Fire near Betsiboka (MG)

17.54°S, 47.17°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 11:12	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:02	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:52	48 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:12	49 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:32	134 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 08:12	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:52	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:33	67 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 07:32	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:12	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:04	59 MW	5	Terra
22 October at 02:28	6 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 00:40	9 MW	5	N21
21 October at 23:55	3 MW	3	N20
21 October at 23:38	1 MW	2	N
21 October at 22:49	20 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 21:32	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 20:49	131 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 20:32	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:49	27 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 19:42	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:34	56 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 19:32	36 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 19:22	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:19	66 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 19:12	23 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:04	16 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 19:02	30 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:52	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:49	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:32	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:22	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:19	93 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 18:19	113 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 18:12	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:04	63 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 18:02	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:52	51 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:49	20 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:42	30 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:32	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:04	74 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 17:02	73 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:42	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:34	54 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:22	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:12	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:04	33 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:02	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:52	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:49	124 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:34	22 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:32	77 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:12	82 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:42	80 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:32	67 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:22	282 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:12	135 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:45	205 MW	14	N20
21 October at 12:28	251 MW	23	N
21 October at 12:22	34 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:02	50 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:49	232 MW	45	N21
21 October at 11:32	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:22	68 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:12	105 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:52	279 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 10:22	24 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:12	76 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:02	74 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:52	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:42	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:42	160 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 08:22	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 07:32	43 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 07:22	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 07:12	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:01	2 MW	1	N21
21 October at 00:16	33 MW	19	N20
21 October at 00:12	25 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 23:55	50 MW	34	N
20 October at 23:22	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 23:21	53 MW	18	N21
20 October at 23:12	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:42	64 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 19:34	133 MW	13	Terra
20 October at 19:32	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:22	76 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 19:12	89 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 19:02	70 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 18:52	40 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 18:42	74 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 18:32	68 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 18:22	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:12	40 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:42	36 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:32	54 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:22	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:12	35 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:02	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:42	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:32	83 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:52	128 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:49	30 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:34	21 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:32	42 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:22	85 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:12	35 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:04	71 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:02	257 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:59	187 MW	9	Aqua
20 October at 14:52	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:49	24 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:42	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:12	70 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:06	139 MW	18	N20
20 October at 13:02	65 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:52	38 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:45	178 MW	27	N
20 October at 12:12	20 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:11	204 MW	25	N21
