Fire near Borno (NG)

11.69°N, 14.19°E · first detected on 13 October at 13:47

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 13 October at 13:47 to 22 October at 15:01, that is 9 days, through 149 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,576 ha.

Detected extent: 2,576 ha
Cumulative power: 967 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 23 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 149
Estimated emissions: 522 t of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 13 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 12 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
23 October at 02:52	11 MW	9	N20
23 October at 02:33	20 MW	5	N
23 October at 01:56	8 MW	3	N21
22 October at 18:05	37 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:55	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:52	49 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:45	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:37	90 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:25	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:23	114 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 17:22	138 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 17:15	55 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:08	97 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 17:07	88 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:05	65 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:55	215 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 16:53	284 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:52	282 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 16:45	161 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 16:38	497 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 16:37	614 MW	10	Met10
22 October at 16:35	425 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 16:25	153 MW	6	Aqua
22 October at 16:25	72 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:23	298 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:22	380 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 16:15	102 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:08	565 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 16:07	604 MW	10	Met10
22 October at 16:05	201 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 15:55	122 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:53	326 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:52	517 MW	9	Met10
22 October at 15:45	335 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:38	557 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 15:37	449 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 15:35	271 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 15:25	376 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:23	298 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:22	349 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:15	235 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:07	326 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:07	388 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 15:05	149 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:01	337 MW	36	N21
22 October at 14:55	165 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:52	582 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 14:52	513 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 14:45	264 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 14:37	352 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 14:37	284 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:35	170 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:25	149 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:22	221 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:22	349 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 14:17	444 MW	44	N20
22 October at 14:15	174 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:07	86 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:07	50 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:05	189 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:57	295 MW	46	N
22 October at 13:55	86 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:52	210 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:52	165 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:45	84 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:37	184 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:37	71 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:35	60 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:25	80 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:15	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:07	288 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:07	235 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:05	149 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:55	148 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:52	174 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:52	304 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 12:45	53 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:37	85 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:35	44 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:25	35 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:22	27 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:15	32 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:07	79 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:07	68 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:05	65 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:56	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:45	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:37	32 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:35	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:05	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:55	135 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 18:53	350 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 18:52	291 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 18:25	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:15	78 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 18:05	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:55	45 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:45	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:25	22 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:23	50 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:22	30 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:07	43 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:05	22 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:55	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:45	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:37	41 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:35	34 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:22	27 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:15	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:07	55 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:07	97 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:05	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:55	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:52	75 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:45	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:37	143 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 14:37	58 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:36	268 MW	32	N20
21 October at 14:35	117 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:25	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:22	55 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:17	256 MW	39	N
21 October at 14:16	54 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:07	65 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:05	28 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:55	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:52	91 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:40	76 MW	13	N21
21 October at 13:37	30 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:35	43 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:25	38 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:22	49 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:15	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:55	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:15	38 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:07	28 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:05	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:52	39 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:45	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:37	145 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 11:35	37 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:25	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:22	33 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:15	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:56	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:46	42 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:36	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:26	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:45	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:25	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:15	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:35	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:25	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:15	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:05	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:55	38 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:46	76 MW	9	Aqua
20 October at 16:45	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:35	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:25	32 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:52	48 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:37	29 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:35	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:15	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:55	54 MW	10	N20
20 October at 14:36	57 MW	13	N
20 October at 13:57	55 MW	10	N21
20 October at 13:45	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:07	61 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:05	65 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:25	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:35	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:06	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 15:14	26 MW	4	N20
19 October at 14:53	93 MW	18	N
19 October at 14:17	114 MW	22	N21
19 October at 13:34	24 MW	2	N20
18 October at 15:14	141 MW	22	N
18 October at 14:36	311 MW	35	N21
18 October at 13:51	132 MW	34	N20
17 October at 14:55	82 MW	16	N21
17 October at 14:12	69 MW	14	N20
17 October at 13:51	66 MW	11	N
16 October at 15:14	87 MW	8	N21
16 October at 14:29	222 MW	46	N20
16 October at 14:10	259 MW	43	N
16 October at 13:34	112 MW	9	N21
15 October at 14:51	103 MW	11	N20
15 October at 14:29	37 MW	6	N
15 October at 13:51	56 MW	9	N21
14 October at 14:46	20 MW	3	N
14 October at 14:12	61 MW	7	N21
13 October at 15:08	409 MW	29	N
13 October at 14:29	264 MW	34	N21
13 October at 13:47	207 MW	22	N20

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