Fire near Borno (NG)

11.57°N, 13.18°E · first detected on 10 October at 14:23

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 10 October at 14:23 to 22 October at 16:25, that is 12 days, through 612 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 10,460 ha.

Detected extent: 10,460 ha
Cumulative power: 3,980 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 114 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 612
Estimated emissions: 5.8 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 10 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 15 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 17:45	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:25	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:15	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:05	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:55	50 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:52	33 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:45	56 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:37	34 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:35	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:25	38 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:25	125 MW	6	Aqua
22 October at 16:22	115 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 16:15	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:05	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:37	57 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:25	21 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:23	175 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:22	150 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:15	68 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:07	161 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:07	186 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:05	60 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:01	161 MW	26	N21
22 October at 14:55	63 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:52	204 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:52	184 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:45	152 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:37	449 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 14:37	362 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:35	303 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 14:25	259 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 14:22	344 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:22	385 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:17	443 MW	27	N20
22 October at 14:15	361 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 14:07	425 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:07	370 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:05	248 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:57	86 MW	17	N
22 October at 13:55	101 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:45	21 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:52	28 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:37	60 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:22	34 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:15	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:08	46 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:07	48 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:05	59 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:55	78 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:52	35 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:45	35 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:38	55 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:37	36 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:35	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:25	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:23	48 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:22	104 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:15	87 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:08	127 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:07	222 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 16:05	54 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:55	79 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:53	104 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:52	173 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 15:45	82 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:37	133 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:35	75 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:25	52 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:22	45 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:15	43 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:07	97 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:07	187 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 15:05	88 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:55	116 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:52	196 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:52	180 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 14:45	207 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:37	438 MW	8	Met10
21 October at 14:37	369 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 14:36	474 MW	68	N20
21 October at 14:35	175 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:25	118 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:22	95 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:18	299 MW	48	N
21 October at 14:16	43 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:07	189 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 14:07	222 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:05	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:55	106 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:52	218 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 13:52	196 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 13:45	107 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 13:40	146 MW	16	N21
21 October at 13:37	138 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:37	124 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:35	94 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:25	124 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 13:22	214 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:22	252 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 13:15	170 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:07	120 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:07	139 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:05	92 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:55	110 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:52	120 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:52	135 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:45	128 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 12:37	42 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:35	67 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:25	109 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:22	145 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 12:15	61 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:07	106 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:07	252 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 12:05	65 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:45	41 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:25	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:22	28 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 03:09	1 MW	1	N
21 October at 02:35	1 MW	1	N21
20 October at 19:15	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:05	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:55	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:45	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:35	28 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:25	41 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:15	79 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 18:05	76 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:55	198 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 17:45	174 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 17:35	134 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 17:25	141 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 17:15	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:55	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:46	199 MW	15	Aqua
20 October at 16:45	128 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 16:35	69 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:25	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:15	70 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:08	219 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:55	140 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 15:53	123 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:52	368 MW	8	Met10
20 October at 15:45	90 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:38	144 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:37	306 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 15:35	46 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:25	95 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:22	180 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:22	346 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 15:15	38 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:07	222 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 15:07	70 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:05	48 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:55	234 MW	42	N20
20 October at 14:55	28 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:52	51 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:52	219 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 14:45	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:37	170 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 14:36	263 MW	50	N
20 October at 14:35	73 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:25	92 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:22	93 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:15	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:07	53 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:07	45 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:05	48 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:57	272 MW	31	N21
20 October at 13:55	113 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:52	182 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:52	121 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:45	94 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:37	320 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 13:37	148 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:35	97 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:25	60 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:22	146 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:22	262 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 13:15	66 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:07	142 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:07	47 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:05	59 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:55	35 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:52	104 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:52	65 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:45	52 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:37	144 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:37	170 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:35	42 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:25	76 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:22	128 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:22	230 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 12:15	67 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:07	147 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 12:07	67 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:05	48 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:56	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:52	44 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:46	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:37	41 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:35	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:25	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:22	41 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:15	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:07	44 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:06	28 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:56	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:52	32 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:37	62 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:26	55 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:22	87 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:16	65 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:07	29 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:06	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:56	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:37	21 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 16:10	408 MW	5	Aqua
19 October at 15:14	292 MW	46	N20
19 October at 14:53	593 MW	92	N
19 October at 14:17	429 MW	69	N21
18 October at 14:36	138 MW	29	N21
18 October at 13:51	87 MW	21	N20
17 October at 14:55	18 MW	2	N21
17 October at 14:12	3 MW	1	N20
16 October at 15:14	292 MW	21	N21
16 October at 14:29	326 MW	74	N20
16 October at 14:10	228 MW	38	N
16 October at 13:34	128 MW	10	N21
15 October at 14:51	20 MW	4	N20
14 October at 14:12	19 MW	2	N21
13 October at 15:25	22 MW	3	N20
13 October at 15:08	110 MW	18	N
13 October at 14:29	65 MW	19	N21
13 October at 13:47	7 MW	1	N20
11 October at 14:23	49 MW	13	N20
11 October at 14:04	36 MW	10	N
10 October at 14:44	22 MW	4	N20
10 October at 14:23	11 MW	1	N
9 October at 14:42	2 MW	1	N

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