Fire near Centrale (ZM)

15.34°S, 26.15°E · first detected on 23 September at 13:13

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 13:13 to 23 October at 02:03, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 1,702 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 25,039 ha.

Detected extent: 25,039 ha
Cumulative power: 17,056 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 200 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,702
Estimated emissions: 15.5 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
23 October at 04:53	11 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 03:33	51 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 03:13	20 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 03:03	13 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 02:39	18 MW	5	N
23 October at 02:13	10 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 02:03	33 MW	9	N21
23 October at 01:33	19 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 01:23	29 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 01:18	70 MW	13	N20
23 October at 01:13	38 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 01:03	30 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 01:01	95 MW	16	N
23 October at 00:53	22 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 22:43	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 22:23	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 22:13	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:53	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 20:53	19 MW	2	Terra
22 October at 19:43	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:33	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:33	61 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 18:23	195 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 18:13	32 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:03	36 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:53	71 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 17:43	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:33	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:16	35 MW	4	Aqua
22 October at 15:53	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:33	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:13	43 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:53	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:43	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:33	71 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:23	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:13	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:10	263 MW	22	N20
22 October at 14:03	85 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:49	175 MW	14	N
22 October at 13:43	201 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:33	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:23	59 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:15	214 MW	24	N21
22 October at 13:03	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:33	84 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:23	164 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:13	52 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:03	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:43	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:33	40 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:23	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:13	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:53	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:43	49 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:23	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:19	44 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:13	100 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 09:13	60 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:04	44 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:03	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:53	54 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 08:49	43 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 08:49	91 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 08:43	36 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:42	103 MW	6	Terra
22 October at 02:22	11 MW	3	N21
22 October at 01:37	23 MW	14	N20
22 October at 01:18	9 MW	4	N
22 October at 00:40	17 MW	4	N21
21 October at 23:53	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 23:23	74 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 18:23	39 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:13	76 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 18:03	76 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:53	52 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:50	24 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:49	31 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:43	156 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:34	31 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:33	114 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 17:23	36 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:20	22 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:19	64 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:13	55 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:05	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:04	68 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:03	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:53	36 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:49	63 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:43	47 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:35	27 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:34	76 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:33	60 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:23	81 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:19	35 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:13	101 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:04	32 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:04	44 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:03	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:53	21 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:43	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:34	115 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:34	79 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:33	38 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:23	57 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:13	133 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 15:03	103 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:43	42 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:33	54 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:27	376 MW	35	N20
