N
22 October at 13:25	107 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:19	569 MW	74	N21
22 October at 13:05	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:55	33 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:45	161 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:37	65 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:35	167 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:25	121 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:22	870 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 12:15	54 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:07	411 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 12:05	331 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 11:55	168 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:52	192 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 11:45	322 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 11:37	329 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 11:35	312 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 11:25	446 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 11:22	690 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 11:15	243 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:07	635 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 11:05	329 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 10:55	138 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:52	566 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 10:45	114 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:37	215 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 10:35	176 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 10:25	202 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 10:22	333 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 10:15	241 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 10:07	424 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 10:05	282 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 09:55	150 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 09:52	725 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 09:45	122 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:37	466 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 09:35	137 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:25	52 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:15	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:07	34 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 08:55	41 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 08:52	34 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 08:52	118 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 08:45	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:37	12 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 02:13	23 MW	7	N21
22 October at 02:07	28 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 02:07	29 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 02:05	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 01:31	33 MW	11	N20
22 October at 01:25	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 01:22	77 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 01:22	76 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 01:15	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 01:12	18 MW	8	N
22 October at 01:07	46 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 01:07	71 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 01:05	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 00:52	102 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 00:52	104 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 00:37	195 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 00:37	202 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 00:35	71 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 00:25	210 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 00:22	322 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 00:22	352 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 00:15	98 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 00:07	284 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 00:07	332 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 00:05	40 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 23:52	166 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 23:52	164 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 23:45	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 23:37	222 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 23:37	192 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 23:35	65 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 23:25	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 23:22	148 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 23:22	125 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 23:15	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 23:07	166 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 23:07	179 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 23:05	60 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 22:55	44 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 22:52	247 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 22:52	203 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 22:45	137 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 22:37	225 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 22:37	247 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 22:35	70 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 22:25	60 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 22:22	240 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 22:22	211 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 22:15	22 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 22:07	135 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 22:07	154 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 21:55	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:52	157 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 21:52	136 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 21:45	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:37	117 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 21:37	133 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 21:35	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:25	40 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 21:22	196 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 21:22	185 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 21:15	71 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 21:07	253 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 21:07	202 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 21:05	49 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:55	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 20:52	268 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 20:52	295 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 20:45	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 20:37	143 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 20:37	120 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 20:35	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:25	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 20:22	291 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 20:22	213 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 20:21	226 MW	5	Terra
21 October at 20:15	170 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 20:07	213 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 20:07	242 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 20:05	85 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 19:53	200 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 19:52	212 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 19:38	82 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 19:37	64 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 19:25	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:23	53 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 19:22	30 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 19:15	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 19:08	100 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 19:07	71 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 19:05	23 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:55	37 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:53	130 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 18:52	145 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 18:38	187 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 18:37	149 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 18:35	33 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:25	65 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 18:23	201 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 18:22	200 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 18:15	25 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:08	256 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 18:07	261 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 18:05	117 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:55	198 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:53	252 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 17:52	243 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 17:45	98 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:38	357 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 17:37	387 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 17:35	112 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:25	220 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 17:23	482 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 17:22	71 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:22	560 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 17:15	299 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 17:07	82 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:07	100 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 17:05	49 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:55	50 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:52	275 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 16:45	106 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:37	395 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 16:35	157 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:25	679 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 16:22	1,583 MW	15	Met9
