Fire near Cabo Delgado (MZ)

11.40°S, 39.30°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 08:53	10 MW	1	Met12
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	157 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:35	359 MW	10	Met9
22 October at 15:35	115 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:33	288 MW	16	Met12
22 October at 15:23	127 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:20	101 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:13	54 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:05	285 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 15:05	53 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:03	305 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 14:53	186 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:50	191 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 14:43	176 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 14:35	325 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 14:35	51 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:33	263 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 14:23	314 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 14:20	617 MW	13	Met9
22 October at 14:20	201 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:13	506 MW	17	Met12
22 October at 14:05	112 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:05	900 MW	20	Met9
22 October at 14:03	571 MW	20	Met12
22 October at 13:53	219 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 13:50	333 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 13:49	715 MW	120	N
22 October at 13:43	299 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 13:35	87 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:33	169 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:23	274 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:20	332 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:20	132 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:19	36 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:15	1,748 MW	160	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	1,364 MW	129	N20
22 October at 12:23	238 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:19	57 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:19	289 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 12:13	270 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 12:11	178 MW	21	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	120 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 11:49	166 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:49	53 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:43	70 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:34	216 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 11:34	109 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:33	202 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 11:23	292 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 11:19	70 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:19	263 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 11:13	185 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:04	119 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:04	50 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:03	77 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:43	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:34	57 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:23	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:19	49 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:13	43 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:53	64 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 07:13	12 MW	1	Met12
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	31 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:35	46 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:33	90 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:23	67 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:20	77 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:20	154 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 16:13	66 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:05	306 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 16:05	208 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 16:03	117 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:53	199 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 15:50	626 MW	13	Met9
21 October at 15:50	128 MW	3	Met10
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	401 MW	16	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	231 MW	13	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	2,314 MW	183	N21
21 October at 13:23	610 MW	20	Met12
21 October at 13:20	880 MW	15	Met9
21 October at 13:13	490 MW	21	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	205 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 12:49	168 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:48	2,313 MW	242	N20
21 October at 12:43	613 MW	21	Met12
21 October at 12:35	182 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:34	591 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 12:34	399 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 12:33	659 MW	21	Met12
21 October at 12:29	1,344 MW	185	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	392 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 12:04	542 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 12:04	823 MW	11	Met9
21 October at 12:03	598 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 11:53	435 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 11:50	59 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:49	428 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 11:49	527 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 11:43	229 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:34	137 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:33	63 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:23	124 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 11:19	154 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:19	204 MW	3	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	56 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:49	110 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:43	35 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:34	261 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 10:33	129 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 10:23	158 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 10:19	253 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 10:19	117 MW	2	Met10
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 00:59	3 MW	2	N21
21 October at 00:14	12 MW	3	N20
20 October at 23:55	29 MW	3	N
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	63 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:50	104 MW	3	Met9
