Fire near Bolívar (VE)

5.71°N, 61.34°W · first detected on 11 October at 19:26

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 11 October at 19:26 to 22 October at 08:18, that is 11 days, through 109 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,743 ha.

Detected extent: 1,743 ha
Cumulative power: 1,647 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 168 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 109
Estimated emissions: 14.7 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 11 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 13 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 17:00	241 MW	4	G19
22 October at 16:55	164 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:50	373 MW	5	G19
22 October at 16:45	49 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:44	48 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 16:20	54 MW	1	G19
22 October at 15:12	32 MW	2	Terra
22 October at 15:10	27 MW	1	G19
22 October at 08:17	13 MW	9	N20
22 October at 07:57	4 MW	6	N
22 October at 07:21	8 MW	7	N21
22 October at 05:14	23 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 04:50	18 MW	1	G19
22 October at 04:34	16 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 04:30	18 MW	1	G19
22 October at 01:14	14 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 23:14	16 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 23:04	26 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 22:54	24 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 22:44	19 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 22:34	23 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 22:24	22 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 22:19	22 MW	1	Aqua
21 October at 22:14	39 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 22:04	20 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 21:54	21 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 21:44	25 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 21:34	76 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:24	85 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:15	162 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 21:14	57 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 21:10	68 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:05	161 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 21:04	136 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:00	150 MW	2	G19
21 October at 20:55	207 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 20:54	54 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 20:45	179 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 20:34	60 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 20:24	64 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 20:20	78 MW	1	G19
21 October at 20:04	143 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 20:00	174 MW	2	G19
21 October at 19:50	98 MW	2	G19
21 October at 19:44	102 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 19:40	390 MW	4	G19
21 October at 19:39	562 MW	20	N20
21 October at 19:30	42 MW	1	G19
21 October at 19:20	371 MW	12	N
21 October at 19:14	74 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 19:04	88 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 19:00	90 MW	1	G19
21 October at 18:54	647 MW	5	G19FRP
21 October at 18:50	205 MW	2	G19
21 October at 18:44	423 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 18:43	57 MW	4	N21
21 October at 18:40	493 MW	4	G19
21 October at 18:35	202 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 18:34	811 MW	5	G19FRP
21 October at 18:30	1,034 MW	6	G19
21 October at 18:25	117 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 18:24	367 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 18:20	501 MW	5	G19
21 October at 18:15	319 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 18:14	217 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 18:10	430 MW	5	G19
21 October at 18:05	223 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 18:04	152 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 18:00	375 MW	3	G19
21 October at 17:55	210 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:54	228 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 17:50	326 MW	3	G19
21 October at 17:45	83 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:44	74 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 17:40	93 MW	1	G19
21 October at 17:35	159 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:34	61 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 17:30	74 MW	1	G19
21 October at 17:25	43 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:20	55 MW	1	G19
21 October at 17:00	35 MW	1	G19
20 October at 19:02	7 MW	1	N21
20 October at 17:50	86 MW	1	G19
19 October at 22:05	58 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 21:34	84 MW	1	G19FRP
19 October at 21:30	100 MW	1	G19
19 October at 21:20	86 MW	1	G19
19 October at 21:15	42 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 20:00	42 MW	1	G19
19 October at 19:58	11 MW	1	N
19 October at 19:25	25 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 19:20	85 MW	7	N21
19 October at 19:15	227 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 19:10	27 MW	1	G19
19 October at 16:44	37 MW	1	G19FRP
19 October at 16:40	38 MW	1	G19
19 October at 16:20	24 MW	1	G19
18 October at 18:56	16 MW	4	N20
16 October at 19:13	4 MW	1	N
14 October at 02:37	26 MW	1	Terra
13 October at 19:34	125 MW	18	N21
13 October at 18:50	24 MW	4	N20
13 October at 01:58	207 MW	3	Terra
12 October at 21:32	66 MW	3	Aqua
12 October at 19:07	30 MW	4	N20
11 October at 20:11	6 MW	1	N21
11 October at 19:26	5 MW	2	N20

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