21 October at 16:15	644 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 16:07	922 MW	10	Met9
21 October at 16:07	101 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:05	552 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 15:55	492 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 15:52	869 MW	12	Met9
21 October at 15:52	315 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:45	666 MW	31	Aqua
21 October at 15:45	391 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 15:37	511 MW	10	Met9
21 October at 15:37	239 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 15:35	310 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 15:25	308 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 15:22	261 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:22	890 MW	13	Met9
21 October at 15:15	377 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 15:07	374 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 15:05	288 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 14:55	321 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 14:52	897 MW	12	Met9
21 October at 14:45	565 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 14:37	1,603 MW	17	Met9
21 October at 14:36	382 MW	23	N20
21 October at 14:35	769 MW	20	Met12
21 October at 14:25	412 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 14:22	275 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 14:17	768 MW	70	N
21 October at 14:15	436 MW	18	Met12
21 October at 14:07	84 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:05	218 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:55	311 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 13:52	341 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 13:45	144 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 13:38	701 MW	103	N21
21 October at 13:37	372 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 13:35	439 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:25	476 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 13:22	613 MW	10	Met9
21 October at 13:15	299 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:07	1,019 MW	14	Met9
21 October at 13:05	572 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 12:56	154 MW	16	N20
21 October at 12:55	142 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:52	367 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 12:45	134 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:37	349 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 12:35	269 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 12:25	221 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:22	270 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 12:15	88 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:07	259 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 12:05	63 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:55	118 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:52	519 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 11:45	296 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 11:37	467 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 11:35	163 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:25	196 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 11:22	734 MW	10	Met9
21 October at 11:15	113 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:07	183 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:05	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:55	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:52	100 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:45	107 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:37	97 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:35	56 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:25	49 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:22	36 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:15	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 01:50	1 MW	1	N20
21 October at 01:29	1 MW	1	N
20 October at 21:15	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:15	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:05	28 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:55	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:45	71 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:35	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:25	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:15	82 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 17:05	206 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:55	71 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:45	267 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 16:35	54 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:25	187 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 16:15	283 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 16:07	425 MW	12	Met9
20 October at 16:05	179 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 15:55	241 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:52	356 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 15:45	179 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 15:37	491 MW	12	Met9
20 October at 15:35	268 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 15:25	318 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 15:22	1,028 MW	19	Met9
20 October at 15:15	395 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 15:07	668 MW	14	Met9
20 October at 15:05	394 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 14:55	519 MW	16	Met12
20 October at 14:52	1,082 MW	16	Met9
20 October at 14:45	602 MW	18	Met12
20 October at 14:37	301 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 14:35	283 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 14:34	242 MW	29	N
20 October at 14:25	226 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:22	68 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:15	128 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:05	321 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:57	1,092 MW	125	N21
20 October at 13:55	263 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 13:45	367 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 13:37	75 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:35	323 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:25	446 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 13:22	330 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 13:15	300 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:15	894 MW	103	N20
20 October at 13:07	402 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 13:05	348 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:55	633 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 12:53	516 MW	28	N
20 October at 12:52	1,352 MW	16	Met9
20 October at 12:45	566 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 12:37	657 MW	11	Met9
20 October at 12:35	139 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:25	162 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 12:22	703 MW	12	Met9
20 October at 12:15	110 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 12:07	503 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 12:05	103 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:55	109 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:52	302 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:45	131 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:37	473 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 11:35	140 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:25	133 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:22	260 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:15	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:07	201 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 11:05	122 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:55	115 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 10:52	245 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 10:45	99 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:37	246 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 10:35	81 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:25	158 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 10:22	274 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 10:15	200 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 10:07	295 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 10:05	141 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 09:55	238 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 09:52	650 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 09:45	366 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 09:37	447 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 09:35	205 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 09:25	216 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 09:22	280 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 09:15	131 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 09:07	82 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 09:07	28 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:05	78 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 08:57	34 MW	4	Terra
19 October at 16:10	300 MW	13	Aqua
19 October at 14:17	47 MW	9	N21
19 October at 13:32	80 MW	16	N20
19 October at 13:13	53 MW	12	N
18 October at 15:29	138 MW	4	Aqua
18 October at 13:51	80 MW	16	N20
18 October at 13:32	47 MW	9	N
18 October at 12:56	21 MW	3	N21
17 October at 13:49	3 MW	1	N
17 October at 13:13	10 MW	1	N21
16 October at 15:53	109 MW	10	Aqua
16 October at 14:29	128 MW	16	N20
16 October at 14:10	401 MW	69	N
16 October at 13:32	607 MW	91	N21
16 October at 12:47	45 MW	4	N20
15 October at 14:27	77 MW	13	N
15 October at 13:51	244 MW	29	N21
15 October at 13:08	90 MW	21	N20
14 October at 16:14	168 MW	8	Aqua
14 October at 14:10	258 MW	36	N21
14 October at 13:25	422 MW	61	N20
14 October at 13:06	167 MW	27	N
13 October at 15:38	12 MW	1	Aqua
13 October at 13:47	62 MW	16	N20

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