Fire near Cabo Delgado (MZ)

13.33°S, 39.15°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 10:53	93 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 10:33	22 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 09:43	17 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 01:18	1 MW	1	N20
23 October at 00:59	2 MW	3	N
23 October at 00:21	3 MW	2	N21
22 October at 16:43	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:20	38 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:19	40 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:13	38 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:43	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:34	30 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:23	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:19	220 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:19	168 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:13	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:03	76 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:49	149 MW	41	N
22 October at 13:43	96 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:33	42 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:15	390 MW	48	N21
22 October at 12:53	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:30	286 MW	70	N20
22 October at 12:03	88 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:53	102 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:43	32 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:33	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:13	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:03	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:53	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:43	32 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:23	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:13	57 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:03	48 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:53	49 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:33	29 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:20	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:13	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:43	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:33	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:23	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:20	36 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:13	61 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:05	138 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:04	140 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:03	177 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:43	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:33	82 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:23	80 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:19	63 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:13	109 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:04	113 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:03	100 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:53	172 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:49	34 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:43	144 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 13:34	32 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:33	36 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:32	560 MW	84	N21
21 October at 13:23	155 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:19	82 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:13	95 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:04	72 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:04	66 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:03	103 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:53	107 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:47	494 MW	59	N20
21 October at 12:43	60 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:34	55 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:33	30 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:28	409 MW	55	N
21 October at 12:23	41 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:13	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:04	63 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:04	98 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:03	97 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:53	82 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:49	96 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:49	205 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:43	266 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 11:34	73 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:34	198 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:33	107 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:23	131 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:19	79 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:19	91 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:13	116 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:04	113 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:04	211 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:03	94 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:43	37 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 08:13	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:03	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:01	43 MW	3	Terra
21 October at 07:33	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 00:59	2 MW	2	N21
20 October at 17:23	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:50	33 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:08	293 MW	32	N20
20 October at 12:47	153 MW	26	N
20 October at 12:11	136 MW	18	N21
20 October at 11:43	28 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:33	20 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:33	39 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:13	39 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:33	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:13	33 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:04	72 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 09:03	88 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 08:53	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:33	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 00:33	1 MW	1	N20
20 October at 00:14	0 MW	1	N
19 October at 13:25	168 MW	17	N20
19 October at 13:06	128 MW	15	N
19 October at 12:30	231 MW	19	N21
18 October at 13:25	25 MW	3	N
18 October at 12:47	66 MW	5	N21
17 October at 13:45	9 MW	2	N
17 October at 13:08	23 MW	2	N21
17 October at 12:21	18 MW	2	N20
17 October at 00:33	1 MW	1	N21
16 October at 13:25	57 MW	5	N21
16 October at 12:41	58 MW	8	N20
16 October at 12:21	7 MW	1	N
16 October at 01:31	1 MW	3	N
16 October at 00:52	5 MW	3	N21
16 October at 00:08	2 MW	2	N20
15 October at 15:08	38 MW	1	Aqua
15 October at 13:45	124 MW	11	N21
15 October at 13:01	235 MW	28	N20
15 October at 12:42	120 MW	12	N
15 October at 12:04	21 MW	2	N21
14 October at 13:19	497 MW	44	N20
14 October at 13:00	365 MW	34	N
14 October at 12:23	190 MW	36	N21
13 October at 19:56	6 MW	1	Terra
13 October at 15:29	27 MW	2	Aqua
13 October at 13:38	107 MW	19	N20
12 October at 13:01	584 MW	42	N21
12 October at 00:29	1 MW	1	N21
11 October at 13:55	193 MW	34	N
11 October at 13:19	801 MW	93	N21
11 October at 12:36	647 MW	88	N20
11 October at 12:15	260 MW	39	N
11 October at 00:46	1 MW	1	N21
10 October at 15:14	45 MW	3	Aqua
10 October at 13:38	215 MW	25	N21
10 October at 12:53	587 MW	60	N20
10 October at 12:34	303 MW	66	N
9 October at 13:13	358 MW	42	N20
9 October at 12:53	361 MW	40	N
9 October at 12:15	298 MW	41	N21
9 October at 08:25	36 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 15:38	43 MW	2	Aqua
8 October at 13:32	459 MW	55	N20
8 October at 13:13	647 MW	89	N
8 October at 12:36	895 MW	99	N21
8 October at 07:46	11 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 00:59	0 MW	1	N20
8 October at 00:38	4 MW	3	N
8 October at 00:01	3 MW	3	N21
7 October at 14:59	53 MW	3	Aqua
7 October at 13:49	364 MW	55	N20
7 October at 13:32	1,081 MW	140	N
7 October at 12:53	1,239 MW	135	N21
7 October at 12:11	260 MW	32	N20
7 October at 00:59	0 MW	1	N
6 October at 13:49	435 MW	53	N
6 October at 13:15	662 MW	54	N21
6 October at 12:30	445 MW	87	N20
5 October at 23:55	1 MW	2	N20
5 October at 15:21	23 MW	1	Aqua
5 October at 13:32	108 MW	24	N21
5 October at 12:47	130 MW	17	N20
5 October at 12:28	148 MW	21	N
4 October at 13:08	5 MW	1	N20
3 October at 20:02	9 MW	1	Terra
3 October at 13:25	338 MW	36	N20
3 October at 13:06	229 MW	38	N
3 October at 12:30	252 MW	17	N21
2 October at 13:45	3 MW	1	N20
2 October at 13:25	27 MW	4	N
2 October at 12:47	39 MW	6	N21
2 October at 00:52	0 MW	1	N
2 October at 00:14	2 MW	1	N21
1 October at 13:45	9 MW	2	N
1 October at 13:08	14 MW	3	N21
1 October at 12:21	6 MW	1	N20
1 October at 00:33	1 MW	1	N21
30 September at 15:29	9 MW	1	Aqua
30 September at 13:25	176 MW	13	N21
30 September at 12:41	251 MW	41	N20
30 September at 12:21	156 MW	16	N
29 September at 14:49	330 MW	7	Aqua
29 September at 13:45	192 MW	17	N21
29 September at 13:00	591 MW	83	N20
29 September at 12:42	670 MW	61	N
29 September at 12:04	182 MW	18	N21
28 September at 20:02	26 MW	4	Terra
28 September at 13:19	1,175 MW	101	N20
28 September at 12:23	788 MW	83	N21
28 September at 01:29	1 MW	1	N21
28 September at 00:46	1 MW	2	N20
27 September at 23:50	1 MW	1	N21
27 September at 15:12	124 MW	9	Aqua
27 September at 13:38	223 MW	41	N20
27 September at 13:17	484 MW	58	N
27 September at 12:41	405 MW	39	N21
27 September at 01:03	2 MW	2	N20
27 September at 00:46	1 MW	1	N
26 September at 13:57	6 MW	1	N20
26 September at 13:38	74 MW	8	N
26 September at 13:01	340 MW	46	N21
26 September at 12:15	131 MW	17	N20
26 September at 01:03	1 MW	1	N
25 September at 19:43	44 MW	2	Terra
25 September at 15:36	13 MW	1	Aqua
25 September at 13:55	212 MW	23	N
25 September at 13:19	628 MW	80	N21
25 September at 12:36	589 MW	73	N20
25 September at 12:15	346 MW	36	N
25 September at 00:01	3 MW	3	N20
24 September at 14:57	376 MW	12	Aqua
24 September at 13:38	465 MW	45	N21
24 September at 12:53	696 MW	84	N20
24 September at 12:34	299 MW	57	N
23 September at 13:13	13 MW	2	N20

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