Fire near Bengo (AO)

8.70°S, 13.72°E

What the satellites measured

This fire is not in the last thirty days of the fire list, but detections remain around this point: the curve below is rebuilt from the raw pixels, which are kept for a hundred days.

“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 30 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 17:43	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:20	67 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:13	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:05	28 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:03	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:53	150 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 16:43	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:35	236 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 16:35	59 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:33	83 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 16:23	168 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 16:20	155 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:13	162 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:05	97 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:05	289 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 16:03	175 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:53	72 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:50	110 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:43	190 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:35	175 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:35	63 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:33	66 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:32	132 MW	21	N
22 October at 15:23	113 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 15:20	100 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:20	58 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:13	129 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:05	429 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 15:05	119 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:03	106 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:55	374 MW	54	N21
22 October at 14:53	55 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:50	64 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:50	371 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:43	83 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:35	568 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 14:35	63 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:33	104 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:23	53 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:20	350 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:13	137 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:12	268 MW	29	N20
22 October at 14:05	74 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:03	82 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:53	44 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:51	80 MW	10	N
22 October at 13:43	102 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:33	108 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:23	78 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:03	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:33	112 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 19:23	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:43	57 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:35	91 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 17:33	62 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:18	43 MW	2	Aqua
21 October at 17:13	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:53	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:33	20 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:23	56 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:13	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:03	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:53	126 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:50	36 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:43	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:35	104 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:23	70 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:14	77 MW	12	N21
21 October at 15:03	33 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:53	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:50	90 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:35	125 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:33	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:32	451 MW	54	N20
21 October at 14:20	68 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:12	161 MW	36	N
21 October at 14:03	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:33	48 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:23	45 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:13	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:23	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:53	110 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 15:08	9 MW	1	N20
19 October at 14:51	17 MW	5	N
15 October at 16:48	81 MW	9	Aqua
15 October at 15:27	25 MW	2	N21
15 October at 14:44	41 MW	7	N20
15 October at 14:23	14 MW	2	N
14 October at 15:01	58 MW	9	N20
14 October at 14:42	188 MW	24	N
14 October at 14:06	386 MW	29	N21
13 October at 17:09	242 MW	13	Aqua
13 October at 15:23	167 MW	31	N20
13 October at 15:01	353 MW	43	N
13 October at 14:23	216 MW	22	N21
12 October at 16:31	76 MW	3	Aqua
12 October at 15:21	3 MW	1	N
12 October at 14:44	34 MW	6	N21
11 October at 15:01	71 MW	11	N21
11 October at 14:17	39 MW	6	N20
10 October at 16:54	55 MW	5	Aqua
10 October at 15:23	9 MW	1	N21
10 October at 14:38	41 MW	10	N20
10 October at 14:19	10 MW	1	N
9 October at 14:55	21 MW	2	N20
9 October at 14:36	66 MW	7	N
9 October at 14:00	71 MW	13	N21
8 October at 21:38	4 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 17:16	145 MW	3	Aqua
8 October at 15:14	410 MW	68	N20
8 October at 14:55	840 MW	96	N
8 October at 14:17	1,063 MW	57	N21
7 October at 16:40	256 MW	17	Aqua
7 October at 15:33	269 MW	22	N20
7 October at 15:14	604 MW	59	N
7 October at 14:38	528 MW	85	N21
7 October at 13:53	93 MW	11	N20
5 October at 17:01	87 MW	9	Aqua
5 October at 15:14	301 MW	22	N21
5 October at 14:30	183 MW	22	N20
5 October at 14:12	15 MW	5	N
4 October at 16:25	308 MW	5	Aqua
4 October at 14:49	119 MW	26	N20
4 October at 14:29	179 MW	22	N
4 October at 13:53	118 MW	8	N21
4 October at 02:58	13 MW	3	N21
3 October at 21:40	3 MW	1	Terra
3 October at 17:24	153 MW	3	Aqua
3 October at 15:08	779 MW	66	N20
3 October at 14:51	931 MW	98	N
3 October at 14:12	719 MW	71	N21
3 October at 01:35	1 MW	1	N21
2 October at 16:46	761 MW	26	Aqua
2 October at 15:27	441 MW	28	N20
2 October at 15:08	778 MW	95	N
2 October at 14:32	593 MW	77	N21
2 October at 13:47	134 MW	10	N20
30 September at 17:09	99 MW	7	Aqua
30 September at 15:08	489 MW	72	N21
30 September at 14:23	440 MW	48	N20
30 September at 14:04	160 MW	27	N
30 September at 02:33	1 MW	1	N21
29 September at 14:44	10 MW	1	N20
29 September at 14:23	6 MW	1	N
27 September at 16:52	41 MW	5	Aqua
27 September at 15:01	5 MW	1	N
25 September at 17:14	73 MW	4	Aqua
25 September at 15:38	40 MW	6	N
25 September at 15:01	180 MW	25	N21
25 September at 14:17	104 MW	21	N20
25 September at 13:57	13 MW	3	N
24 September at 16:37	208 MW	12	Aqua
24 September at 15:23	140 MW	11	N21
24 September at 14:37	254 MW	51	N20
24 September at 14:19	153 MW	22	N
24 September at 13:40	62 MW	4	N21
23 September at 14:55	470 MW	63	N20
23 September at 14:36	348 MW	55	N
23 September at 14:00	298 MW	33	N21

8 other fires near Bengo (AO)

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