Fire near Borno (NG)

12.22°N, 13.26°E · first detected on 7 October at 13:57

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 7 October at 13:57 to 23 October at 01:56, that is 15 days, through 1,173 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 20,207 ha.

Detected extent: 20,207 ha
Cumulative power: 9,710 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 116 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,173
Estimated emissions: 12.3 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 7 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 18 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	14 MW	6	N20
23 October at 02:46	10 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 02:33	14 MW	7	N
23 October at 01:56	11 MW	6	N21
22 October at 18:55	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:15	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:45	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:05	23 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:35	32 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:15	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:05	43 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:55	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:53	109 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:52	40 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:45	155 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:38	330 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:37	71 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:35	234 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:25	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:23	294 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 15:22	135 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:15	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:05	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:01	404 MW	56	N21
22 October at 14:55	37 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:53	91 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:52	134 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:45	39 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:37	70 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:37	98 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:35	81 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:25	154 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 14:22	74 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:22	281 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:17	227 MW	26	N20
22 October at 14:15	48 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:07	62 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:05	91 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:57	220 MW	38	N
22 October at 13:55	74 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:52	90 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:45	696 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 13:37	158 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:37	400 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:35	298 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 13:25	207 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 13:22	271 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:22	557 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:15	138 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:07	442 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:07	298 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:05	270 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:55	274 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 12:52	355 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 12:52	590 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 12:45	111 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:37	373 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 12:37	464 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:35	262 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 12:25	536 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 12:15	41 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:07	247 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 12:05	66 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 11:56	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:52	104 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:45	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:35	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:22	324 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 11:22	752 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 11:15	81 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:07	229 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 11:05	50 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:56	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:52	112 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:52	210 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 10:46	405 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 10:37	324 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:37	468 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 10:36	391 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 10:26	38 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:22	107 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:16	324 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 10:13	271 MW	3	Terra
22 October at 10:07	167 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 09:56	142 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 09:52	622 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 09:52	311 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:46	163 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:37	416 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:37	618 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 09:36	559 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 09:26	397 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 09:22	268 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:22	448 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 09:16	254 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 09:07	1,014 MW	8	Met10
22 October at 09:07	507 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 09:06	310 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 08:56	339 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 08:52	241 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 08:52	400 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 08:46	814 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 08:37	586 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 08:37	639 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 08:36	343 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 08:26	174 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 08:22	355 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 08:22	345 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 08:16	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 03:09	34 MW	17	N20
22 October at 02:52	14 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 02:37	14 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 02:13	38 MW	21	N21
21 October at 23:08	17 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 22:53	15 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 21:23	22 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 19:08	106 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 19:08	83 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 18:55	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:53	154 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 18:53	190 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 18:38	385 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 18:38	346 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 18:35	83 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 18:25	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:23	91 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 18:23	116 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 18:08	143 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 18:08	91 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 18:05	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:53	196 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 17:52	130 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 17:38	270 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 17:37	170 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 17:25	384 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 17:24	205 MW	2	Aqua
21 October at 17:23	1,033 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 17:22	694 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 17:08	329 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 17:07	224 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 16:55	63 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:53	503 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 16:52	421 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 16:45	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:38	170 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:37	243 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 16:35	52 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:25	30 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:23	52 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:22	277 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 16:15	37 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:08	70 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:07	335 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 16:05	83 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:55	159 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:53	333 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 15:52	286 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 15:45	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:38	851 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 15:37	753 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 15:35	221 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:25	56 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:23	133 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:22	336 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 15:15	72 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:08	201 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:07	185 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:05	49 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:55	145 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:53	330 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:52	198 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:52	258 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 14:45	196 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:38	650 MW	48	N20