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	106 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 15:20	85 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:13	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:05	85 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:03	122 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 15:01	550 MW	33	Aqua
20 October at 14:53	126 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 14:50	299 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 14:43	108 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 14:35	439 MW	10	Met9
20 October at 14:33	174 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 14:23	240 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 14:20	37 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:13	89 MW	4	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	327 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 13:23	358 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 13:20	42 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:13	266 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 13:08	2,010 MW	238	N20
20 October at 13:05	612 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 13:04	144 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:04	39 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:03	629 MW	22	Met12
20 October at 12:53	678 MW	25	Met12
20 October at 12:50	226 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:49	80 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:47	1,519 MW	169	N
20 October at 12:43	378 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 12:34	92 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:33	368 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 12:23	702 MW	27	Met12
20 October at 12:19	71 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:19	265 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 12:13	387 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 12:11	1,383 MW	103	N21
20 October at 12:04	152 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:04	548 MW	9	Met9
20 October at 12:03	398 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 11:53	323 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 11:49	460 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 11:43	80 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:34	91 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:33	140 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 11:23	188 MW	8	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	715 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 10:23	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:13	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:03	53 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:53	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:49	41 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 09:43	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:33	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:19	41 MW	1	Met9
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	3 MW	4	N20
20 October at 00:14	2 MW	2	N
19 October at 13:25	1,218 MW	106	N20
19 October at 13:07	1,467 MW	176	N
19 October at 12:30	2,016 MW	150	N21
18 October at 15:25	29 MW	3	Aqua
18 October at 13:47	12 MW	3	N20
18 October at 13:25	520 MW	47	N
18 October at 12:47	730 MW	63	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	3	N
17 October at 13:45	29 MW	5	N
17 October at 13:08	364 MW	29	N21
17 October at 12:24	9 MW	3	N20
16 October at 14:04	15 MW	2	N
16 October at 13:25	236 MW	21	N21
16 October at 12:41	355 MW	24	N20
16 October at 12:21	442 MW	27	N
16 October at 01:29	2 MW	2	N
16 October at 00:52	2 MW	2	N21
16 October at 00:08	0 MW	1	N20
15 October at 15:08	242 MW	17	Aqua
15 October at 13:47	709 MW	41	N21
15 October at 13:02	999 MW	108	N20
15 October at 12:42	912 MW	87	N
15 October at 12:04	696 MW	44	N21
14 October at 13:19	141 MW	19	N20
14 October at 13:00	501 MW	39	N
14 October at 12:24	274 MW	13	N21
14 October at 00:46	1 MW	2	N20
13 October at 15:31	32 MW	2	Aqua
13 October at 13:38	132 MW	21	N20
13 October at 07:44	9 MW	1	Terra
12 October at 14:53	444 MW	17	Aqua
12 October at 13:02	789 MW	75	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	694 MW	73	N21
11 October at 12:36	701 MW	76	N20
11 October at 12:15	172 MW	21	N
11 October at 08:05	14 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 00:46	1 MW	1	N21
10 October at 15:14	559 MW	31	Aqua
10 October at 13:39	552 MW	42	N21
10 October at 12:56	1,318 MW	115	N20
10 October at 12:36	1,108 MW	66	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
10 October at 00:01	1 MW	1	N
9 October at 13:13	867 MW	78	N20
9 October at 12:53	650 MW	68	N
9 October at 12:17	198 MW	28	N21
9 October at 01:24	1 MW	1	N21
9 October at 00:40	5 MW	5	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	766 MW	49	N20
8 October at 13:15	1,122 MW	92	N
8 October at 12:36	616 MW	58	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	522 MW	21	Aqua
7 October at 13:51	384 MW	28	N20
7 October at 13:32	776 MW	75	N
7 October at 12:56	862 MW	80	N21
7 October at 12:11	173 MW	13	N20
7 October at 00:59	1 MW	1	N
6 October at 13:49	153 MW	28	N
6 October at 13:15	223 MW	28	N21
6 October at 12:30	104 MW	11	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	47 MW	5	N21
5 October at 12:47	33 MW	3	N20
5 October at 12:30	13 MW	2	N
3 October at 13:25	486 MW	55	N20
3 October at 13:06	719 MW	86	N
3 October at 12:30	414 MW	45	N21
3 October at 00:52	2 MW	2	N20
2 October at 15:06	341 MW	22	Aqua
2 October at 13:46	216 MW	19	N20
2 October at 13:25	557 MW	36	N
2 October at 12:47	147 MW	27	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	54 MW	9	N
1 October at 13:08	241 MW	17	N21
1 October at 12:24	138 MW	23	N20
1 October at 01:31	1 MW	1	N20
1 October at 00:33	3 MW	2	N21
30 September at 15:29	21 MW	2	Aqua
30 September at 14:04	6 MW	1	N
30 September at 13:25	177 MW	20	N21
30 September at 12:41	180 MW	18	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	511 MW	14	Aqua
29 September at 13:47	148 MW	14	N21
29 September at 13:02	1,150 MW	109	N20
29 September at 12:43	456 MW	47	N
29 September at 12:04	196 MW	14	N21
29 September at 08:29	329 MW	2	Terra
29 September at 01:09	10 MW	3	N21
29 September at 00:25	11 MW	8	N20
29 September at 00:08	11 MW	4	N
28 September at 20:02	13 MW	2	Terra
28 September at 13:19	828 MW	102	N20
28 September at 12:24	386 MW	36	N21
28 September at 00:46	3 MW	2	N20
28 September at 00:27	1 MW	1	N
27 September at 15:14	194 MW	13	Aqua
27 September at 13:38	214 MW	28	N20
27 September at 13:19	572 MW	58	N
27 September at 12:41	493 MW	43	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	243 MW	17	N
26 September at 13:02	208 MW	28	N21
26 September at 12:15	96 MW	14	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	96 MW	8	N
25 September at 13:19	350 MW	26	N21
25 September at 12:36	147 MW	24	N20
25 September at 12:15	6 MW	1	N
24 September at 14:57	81 MW	4	Aqua
24 September at 13:38	55 MW	5	N21
24 September at 12:53	201 MW	21	N20
24 September at 12:36	199 MW	18	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	46 MW	6	N21

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