21 October at 14:23	96 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:13	223 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:10	655 MW	67	N
21 October at 14:04	240 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:04	258 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:03	265 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 13:53	171 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:43	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:32	261 MW	19	N21
21 October at 13:23	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:13	273 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:03	94 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:53	82 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:43	155 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:33	208 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:23	211 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 12:13	120 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:04	51 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:04	55 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:03	176 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 11:53	222 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:49	261 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:49	232 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 11:43	66 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:34	66 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:34	48 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:33	93 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:23	103 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:19	78 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:19	248 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 11:13	217 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 11:04	380 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 11:04	267 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 11:03	266 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 10:53	205 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 10:49	316 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 10:49	443 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 10:43	182 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 10:34	44 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:34	41 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:33	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:23	88 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:19	234 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 10:19	171 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:13	57 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:04	54 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:04	43 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:03	72 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 09:53	40 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:49	37 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:43	80 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 09:33	107 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 09:23	119 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 09:19	129 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 09:19	69 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 09:13	263 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 08:43	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:56	5 MW	3	N20
21 October at 01:35	49 MW	20	N
21 October at 00:59	19 MW	5	N21
20 October at 22:13	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 22:03	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 21:53	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 21:43	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 21:15	32 MW	3	Terra
20 October at 20:13	40 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:03	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:43	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:23	77 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 19:13	41 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:03	66 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 18:53	92 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 18:43	106 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 18:33	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:43	54 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:33	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:23	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:13	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:33	26 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:23	90 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:13	118 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:53	39 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:43	47 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:03	36 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:53	130 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:49	147 MW	16	N20
20 October at 14:43	81 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:33	377 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 14:27	646 MW	42	N
20 October at 14:13	51 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:53	32 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:51	291 MW	39	N21
20 October at 13:43	43 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:33	130 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:23	202 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:13	131 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:08	124 MW	17	N20
