Fire near Cabo Delgado (MZ)

11.26°S, 39.14°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
23 October at 01:16	1 MW	1	N20
23 October at 00:59	1 MW	1	N
23 October at 00:20	1 MW	1	N21
22 October at 17:43	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:33	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:13	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:03	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:53	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:43	46 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:35	37 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:23	60 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:20	26 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:13	103 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 16:05	163 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 16:03	181 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:53	207 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:50	189 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:50	151 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:43	146 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:35	115 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:35	306 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 15:33	277 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 15:23	127 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:20	51 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:13	54 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:05	240 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 15:05	53 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:03	223 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 14:53	128 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:50	127 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:43	153 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:35	51 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:35	325 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 14:33	247 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 14:23	263 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 14:20	201 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:20	519 MW	11	Met9
22 October at 14:13	470 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 14:05	789 MW	17	Met9
22 October at 14:05	112 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:03	553 MW	19	Met12
22 October at 13:53	191 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:50	300 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:49	642 MW	107	N
22 October at 13:43	155 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:35	38 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:33	141 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:23	245 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:20	132 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:20	332 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:15	1,570 MW	137	N21
22 October at 13:13	409 MW	17	Met12
22 October at 13:05	465 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 13:03	484 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 12:53	491 MW	19	Met12
22 October at 12:50	61 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:49	68 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:49	237 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:43	268 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:35	66 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:34	38 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:33	121 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:30	1,146 MW	101	N20
22 October at 12:23	238 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:19	239 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:19	57 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:13	237 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:11	122 MW	14	N
22 October at 12:04	43 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:04	378 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 12:03	191 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:53	90 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:49	53 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:49	83 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:43	49 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:34	78 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:33	63 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:23	250 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 11:19	263 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 11:19	70 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:13	185 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:04	50 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:04	119 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:03	77 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:34	57 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 01:16	1 MW	1	N
22 October at 00:40	2 MW	2	N21
21 October at 18:03	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:50	16 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:35	19 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:23	45 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:20	26 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:20	22 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:13	29 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:05	24 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:05	31 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:03	37 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:53	62 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:50	91 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:50	64 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:43	42 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:35	46 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:35	31 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:33	90 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:23	49 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:20	81 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:20	29 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:13	66 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:05	208 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 16:05	306 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 16:03	117 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:53	199 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 15:50	128 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:50	626 MW	13	Met9
21 October at 15:43	316 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 15:40	194 MW	4	Aqua
