Fire near Bahr el Ghazal du Nord (SS)

9.44°N, 26.17°E · first detected on 18 October at 15:25

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 18 October at 15:25 to 20 October at 14:34, that is 2 days, through 147 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 3,464 ha.

Detected extent: 3,464 ha
Cumulative power: 2,679 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 130 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 147
Estimated emissions: 1.2 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 18 October 2026 to 20 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).

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 4 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
21 October at 14:22	102 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:22	612 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 14:17	373 MW	55	N
21 October at 14:15	32 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:07	57 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:07	422 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 14:05	286 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:55	329 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:52	849 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 13:45	1,069 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 13:40	994 MW	74	N21
21 October at 13:37	1,282 MW	13	Met9
21 October at 13:35	484 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 13:25	1,029 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 13:22	2,462 MW	16	Met9
21 October at 13:15	475 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:07	1,304 MW	11	Met9
21 October at 13:05	698 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 12:56	1,040 MW	62	N20
21 October at 12:55	927 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 12:52	1,433 MW	11	Met9
21 October at 12:45	662 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 12:37	1,610 MW	10	Met9
21 October at 12:35	1,046 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 12:25	738 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 12:22	1,285 MW	10	Met9
21 October at 12:15	402 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 12:07	958 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 12:05	699 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 11:55	267 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:52	386 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 11:45	244 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:37	450 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 11:35	264 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:25	351 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:22	599 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 11:15	146 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:07	383 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 11:05	233 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 10:55	408 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 10:52	458 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 10:52	583 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 10:45	291 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 10:37	212 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 10:37	100 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:35	122 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 10:25	66 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:22	245 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 10:22	300 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 10:15	185 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 10:07	324 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 10:07	363 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 10:05	187 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 09:55	140 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 09:52	313 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 09:52	241 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 09:45	113 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 09:37	174 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 09:37	160 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 09:35	141 MW	3	Terra
21 October at 09:35	89 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 09:25	67 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:22	180 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 09:22	228 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 09:15	72 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 09:07	193 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 09:07	242 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 09:05	134 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 08:55	110 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 08:52	50 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 08:52	28 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 08:45	78 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 08:35	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 08:15	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 01:50	1 MW	1	N20
20 October at 17:35	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:25	43 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:15	21 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:05	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:55	67 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:45	82 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:35	43 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:25	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:15	123 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:07	469 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 16:05	207 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:55	109 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:52	207 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 15:52	615 MW	10	Met9
20 October at 15:45	169 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:37	684 MW	9	Met9
20 October at 15:37	100 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:35	226 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 15:25	331 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 15:22	813 MW	9	Met9
20 October at 15:22	138 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:15	117 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:07	788 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 15:05	77 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:55	406 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 14:52	953 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 14:45	302 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 14:37	947 MW	9	Met9
20 October at 14:35	348 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 14:34	430 MW	37	N
20 October at 14:25	102 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:22	651 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 14:15	373 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 14:07	224 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:05	416 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 13:57	627 MW	56	N21
20 October at 13:55	551 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 13:52	392 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 13:45	792 MW	17	Met12
20 October at 13:37	842 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 13:35	845 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 13:25	696 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 13:22	1,627 MW	10	Met9
20 October at 13:15	1,290 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 13:15	1,414 MW	45	N20
20 October at 13:07	2,120 MW	11	Met9
20 October at 13:05	1,299 MW	18	Met12
20 October at 12:55	420 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 12:53	279 MW	20	N
20 October at 12:52	1,297 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 12:45	1,030 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 12:37	706 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 12:35	302 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:25	332 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:22	780 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:15	602 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 12:07	747 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 12:05	413 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 11:55	472 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 11:52	501 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:45	85 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:37	495 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:35	70 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:25	179 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 11:22	205 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 11:15	41 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:07	328 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:05	63 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:55	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:52	205 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 10:45	109 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:37	166 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:35	44 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:25	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:15	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:05	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:52	240 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 09:52	236 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 09:45	62 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:37	61 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 09:37	36 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 09:35	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:25	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:15	48 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:07	43 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 09:07	24 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 08:57	23 MW	2	Terra
20 October at 08:52	29 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 17:15	27 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 17:08	30 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 17:07	27 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 17:05	24 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 16:55	205 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 16:53	309 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 16:45	70 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:37	137 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 16:35	62 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:25	98 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:22	195 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 16:15	76 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:10	53 MW	5	Aqua
19 October at 16:07	35 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 15:55	23 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 15:52	218 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 15:45	42 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 15:37	27 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 15:25	49 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 15:22	229 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 15:15	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 15:07	46 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 15:05	77 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 14:55	48 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 14:52	138 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 14:45	13 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:37	201 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 14:35	26 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 13:13	4 MW	1	N
19 October at 12:25	68 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:15	51 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 12:07	51 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 12:05	70 MW	4	Met12
18 October at 15:29	90 MW	3	Aqua

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