21 October at 14:37	525 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 14:37	600 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:35	337 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 14:25	86 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:22	276 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:22	391 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 14:19	394 MW	49	N
21 October at 14:16	241 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 14:07	262 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:07	473 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 14:05	221 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 13:55	37 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:45	62 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:40	280 MW	31	N21
21 October at 13:37	51 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:35	29 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:25	121 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:22	244 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:22	268 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:15	277 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 13:07	160 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:07	225 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:05	62 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:55	344 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 12:52	294 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:52	114 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:45	1,304 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 12:37	966 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 12:37	1,797 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 12:35	2,042 MW	20	Met12
21 October at 12:25	248 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 12:22	235 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 12:22	88 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:15	100 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:07	194 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:07	104 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:05	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:55	193 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 11:52	80 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:52	123 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:45	319 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:37	149 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:35	39 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:25	108 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:22	156 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 11:15	260 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:07	55 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:06	49 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:56	50 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:52	254 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 10:46	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:37	34 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:36	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:26	114 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 10:22	185 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 10:16	124 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:07	134 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 10:06	56 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:56	50 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:52	132 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 09:46	119 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:37	156 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 09:36	92 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 09:33	87 MW	4	Terra
21 October at 09:26	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 03:30	13 MW	10	N20
21 October at 03:09	13 MW	12	N
21 October at 02:35	27 MW	21	N21
20 October at 21:21	59 MW	4	Terra
20 October at 20:55	82 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 20:45	56 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 20:35	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 20:05	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:55	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:25	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:05	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:55	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:25	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:15	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:05	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:55	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:25	52 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:15	122 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 17:05	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:55	100 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:46	352 MW	15	Aqua
20 October at 16:45	42 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:35	247 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:25	221 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 16:15	185 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:08	738 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 16:05	114 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:55	350 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 15:53	577 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:52	536 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 15:45	214 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:38	591 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:37	622 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 15:35	400 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 15:25	637 MW	16	Met12
20 October at 15:23	868 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 15:22	738 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 15:15	506 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 15:08	1,208 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 15:07	1,073 MW	7	Met10
20 October at 15:05	978 MW	23	Met12
20 October at 14:55	624 MW	18	Met12
20 October at 14:55	770 MW	61	N20
20 October at 14:52	626 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 14:52	750 MW	7	Met10
20 October at 14:45	388 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 14:37	625 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 14:37	365 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:36	577 MW	60	N
20 October at 14:35	330 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 14:25	291 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 14:22	406 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:22	433 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 14:15	157 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:07	340 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:07	157 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:05	221 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 14:00	287 MW	34	N21
20 October at 13:55	159 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:52	472 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 13:52	626 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 13:45	405 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 13:37	420 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 13:37	280 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:35	173 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:25	158 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:22	131 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:15	122 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:05	92 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 12:55	156 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:52	88 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:45	186 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:37	362 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 12:37	145 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:35	230 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:25	232 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:22	154 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:22	255 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:15	161 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 12:07	227 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:05	161 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 11:56	73 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:46	42 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:35	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:25	35 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 04:22	16 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 03:28	12 MW	10	N
20 October at 02:52	23 MW	12	N21
20 October at 02:07	10 MW	10	N20
19 October at 15:14	36 MW	7	N20
19 October at 14:55	118 MW	21	N
19 October at 14:17	144 MW	21	N21
19 October at 02:28	7 MW	3	N20
19 October at 02:07	1 MW	1	N
18 October at 21:42	13 MW	2	Terra
18 October at 15:14	131 MW	28	N
18 October at 14:37	288 MW	43	N21
18 October at 13:51	107 MW	26	N20
18 October at 02:45	5 MW	7	N20
18 October at 02:26	2 MW	2	N
17 October at 15:31	160 MW	16	N
17 October at 14:55	711 MW	58	N21
17 October at 14:12	536 MW	60	N20
17 October at 13:51	371 MW	47	N
17 October at 10:16	24 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 02:45	1 MW	1	N
16 October at 15:14	115 MW	7	N21
16 October at 14:29	265 MW	56	N20
16 October at 14:10	261 MW	46	N
16 October at 13:34	293 MW	23	N21
16 October at 09:37	19 MW	1	Terra
16 October at 02:28	2 MW	1	N21
15 October at 14:29	5 MW	1	N
15 October at 03:41	2 MW	2	N20
15 October at 03:22	1 MW	1	N
15 October at 02:45	2 MW	1	N21
14 October at 15:08	117 MW	23	N20
14 October at 14:46	75 MW	12	N
14 October at 14:12	55 MW	9	N21
13 October at 15:27	35 MW	4	N20
13 October at 15:08	262 MW	6	N
13 October at 14:29	40 MW	6	N21
13 October at 13:47	22 MW	5	N20
12 October at 16:40	40 MW	4	Aqua
12 October at 14:49	22 MW	4	N21
11 October at 15:08	150 MW	16	N21
11 October at 14:23	256 MW	25	N20
11 October at 14:04	105 MW	20	N
10 October at 14:44	116 MW	18	N20
10 October at 14:23	61 MW	11	N
10 October at 13:47	21 MW	5	N21
9 October at 15:01	54 MW	7	N20
9 October at 14:42	126 MW	19	N
9 October at 14:06	31 MW	4	N21
8 October at 15:01	4 MW	1	N
8 October at 14:23	26 MW	5	N21
7 October at 16:44	7 MW	1	Aqua
7 October at 14:44	38 MW	6	N21
7 October at 13:57	18 MW	3	N20

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