21 October at 15:35	106 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:33	77 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:23	207 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 15:20	206 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 15:13	196 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 15:05	193 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 15:03	388 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 14:53	432 MW	20	Met12
21 October at 14:50	662 MW	13	Met9
21 October at 14:50	44 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:43	249 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 14:35	377 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 14:33	204 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 14:23	333 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 14:20	489 MW	10	Met9
21 October at 14:13	343 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 14:05	221 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 14:03	273 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:53	359 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 13:50	341 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 13:43	336 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 13:35	573 MW	13	Met9
21 October at 13:33	781 MW	26	Met12
21 October at 13:32	2,235 MW	171	N21
21 October at 13:23	610 MW	20	Met12
21 October at 13:20	880 MW	15	Met9
21 October at 13:13	478 MW	20	Met12
21 October at 13:05	488 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 13:03	386 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 12:53	501 MW	18	Met12
21 October at 12:50	334 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 12:49	168 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:49	205 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 12:48	1,982 MW	189	N20
21 October at 12:43	540 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 12:35	182 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:34	399 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 12:34	539 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 12:33	659 MW	21	Met12
21 October at 12:30	1,134 MW	149	N
21 October at 12:23	449 MW	18	Met12
21 October at 12:19	567 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 12:19	263 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:13	377 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 12:04	676 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 12:04	462 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 12:03	477 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 11:53	315 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 11:50	59 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:49	131 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:49	56 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:43	150 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:34	80 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:33	63 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:23	103 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:19	86 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:19	135 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:13	29 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:04	112 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:53	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:49	110 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:49	56 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:43	35 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:34	217 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 10:33	105 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:23	158 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 10:19	117 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:19	253 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 10:13	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:03	40 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:23	50 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 00:14	2 MW	1	N20
20 October at 17:53	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:43	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:23	21 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:13	48 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 17:03	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:53	79 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:43	76 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:33	212 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 16:23	111 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:13	66 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:05	23 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 16:03	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:53	120 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:50	104 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:50	63 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:43	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:35	26 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:33	53 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:23	93 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:20	49 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:05	85 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:03	109 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:01	496 MW	30	Aqua
20 October at 14:53	100 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:50	238 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:43	79 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:35	439 MW	10	Met9
20 October at 14:33	161 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 14:23	240 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 14:20	37 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:13	79 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:05	280 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:03	415 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 13:53	326 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 13:50	151 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:43	325 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 13:35	382 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 13:33	288 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 13:23	344 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 13:20	42 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:13	243 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:08	1,719 MW	197	N20
20 October at 13:05	612 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 13:04	144 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:03	580 MW	20	Met12