20 October at 13:03	145 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:53	172 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:43	36 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:33	62 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:23	356 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:19	73 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:13	76 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:04	51 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:03	99 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:53	94 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:43	121 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:34	55 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:34	68 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:33	38 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:23	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:19	99 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:19	46 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:13	67 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:04	52 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:53	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:49	117 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:49	131 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:34	39 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:34	33 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:23	29 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:19	84 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:19	105 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:13	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:04	118 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:04	136 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:03	49 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:53	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:49	45 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 09:49	47 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:43	113 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 09:33	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:23	83 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 09:13	48 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:03	52 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:01	104 MW	5	Terra
20 October at 08:53	50 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 08:43	34 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 08:33	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:23	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:03	41 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 07:43	35 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 02:16	24 MW	20	N20
20 October at 01:56	32 MW	24	N
20 October at 01:18	42 MW	23	N21
19 October at 16:01	250 MW	6	Aqua
19 October at 14:46	594 MW	76	N
19 October at 14:10	646 MW	68	N21
19 October at 13:25	426 MW	36	N20
19 October at 13:06	138 MW	20	N
19 October at 08:25	12 MW	1	Terra
19 October at 02:13	13 MW	10	N
19 October at 01:37	15 MW	15	N21
19 October at 00:54	15 MW	13	N20
18 October at 14:27	750 MW	84	N21
18 October at 13:45	1,243 MW	58	N20
18 October at 13:25	1,644 MW	122	N
18 October at 09:22	268 MW	3	Terra
18 October at 02:35	3 MW	2	N
18 October at 01:56	7 MW	5	N21
18 October at 01:12	8 MW	7	N20
18 October at 00:52	7 MW	5	N
17 October at 14:04	287 MW	26	N20
17 October at 13:45	201 MW	20	N
17 October at 13:08	437 MW	35	N21
17 October at 01:31	3 MW	4	N20
16 October at 15:46	14 MW	1	Aqua
16 October at 14:21	223 MW	17	N20
16 October at 14:02	235 MW	20	N
16 October at 13:25	106 MW	15	N21
16 October at 01:50	12 MW	9	N20
16 October at 01:29	14 MW	6	N
16 October at 00:54	26 MW	12	N21
15 October at 14:42	27 MW	5	N20
15 October at 14:21	103 MW	11	N
15 October at 13:45	39 MW	4	N21
15 October at 13:00	8 MW	1	N20
15 October at 09:03	41 MW	2	Terra
15 October at 02:07	21 MW	9	N20
15 October at 01:50	14 MW	15	N
15 October at 01:12	12 MW	7	N21
14 October at 20:36	27 MW	2	Terra
14 October at 16:10	67 MW	3	Aqua
14 October at 14:40	164 MW	22	N
14 October at 14:04	444 MW	25	N21
14 October at 13:19	434 MW	43	N20
13 October at 14:59	16 MW	2	N
13 October at 14:21	117 MW	17	N21
13 October at 13:38	45 MW	4	N20
12 October at 16:29	56 MW	3	Aqua
12 October at 14:42	48 MW	4	N21
12 October at 13:00	27 MW	5	N21
12 October at 08:44	14 MW	2	Terra
12 October at 02:07	2 MW	2	N21
12 October at 01:25	1 MW	2	N20
12 October at 01:05	1 MW	1	N
11 October at 15:53	248 MW	5	Aqua
11 October at 14:17	210 MW	26	N20
11 October at 13:55	174 MW	25	N
11 October at 13:19	136 MW	16	N21
11 October at 01:44	2 MW	2	N20
10 October at 14:34	8 MW	2	N20
10 October at 14:17	26 MW	3	N
10 October at 13:38	45 MW	4	N21
10 October at 02:01	1 MW	1	N20
10 October at 01:05	2 MW	2	N21
9 October at 16:14	14 MW	2	Aqua
9 October at 14:34	8 MW	1	N
9 October at 13:57	17 MW	3	N21
9 October at 13:13	7 MW	1	N20
9 October at 08:27	14 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 14:51	11 MW	1	N
8 October at 14:17	28 MW	2	N21
8 October at 13:32	12 MW	2	N20
7 October at 13:50	61 MW	4	N20
7 October at 13:32	27 MW	3	N
7 October at 12:53	85 MW	6	N21
7 October at 08:46	7 MW	1	Terra
7 October at 01:18	1 MW	1	N20
6 October at 15:59	26 MW	3	Aqua
6 October at 13:15	4 MW	1	N21
5 October at 14:27	168 MW	5	N20
5 October at 14:10	114 MW	7	N
5 October at 13:32	39 MW	7	N21
5 October at 01:56	1 MW	1	N20
5 October at 01:01	1 MW	1	N21
4 October at 16:22	245 MW	12	Aqua
4 October at 14:49	59 MW	11	N20
4 October at 14:27	136 MW	21	N
4 October at 13:51	182 MW	24	N21
4 October at 13:08	202 MW	24	N20
4 October at 01:18	1 MW	2	N21
3 October at 14:46	68 MW	13	N
3 October at 14:10	108 MW	10	N21
3 October at 13:25	37 MW	8	N20
3 October at 13:06	19 MW	4	N
3 October at 02:13	2 MW	2	N
3 October at 01:37	3 MW	2	N21
3 October at 00:54	1 MW	1	N20
2 October at 14:27	60 MW	9	N21
2 October at 13:45	138 MW	8	N20
2 October at 13:25	111 MW	10	N
1 October at 16:08	9 MW	1	Aqua
1 October at 14:04	13 MW	4	N20
1 October at 13:08	3 MW	1	N21
1 October at 02:16	4 MW	2	N21
1 October at 01:31	0 MW	1	N20
30 September at 13:25	34 MW	4	N21
29 September at 14:40	7 MW	1	N20
29 September at 14:21	80 MW	6	N
29 September at 13:45	260 MW	22	N21
29 September at 08:29	27 MW	2	Terra
29 September at 02:07	10 MW	5	N20
29 September at 01:50	19 MW	12	N
29 September at 01:12	11 MW	7	N21
28 September at 15:50	10 MW	1	Aqua
28 September at 14:04	36 MW	4	N21
28 September at 13:19	26 MW	5	N20
28 September at 02:07	3 MW	3	N
28 September at 01:31	6 MW	6	N21
28 September at 00:46	3 MW	3	N20
27 September at 14:57	12 MW	1	N
27 September at 14:21	57 MW	7	N21
27 September at 13:38	272 MW	28	N20
27 September at 13:17	230 MW	29	N
27 September at 08:50	22 MW	2	Terra
27 September at 02:26	19 MW	13	N
27 September at 01:50	26 MW	18	N21
27 September at 01:05	48 MW	24	N20
27 September at 00:46	22 MW	12	N
26 September at 16:12	120 MW	9	Aqua
26 September at 14:42	324 MW	20	N21
26 September at 13:57	1,119 MW	45	N20
26 September at 13:38	606 MW	41	N
26 September at 13:01	234 MW	24	N21
26 September at 02:07	11 MW	9	N21
26 September at 01:24	13 MW	14	N20
26 September at 01:03	13 MW	13	N
25 September at 15:36	105 MW	4	Aqua
25 September at 14:17	340 MW	37	N20
25 September at 13:55	370 MW	35	N
25 September at 13:19	334 MW	29	N21
25 September at 09:09	59 MW	3	Terra
25 September at 01:44	12 MW	13	N20
25 September at 01:24	15 MW	12	N
25 September at 00:48	11 MW	10	N21
24 September at 16:34	207 MW	7	Aqua
24 September at 14:34	1,268 MW	105	N20
24 September at 14:17	956 MW	69	N
24 September at 13:38	1,532 MW	52	N21
24 September at 08:31	7 MW	1	Terra

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