Fire near Centrale (ZM)

14.61°S, 26.61°E · first detected on 19 October at 12:03

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 19 October at 12:03 to 21 October at 03:28, that is 2 days, through 114 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,923 ha.

Detected extent: 2,923 ha
Cumulative power: 2,419 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 112 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 114
Estimated emissions: 9.6 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 19 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).

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 4 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 11:19	111 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 03:28	11 MW	1	Aqua
21 October at 01:56	9 MW	2	N20
21 October at 01:35	22 MW	3	N
21 October at 01:01	2 MW	1	N21
20 October at 17:23	66 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:53	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:43	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:40	66 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 16:33	51 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:23	169 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:13	91 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:05	660 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 16:03	294 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:53	486 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:49	1,336 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 15:49	38 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:43	89 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:34	837 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:34	344 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:33	410 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:03	237 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:49	48 MW	3	N20
20 October at 14:27	180 MW	7	N
20 October at 14:23	545 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 13:53	90 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:51	147 MW	9	N21
20 October at 13:13	398 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:08	350 MW	24	N20
20 October at 13:03	51 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:13	25 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:03	81 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:43	134 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:34	87 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:23	199 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:19	967 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 11:19	1,041 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 11:13	1,136 MW	17	Met12
20 October at 11:04	1,174 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 11:04	1,114 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 11:03	691 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 10:53	454 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 10:49	742 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 10:49	1,040 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 10:43	845 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 10:34	1,007 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 10:34	992 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 10:33	819 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 10:23	973 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 10:19	1,079 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 10:19	883 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 10:13	364 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 10:04	841 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 10:04	990 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 10:03	519 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 09:53	395 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 09:49	670 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 09:49	423 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 09:43	240 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 09:34	605 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 09:34	545 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 09:33	430 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 09:23	190 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 09:19	155 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 09:19	255 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 09:13	62 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:04	148 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 09:04	343 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 09:03	130 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 09:01	216 MW	5	Terra
20 October at 08:53	33 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:49	161 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 08:49	98 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 08:43	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:33	71 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 08:23	33 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:19	65 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 08:13	86 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 08:04	68 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 08:03	125 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 07:53	110 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 07:49	258 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 07:49	124 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 07:43	246 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 07:34	503 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 07:33	305 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 07:23	315 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 07:19	69 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 07:13	145 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 07:04	437 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 07:03	257 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 06:53	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 06:49	21 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 06:43	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 06:34	130 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 06:34	112 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 06:33	129 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 06:33	90 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 06:23	37 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 05:34	296 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 05:34	77 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 05:33	178 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 05:23	440 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 05:19	460 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 05:19	407 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 05:13	92 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 05:04	363 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 05:04	365 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 05:03	216 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 04:53	82 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 04:49	83 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 04:49	58 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 04:43	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 04:34	51 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 04:34	25 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 04:33	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 04:23	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 04:19	24 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 02:16	3 MW	2	N20
20 October at 01:56	18 MW	14	N
20 October at 01:18	7 MW	6	N21
19 October at 22:53	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 20:50	24 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 18:23	16 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 18:20	75 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 18:19	103 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 18:05	108 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 18:04	41 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 18:03	15 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 17:50	33 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 17:35	32 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 17:23	13 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 17:20	91 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 17:19	72 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 17:13	27 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 17:05	117 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 17:04	113 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 17:03	28 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 16:53	30 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 16:50	129 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 16:49	163 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 16:43	45 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 16:35	215 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 16:34	262 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 16:33	242 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:23	763 MW	10	Met12
19 October at 16:20	1,099 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 16:19	1,038 MW	6	Met10
19 October at 16:13	220 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 16:04	45 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 16:04	111 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 16:03	39 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 16:01	52 MW	2	Aqua
19 October at 15:53	68 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 15:49	29 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 15:49	72 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 15:43	60 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 15:34	101 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 15:34	86 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 15:33	82 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 15:23	174 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 15:19	307 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 15:19	226 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 15:13	334 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 15:04	557 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 15:04	601 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 15:03	247 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 14:53	310 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 14:49	685 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 14:49	764 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 14:46	654 MW	12	N
19 October at 14:43	898 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 14:34	69 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 14:34	180 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 14:33	116 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 14:23	32 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 14:19	152 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 14:19	60 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 14:13	231 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 14:10	246 MW	12	N21
19 October at 14:04	526 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 14:04	342 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 14:03	426 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 13:53	268 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 13:49	481 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 13:49	283 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 13:43	138 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 13:34	187 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 13:34	138 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 13:33	306 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 13:25	331 MW	7	N20
19 October at 13:23	287 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 13:19	188 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 13:19	305 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 13:13	82 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 13:06	58 MW	3	N
19 October at 13:04	61 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 13:04	92 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 13:03	59 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 12:53	95 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 12:49	40 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 12:43	33 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:33	42 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 12:03	39 MW	3	Met12

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