20 October at 12:53	616 MW	21	Met12
20 October at 12:50	226 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:49	44 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:47	1,260 MW	143	N
20 October at 12:43	321 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:33	296 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:23	524 MW	20	Met12
20 October at 12:19	93 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:13	92 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:11	960 MW	81	N21
20 October at 12:04	322 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 12:03	341 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 11:53	297 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 11:49	460 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 11:43	23 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:33	88 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:23	177 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 11:13	37 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:04	48 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:03	66 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:53	62 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:49	55 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:34	639 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 10:34	877 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 10:33	704 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 10:23	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:13	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:03	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:33	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:53	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:53	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:43	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:33	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 00:33	2 MW	3	N20
20 October at 00:14	1 MW	1	N
19 October at 13:25	962 MW	91	N20
19 October at 13:07	1,320 MW	151	N
19 October at 12:30	1,894 MW	133	N21
18 October at 15:25	29 MW	3	Aqua
18 October at 13:47	12 MW	3	N20
18 October at 13:25	449 MW	42	N
18 October at 12:47	631 MW	53	N21
18 October at 12:04	27 MW	3	N20
18 October at 01:09	0 MW	1	N20
18 October at 00:52	2 MW	2	N
17 October at 13:45	29 MW	5	N
17 October at 13:08	351 MW	28	N21
17 October at 12:24	9 MW	3	N20
16 October at 14:04	8 MW	1	N
16 October at 13:25	141 MW	15	N21
16 October at 12:41	288 MW	19	N20
16 October at 12:21	432 MW	25	N
15 October at 15:08	216 MW	14	Aqua
15 October at 13:47	619 MW	35	N21
15 October at 13:02	833 MW	86	N20
15 October at 12:42	754 MW	68	N
15 October at 12:04	508 MW	31	N21
14 October at 13:19	104 MW	12	N20
14 October at 13:00	400 MW	27	N
14 October at 12:24	224 MW	9	N21
14 October at 00:46	1 MW	2	N20
13 October at 13:38	124 MW	19	N20
13 October at 07:44	9 MW	1	Terra
12 October at 14:53	358 MW	12	Aqua
12 October at 13:02	561 MW	55	N21
12 October at 01:24	1 MW	2	N20
12 October at 01:03	4 MW	3	N
12 October at 00:27	4 MW	4	N21
11 October at 20:19	32 MW	3	Terra
11 October at 13:55	75 MW	14	N
11 October at 13:19	554 MW	61	N21
11 October at 12:36	646 MW	66	N20
11 October at 12:15	165 MW	20	N
11 October at 08:05	14 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 00:46	1 MW	1	N21
10 October at 15:14	524 MW	28	Aqua
10 October at 13:39	480 MW	37	N21
10 October at 12:56	1,151 MW	104	N20
10 October at 12:36	1,095 MW	64	N
10 October at 11:58	101 MW	7	N21
10 October at 03:02	7 MW	1	Aqua
10 October at 01:03	4 MW	3	N21
10 October at 00:20	5 MW	4	N20
9 October at 13:13	855 MW	76	N20
9 October at 12:53	632 MW	66	N
9 October at 12:17	190 MW	27	N21
9 October at 01:24	1 MW	1	N21
9 October at 00:40	5 MW	4	N20
9 October at 00:20	3 MW	4	N
8 October at 20:00	11 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 15:38	215 MW	6	Aqua
8 October at 13:32	759 MW	46	N20
8 October at 13:15	1,048 MW	79	N
8 October at 12:36	471 MW	43	N21
8 October at 00:59	13 MW	6	N20
8 October at 00:37	6 MW	3	N
8 October at 00:01	8 MW	3	N21
7 October at 14:59	469 MW	17	Aqua
7 October at 13:51	254 MW	23	N20
7 October at 13:32	679 MW	66	N
7 October at 12:56	791 MW	67	N21
7 October at 12:11	149 MW	8	N20
7 October at 00:59	1 MW	1	N
6 October at 13:49	139 MW	26	N
6 October at 13:15	201 MW	25	N21
6 October at 12:30	76 MW	7	N20
6 October at 12:11	42 MW	2	N
6 October at 00:40	1 MW	1	N21
5 October at 15:21	183 MW	6	Aqua
5 October at 13:32	33 MW	4	N21
5 October at 12:47	15 MW	1	N20
5 October at 12:30	13 MW	2	N
3 October at 13:25	445 MW	49	N20
3 October at 13:06	511 MW	65	N
3 October at 12:30	365 MW	38	N21
3 October at 00:52	1 MW	1	N20
2 October at 15:06	331 MW	20	Aqua
2 October at 13:46	132 MW	15	N20
2 October at 13:25	457 MW	26	N
2 October at 12:48	102 MW	17	N21
2 October at 12:04	6 MW	1	N20
2 October at 01:09	1 MW	1	N20
2 October at 00:52	1 MW	1	N
1 October at 13:45	37 MW	7	N
1 October at 13:08	78 MW	12	N21
1 October at 12:24	128 MW	21	N20
1 October at 00:33	3 MW	2	N21
30 September at 15:29	21 MW	2	Aqua
30 September at 13:25	174 MW	19	N21
30 September at 12:41	105 MW	15	N20
30 September at 12:21	5 MW	1	N
30 September at 01:29	1 MW	1	N
30 September at 00:52	3 MW	2	N21
30 September at 00:08	1 MW	2	N20
29 September at 14:51	468 MW	12	Aqua
29 September at 13:47	66 MW	5	N21
29 September at 13:02	997 MW	87	N20
29 September at 12:43	404 MW	38	N
29 September at 12:04	124 MW	9	N21
29 September at 08:29	329 MW	2	Terra
29 September at 01:09	3 MW	2	N21
29 September at 00:25	4 MW	5	N20
29 September at 00:08	1 MW	1	N
28 September at 20:02	13 MW	2	Terra
28 September at 13:19	787 MW	93	N20
28 September at 12:24	355 MW	31	N21
28 September at 00:46	1 MW	1	N20
28 September at 00:27	1 MW	1	N
27 September at 15:14	163 MW	11	Aqua
27 September at 13:38	199 MW	27	N20
27 September at 13:19	506 MW	48	N
27 September at 12:41	428 MW	33	N21
27 September at 01:03	6 MW	5	N20
27 September at 00:44	6 MW	7	N
27 September at 00:08	1 MW	1	N21
26 September at 20:21	7 MW	1	Terra
26 September at 14:34	637 MW	3	Aqua
26 September at 13:38	239 MW	16	N
26 September at 13:02	157 MW	22	N21
26 September at 12:15	102 MW	13	N20
26 September at 01:22	0 MW	1	N20
26 September at 01:03	3 MW	4	N
26 September at 00:27	5 MW	3	N21
25 September at 13:55	85 MW	6	N
25 September at 13:19	312 MW	21	N21
25 September at 12:36	121 MW	20	N20
24 September at 14:57	57 MW	2	Aqua
24 September at 13:40	11 MW	1	N21
24 September at 12:53	193 MW	20	N20
24 September at 12:36	132 MW	15	N
24 September at 01:41	1 MW	2	N
24 September at 01:03	2 MW	2	N21
23 September at 13:13	19 MW	3	N20
23 September at 12:53	26 MW	3	N
23 September at 12:17	8 MW	2	N21

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