20 October at 11:32	35 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:22	29 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:19	113 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:12	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:52	62 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:32	70 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 10:22	44 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:12	38 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:02	115 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 09:52	37 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:42	117 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 09:32	93 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 09:22	88 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 09:12	78 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:02	114 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 08:52	28 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:32	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:22	50 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 08:12	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:02	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 07:42	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:24	36 MW	3	Terra
20 October at 07:12	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:02	34 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 06:52	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 05:18	21 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 00:33	17 MW	10	N20
20 October at 00:14	22 MW	17	N
19 October at 23:38	17 MW	8	N21
19 October at 23:02	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 22:34	18 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 22:32	27 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 22:22	73 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 22:19	38 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 22:12	50 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 20:04	43 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 20:02	13 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 19:49	120 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 19:49	118 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 19:42	15 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 19:34	87 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 19:34	42 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 19:32	21 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 19:19	21 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 19:12	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 18:56	33 MW	1	Terra
19 October at 18:04	16 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 18:02	20 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 17:42	14 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 17:12	12 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 16:52	53 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:49	20 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 16:12	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 15:52	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 15:49	25 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 15:19	60 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 15:04	26 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 14:49	28 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 14:42	37 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 14:22	59 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 14:21	81 MW	4	Aqua
19 October at 14:12	15 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:02	32 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 13:52	83 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 13:42	165 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 13:34	171 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 13:32	77 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 13:23	311 MW	42	N20
19 October at 13:22	69 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 13:19	35 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 13:12	115 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 13:04	370 MW	46	N
19 October at 12:52	88 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 12:42	133 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 12:34	71 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 12:32	143 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 12:28	583 MW	28	N21
19 October at 12:22	73 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:19	148 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 12:12	124 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 12:04	74 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 12:02	147 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 11:52	357 MW	10	Met12
19 October at 11:49	118 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 11:43	833 MW	40	N20
19 October at 11:42	277 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 11:34	174 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 11:34	78 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 11:32	254 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 11:22	340 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 11:19	661 MW	8	Met9
19 October at 11:19	426 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 11:12	326 MW	9	Met12
19 October at 11:04	637 MW	7	Met9
19 October at 11:04	380 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 11:02	615 MW	11	Met12
19 October at 10:52	483 MW	11	Met12
19 October at 10:49	689 MW	7	Met9
19 October at 10:49	545 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 10:42	537 MW	13	Met12
19 October at 10:34	149 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 10:34	113 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 10:32	142 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 10:22	32 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 10:19	156 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 10:12	63 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 10:02	16 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 09:52	94 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 09:42	47 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 09:32	25 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 09:02	75 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 08:52	38 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 08:32	42 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 08:02	78 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 07:52	83 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 07:22	22 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 00:54	8 MW	4	N20
19 October at 00:33	2 MW	2	N
18 October at 23:55	6 MW	3	N21
18 October at 23:14	3 MW	2	N20
18 October at 19:54	17 MW	1	Terra
