Fire near Beni (BO)

15.49°S, 64.54°W · first detected on 21 October at 14:38

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 21 October at 14:38 to 22 October at 19:58, through 69 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,200 ha.

Detected extent: 1,200 ha
Cumulative power: 809 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 202 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 69
Estimated emissions: 1.5 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 21 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 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
22 October at 19:58	38 MW	8	N21
22 October at 19:40	48 MW	1	G19
22 October at 19:15	21 MW	3	N20
22 October at 08:26	100 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 08:25	30 MW	5	N20
22 October at 08:16	67 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 08:03	17 MW	5	N
22 October at 07:25	22 MW	11	N21
22 October at 07:16	18 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 07:06	24 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 06:56	15 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 06:36	33 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 04:26	24 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 04:16	96 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 04:06	55 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:36	69 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 03:30	48 MW	1	G19
22 October at 03:26	26 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:16	25 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:06	20 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:56	26 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:50	42 MW	2	Terra
22 October at 02:46	27 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:40	27 MW	1	G19
22 October at 02:26	30 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:23	49 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 02:16	34 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:10	35 MW	1	G19
22 October at 02:06	74 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 02:03	40 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:00	137 MW	1	G19
22 October at 01:30	136 MW	1	G19
22 October at 01:26	150 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 01:23	243 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 01:20	110 MW	1	G19
22 October at 01:16	139 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 01:13	193 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 01:10	89 MW	1	G19
22 October at 01:06	117 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 01:03	177 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 01:00	89 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:56	155 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 00:53	83 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:50	105 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:46	213 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 00:40	123 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:36	210 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 00:33	139 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 00:30	124 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:26	64 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 00:23	100 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 00:20	67 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:16	193 MW	4	G19FRP
22 October at 00:13	73 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 00:10	75 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:06	74 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 23:56	83 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 23:46	77 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 23:40	34 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:36	84 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 23:30	35 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:26	92 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 23:20	42 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:16	135 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 23:10	69 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:06	175 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 23:00	76 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:56	184 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 22:50	77 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:46	190 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 22:40	81 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:36	172 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 22:30	86 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:26	199 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 22:16	74 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 22:14	73 MW	4	Aqua
21 October at 22:06	102 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:56	52 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 21:50	54 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:46	95 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:43	88 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 21:40	61 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:36	145 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:33	88 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 21:23	51 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:20	61 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:16	135 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 21:13	173 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 21:10	62 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:06	226 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 21:03	216 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 21:00	252 MW	4	G19
21 October at 20:56	240 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 20:53	120 MW	12	N
21 October at 20:53	139 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:50	260 MW	4	G19
21 October at 20:46	240 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 20:43	304 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 20:40	324 MW	4	G19
21 October at 20:36	322 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 20:33	170 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:30	408 MW	4	G19
21 October at 20:26	592 MW	5	G19FRP
21 October at 20:23	180 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 20:20	606 MW	4	G19
21 October at 20:17	326 MW	11	N21
21 October at 20:16	382 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 20:13	149 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:10	484 MW	4	G19
21 October at 20:06	388 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 20:03	139 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:00	426 MW	4	G19
21 October at 19:56	310 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 19:53	97 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 19:50	403 MW	4	G19
21 October at 19:46	177 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 19:43	39 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:40	234 MW	4	G19
21 October at 19:36	63 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 19:34	18 MW	2	N20
21 October at 19:30	64 MW	1	G19
21 October at 19:26	64 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 19:20	111 MW	2	G19
21 October at 19:16	131 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 19:13	95 MW	5	N
21 October at 19:13	37 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:10	184 MW	3	G19
21 October at 19:06	71 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 19:03	31 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:00	117 MW	2	G19
21 October at 18:56	169 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 18:53	99 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:50	229 MW	3	G19
21 October at 18:46	159 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 18:40	232 MW	3	G19
21 October at 18:36	235 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 18:33	167 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 18:26	70 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 18:16	56 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 18:06	56 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 17:56	81 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 17:46	302 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 17:43	129 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:36	343 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 17:33	87 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:26	447 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 17:23	460 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:20	528 MW	4	G19
21 October at 17:16	556 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 17:13	191 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:10	642 MW	4	G19
21 October at 17:06	124 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 17:03	134 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:00	188 MW	2	G19
21 October at 16:56	75 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 16:53	64 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:50	78 MW	1	G19
21 October at 16:46	38 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 16:40	44 MW	1	G19
21 October at 16:36	33 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 16:30	31 MW	1	G19
21 October at 16:20	30 MW	1	G19
21 October at 16:00	25 MW	1	G19
21 October at 15:50	29 MW	1	G19
21 October at 15:40	28 MW	1	G19
21 October at 15:36	29 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 15:30	30 MW	1	G19
21 October at 15:20	24 MW	1	G19
21 October at 15:16	29 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 15:10	30 MW	1	G19
21 October at 15:00	20 MW	1	G19
21 October at 14:38	8 MW	1	Terra

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