Fire near Centrale (ZM)

14.58°S, 25.51°E · first detected on 23 September at 13:13

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 13:13 to 22 October at 08:42, that is 29 days, through 725 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 12,918 ha.

Detected extent: 12,918 ha
Cumulative power: 9,050 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 158 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 725
Estimated emissions: 9.4 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 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 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
21 October at 16:03	47 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:53	130 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:13	142 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:04	169 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:03	108 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:53	150 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:49	284 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:43	300 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:33	460 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:27	20 MW	2	N20
21 October at 14:23	29 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:13	71 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:10	49 MW	4	N
21 October at 13:03	54 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:53	115 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 21:15	7 MW	1	Terra
20 October at 14:53	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:46	38 MW	5	N20
20 October at 14:43	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:33	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:27	55 MW	10	N
20 October at 14:23	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:13	213 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 14:04	231 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 14:04	250 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:03	367 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:53	43 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:51	103 MW	13	N21
20 October at 13:43	125 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:34	31 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:33	144 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:23	132 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:19	31 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:13	151 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:08	162 MW	11	N20
20 October at 13:04	74 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:04	66 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:03	386 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 12:53	332 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:49	122 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:49	189 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 12:43	229 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:34	45 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:34	42 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:33	147 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:23	145 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:19	55 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:19	47 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:13	129 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:04	37 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:03	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:53	87 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:49	59 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:49	62 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:43	343 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:33	129 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:23	66 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:13	97 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:03	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:53	65 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 10:43	197 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:33	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:53	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:46	11 MW	2	N
19 October at 13:25	5 MW	1	N20
18 October at 14:27	3 MW	1	N21
18 October at 13:25	9 MW	2	N
17 October at 14:04	15 MW	3	N20
17 October at 13:45	18 MW	3	N
17 October at 13:08	190 MW	9	N21
17 October at 08:44	50 MW	4	Terra
17 October at 02:16	4 MW	3	N21
17 October at 01:31	10 MW	8	N20
17 October at 01:12	2 MW	3	N
16 October at 15:46	210 MW	3	Aqua
16 October at 14:21	313 MW	27	N20
16 October at 14:04	430 MW	28	N
16 October at 13:25	2,108 MW	49	N21
16 October at 01:50	3 MW	3	N20
16 October at 01:29	6 MW	5	N
15 October at 14:42	67 MW	9	N20
15 October at 14:21	43 MW	5	N
15 October at 13:47	41 MW	4	N21
14 October at 14:40	25 MW	4	N
14 October at 14:04	12 MW	1	N21
14 October at 13:19	2 MW	1	N20
14 October at 02:28	5 MW	3	N20
14 October at 02:07	3 MW	2	N
14 October at 01:31	8 MW	8	N21
13 October at 14:21	9 MW	1	N21
13 October at 13:38	25 MW	4	N20
12 October at 16:29	39 MW	1	Aqua
12 October at 14:42	63 MW	4	N21
12 October at 13:02	8 MW	1	N21
12 October at 08:44	28 MW	4	Terra
12 October at 02:07	1 MW	2	N21
11 October at 15:55	76 MW	3	Aqua
11 October at 14:17	91 MW	12	N20
11 October at 13:55	148 MW	23	N
11 October at 13:19	220 MW	13	N21
10 October at 13:38	10 MW	1	N21
9 October at 16:14	13 MW	1	Aqua
9 October at 14:53	8 MW	1	N20
9 October at 14:34	38 MW	5	N
9 October at 13:57	20 MW	4	N21
9 October at 13:13	6 MW	1	N20
7 October at 13:32	17 MW	3	N
6 October at 14:10	5 MW	1	N20
6 October at 02:22	7 MW	4	N21
6 October at 01:37	3 MW	3	N20
6 October at 01:18	5 MW	2	N
5 October at 14:27	8 MW	1	N20
5 October at 14:10	22 MW	4	N
5 October at 13:32	18 MW	2	N21
4 October at 16:22	9 MW	1	Aqua
4 October at 14:49	35 MW	6	N20
4 October at 14:27	117 MW	16	N
4 October at 13:51	94 MW	8	N21
4 October at 13:08	4 MW	1	N20
4 October at 08:29	33 MW	3	Terra
4 October at 02:13	4 MW	5	N20
4 October at 01:56	15 MW	13	N
4 October at 01:18	19 MW	4	N21
3 October at 15:44	22 MW	1	Aqua
3 October at 14:46	47 MW	6	N
3 October at 14:10	33 MW	3	N21
3 October at 13:25	28 MW	4	N20
3 October at 02:13	1 MW	1	N
3 October at 01:37	4 MW	4	N21
3 October at 00:54	7 MW	5	N20
2 October at 21:00	52 MW	4	Terra
2 October at 14:27	238 MW	15	N21
2 October at 13:45	129 MW	10	N20
2 October at 13:25	207 MW	17	N
1 October at 13:08	7 MW	1	N21
30 September at 14:21	6 MW	2	N20
30 September at 14:04	7 MW	1	N
30 September at 13:25	4 MW	1	N21
29 September at 01:50	1 MW	2	N
29 September at 01:12	3 MW	2	N21
28 September at 14:04	11 MW	2	N21
28 September at 01:31	0 MW	1	N21
27 September at 21:02	9 MW	1	Terra
27 September at 13:38	3 MW	1	N20
27 September at 08:48	23 MW	2	Terra
26 September at 16:12	79 MW	5	Aqua
26 September at 14:42	65 MW	6	N21
26 September at 13:57	209 MW	9	N20
26 September at 13:38	120 MW	8	N
26 September at 13:02	126 MW	7	N21
26 September at 02:07	6 MW	7	N21
26 September at 01:24	5 MW	5	N20
26 September at 01:03	2 MW	3	N
25 September at 15:36	143 MW	2	Aqua
25 September at 14:17	127 MW	12	N20
25 September at 13:55	96 MW	15	N
25 September at 13:19	114 MW	14	N21
25 September at 09:09	32 MW	1	Terra
25 September at 02:28	4 MW	2	N21
25 September at 01:44	10 MW	12	N20
25 September at 01:24	3 MW	3	N
25 September at 00:48	7 MW	3	N21
24 September at 20:43	50 MW	3	Terra
24 September at 16:35	260 MW	6	Aqua
24 September at 14:34	236 MW	25	N20
24 September at 14:17	732 MW	25	N
24 September at 13:38	176 MW	10	N21
24 September at 02:01	2 MW	1	N20
24 September at 01:41	3 MW	3	N
24 September at 01:05	3 MW	2	N21
23 September at 14:55	36 MW	3	N20
23 September at 14:34	51 MW	8	N
23 September at 13:57	116 MW	12	N21
23 September at 13:13	2 MW	1	N20

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