18 October at 13:23	48 MW	5	N
18 October at 12:45	149 MW	12	N21
18 October at 12:02	222 MW	12	N20
18 October at 11:43	42 MW	5	N
18 October at 07:44	50 MW	2	Terra
18 October at 00:52	12 MW	12	N
18 October at 00:16	8 MW	6	N21
17 October at 23:31	6 MW	4	N20
17 October at 13:06	183 MW	11	N21
17 October at 12:21	392 MW	18	N20
17 October at 12:02	14 MW	2	N
17 October at 07:06	82 MW	7	Terra
17 October at 01:12	1 MW	2	N
17 October at 00:33	51 MW	20	N21
16 October at 23:50	15 MW	10	N20
16 October at 23:31	41 MW	22	N
16 October at 14:06	252 MW	4	Aqua
16 October at 13:23	40 MW	4	N21
16 October at 12:41	253 MW	30	N20
16 October at 12:19	177 MW	20	N
16 October at 11:43	166 MW	17	N21
16 October at 00:54	34 MW	13	N21
16 October at 00:10	56 MW	18	N20
15 October at 23:50	38 MW	18	N
15 October at 23:14	40 MW	17	N21
15 October at 19:37	84 MW	5	Terra
15 October at 15:06	80 MW	4	Aqua
15 October at 13:00	45 MW	6	N20
15 October at 12:41	93 MW	9	N
15 October at 12:02	57 MW	9	N21
15 October at 07:27	19 MW	2	Terra
15 October at 00:27	51 MW	18	N20
15 October at 00:08	50 MW	20	N
14 October at 23:31	133 MW	18	N21
14 October at 14:29	453 MW	8	Aqua
14 October at 13:17	141 MW	21	N20
14 October at 12:58	311 MW	27	N
14 October at 12:21	160 MW	20	N21
14 October at 11:37	163 MW	16	N20
14 October at 02:20	7 MW	1	Aqua
14 October at 00:46	18 MW	10	N20
14 October at 00:29	13 MW	5	N
13 October at 23:50	12 MW	4	N21
13 October at 11:56	6 MW	1	N20
12 October at 14:51	195 MW	17	Aqua
12 October at 13:00	163 MW	14	N21
12 October at 11:56	32 MW	5	N
12 October at 01:03	6 MW	3	N
12 October at 00:29	13 MW	8	N21
11 October at 23:44	44 MW	19	N20
11 October at 23:23	30 MW	10	N
11 October at 14:14	68 MW	1	Aqua
11 October at 13:17	108 MW	8	N21
11 October at 12:34	234 MW	28	N20
11 October at 12:13	364 MW	23	N
11 October at 11:39	138 MW	4	N21
10 October at 19:37	7 MW	1	Terra
10 October at 12:51	234 MW	27	N20
10 October at 12:34	252 MW	36	N
10 October at 11:56	223 MW	20	N21
10 October at 07:27	40 MW	4	Terra
9 October at 14:36	10 MW	1	Aqua
9 October at 13:10	130 MW	21	N20
9 October at 12:51	258 MW	28	N
9 October at 12:15	170 MW	15	N21
9 October at 06:49	28 MW	1	Terra
9 October at 00:40	9 MW	5	N20
9 October at 00:22	10 MW	4	N
8 October at 23:44	7 MW	2	N21
8 October at 19:58	43 MW	3	Terra
8 October at 13:30	495 MW	14	N20
8 October at 13:10	948 MW	65	N
8 October at 12:34	711 MW	64	N21
8 October at 11:49	584 MW	82	N20
8 October at 01:01	10 MW	7	N20
8 October at 00:40	15 MW	14	N
8 October at 00:03	48 MW	19	N21
7 October at 23:21	1 MW	2	N20
7 October at 19:20	29 MW	3	Terra
7 October at 14:59	150 MW	8	Aqua
7 October at 13:30	188 MW	11	N
7 October at 12:52	256 MW	23	N21
7 October at 12:10	340 MW	43	N20
7 October at 11:49	176 MW	21	N
7 October at 07:08	7 MW	1	Terra
7 October at 00:59	9 MW	11	N
7 October at 00:22	4 MW	2	N21
6 October at 23:38	21 MW	9	N20
6 October at 23:18	2 MW	1	N
6 October at 14:19	34 MW	2	Aqua
6 October at 13:13	212 MW	16	N21
6 October at 12:28	51 MW	5	N20
6 October at 12:09	19 MW	5	N
6 October at 00:40	67 MW	18	N21
5 October at 23:55	28 MW	15	N20
5 October at 23:38	17 MW	10	N
5 October at 19:39	64 MW	9	Terra
5 October at 12:45	248 MW	19	N20
5 October at 12:28	186 MW	17	N
5 October at 11:49	130 MW	23	N21
5 October at 01:01	2 MW	1	N21
5 October at 00:16	26 MW	21	N20
4 October at 23:55	26 MW	19	N
4 October at 23:21	43 MW	19	N21
4 October at 14:42	682 MW	28	Aqua
4 October at 13:06	920 MW	64	N20
4 October at 12:45	831 MW	76	N
4 October at 12:11	474 MW	42	N21
4 October at 02:35	20 MW	2	Aqua
4 October at 00:33	40 MW	17	N20
4 October at 00:14	42 MW	28	N
3 October at 23:38	48 MW	14	N21
3 October at 13:23	349 MW	15	N20
3 October at 13:04	147 MW	21	N
3 October at 12:28	107 MW	19	N21
3 October at 11:43	83 MW	11	N20
3 October at 00:52	4 MW	5	N20
3 October at 00:33	13 MW	7	N
2 October at 23:55	10 MW	6	N21
2 October at 23:12	6 MW	3	N20
2 October at 19:20	39 MW	3	Terra
2 October at 15:04	329 MW	8	Aqua
2 October at 13:23	177 MW	16	N
2 October at 12:45	422 MW	26	N21
2 October at 12:02	187 MW	18	N20
2 October at 11:43	19 MW	3	N
2 October at 07:10	7 MW	1	Terra
2 October at 00:52	5 MW	7	N
2 October at 00:16	16 MW	16	N21
1 October at 23:31	20 MW	23	N20
1 October at 20:19	134 MW	3	Terra
1 October at 14:27	229 MW	12	Aqua
1 October at 13:06	359 MW	44	N21
1 October at 12:21	586 MW	39	N20
1 October at 12:02	158 MW	36	N
1 October at 02:18	67 MW	5	Aqua
1 October at 00:33	26 MW	10	N21
30 September at 23:50	38 MW	11	N20
30 September at 23:31	36 MW	15	N
30 September at 19:39	97 MW	7	Terra
30 September at 13:23	46 MW	2	N21
30 September at 12:41	229 MW	31	N20
30 September at 12:19	316 MW	48	N
30 September at 11:43	308 MW	40	N21
30 September at 07:29	15 MW	2	Terra
30 September at 00:54	29 MW	7	N21
30 September at 00:09	16 MW	13	N20
29 September at 23:50	16 MW	11	N
29 September at 23:14	9 MW	6	N21
29 September at 19:02	27 MW	1	Terra
29 September at 14:49	97 MW	8	Aqua
29 September at 12:58	410 MW	37	N20
29 September at 12:41	514 MW	54	N
29 September at 12:02	340 MW	36	N21
29 September at 00:27	1 MW	1	N20
28 September at 20:02	72 MW	5	Terra
28 September at 14:12	155 MW	3	Aqua
28 September at 13:17	347 MW	34	N20
28 September at 12:21	432 MW	53	N21
28 September at 11:37	409 MW	25	N20
28 September at 00:46	17 MW	7	N20
28 September at 00:29	34 MW	18	N
27 September at 23:50	50 MW	21	N21
27 September at 15:12	101 MW	4	Aqua
27 September at 13:16	388 MW	54	N
27 September at 12:41	489 MW	50	N21
27 September at 11:56	713 MW	80	N20
27 September at 07:12	41 MW	5	Terra
27 September at 01:05	18 MW	9	N20
27 September at 00:46	26 MW	8	N
27 September at 00:10	32 MW	21	N21
26 September at 23:25	19 MW	13	N20
26 September at 14:34	403 MW	26	Aqua
26 September at 13:36	236 MW	20	N
26 September at 13:00	395 MW	43	N21
26 September at 12:15	459 MW	51	N20
26 September at 11:56	475 MW	49	N
26 September at 01:03	18 MW	13	N
26 September at 00:29	65 MW	21	N21
25 September at 23:44	58 MW	23	N20
25 September at 23:23	91 MW	19	N
25 September at 19:41	85 MW	11	Terra
25 September at 13:17	638 MW	32	N21
25 September at 12:34	434 MW	61	N20
25 September at 12:13	501 MW	52	N
25 September at 11:39	332 MW	21	N21
25 September at 00:47	14 MW	5	N21
25 September at 00:01	22 MW	5	N20
24 September at 23:44	37 MW	6	N
24 September at 23:06	9 MW	2	N21
24 September at 14:56	125 MW	6	Aqua
24 September at 12:51	204 MW	25	N20
24 September at 12:34	363 MW	39	N
24 September at 11:56	407 MW	29	N21
24 September at 00:22	24 MW	10	N20
24 September at 00:01	3 MW	3	N
23 September at 23:25	1 MW	1	N21
23 September at 13:13	26 MW	5	N20
23 September at 12:15	13 MW	3	N21
23 September at 00:40	3 MW	2	N20
23 September at 00:20	1 MW	1	N
22 September at 23:44	9 MW	7	N21
22 September at 19:24	12 MW	1	Terra
22 September at 15:16	96 MW	2	Aqua
22 September at 13:30	170 MW	14	N20
22 September at 13:10	249 MW	35	N
22 September at 12:34	297 MW	44	N21
22 September at 11:49	324 MW	57	N20

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