Fire near Darfour du Sud (SD)

10.36°N, 24.26°E · first detected on 16 October at 13:34

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 16 October at 13:34 to 22 October at 16:25, that is 6 days, through 260 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 4,900 ha.

Detected extent: 4,900 ha
Cumulative power: 3,249 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 100 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 260
Estimated emissions: 4.0 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 16 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 9 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 02:33	6 MW	4	N
23 October at 01:56	2 MW	3	N21
22 October at 21:38	85 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 21:37	43 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 21:35	32 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 21:25	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 21:23	79 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 21:22	86 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 21:15	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:07	78 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 21:07	131 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 21:00	40 MW	3	Terra
22 October at 16:53	31 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:35	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:25	40 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:25	135 MW	3	Aqua
22 October at 16:23	348 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 16:15	111 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:08	82 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:07	78 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:05	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:55	64 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:52	274 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 15:45	147 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:37	366 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:37	323 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:35	75 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:25	156 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 15:22	392 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:22	405 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:15	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:07	550 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:07	497 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:05	86 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:55	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:52	324 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:52	147 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:45	105 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:37	227 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:37	271 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:35	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:25	33 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:22	370 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:22	328 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:19	258 MW	35	N20
22 October at 14:15	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:07	373 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:07	532 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 14:05	188 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:57	413 MW	51	N
22 October at 13:55	84 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:52	626 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 13:45	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:37	413 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:37	112 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:35	202 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:25	482 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 13:22	644 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 13:22	318 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:19	539 MW	56	N21
22 October at 13:15	310 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 13:07	677 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:07	332 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:05	125 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:55	563 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 12:52	1,275 MW	11	Met9
22 October at 12:52	851 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 12:45	256 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 12:37	960 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 12:37	757 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 12:35	670 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:25	655 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 12:22	601 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 12:22	721 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 12:15	430 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 12:07	997 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 12:07	699 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 12:05	529 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 11:56	140 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:52	546 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 11:52	405 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 11:45	500 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 11:37	588 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 11:37	1,007 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 11:35	531 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 11:26	142 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 11:25	32 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:22	621 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 11:22	306 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 11:15	511 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 11:07	1,116 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 11:07	125 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:05	880 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 10:56	61 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:52	372 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 10:52	524 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 10:46	176 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:45	103 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:37	879 MW	9	Met10
22 October at 10:37	809 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 10:36	430 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 10:35	73 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:26	607 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 10:25	43 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:22	890 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 10:22	1,140 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 10:16	272 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:15	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:07	455 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 10:07	389 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 10:06	245 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 09:56	132 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:52	228 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 09:52	382 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 09:46	783 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 09:45	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:37	129 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 09:37	215 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 09:36	100 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:26	84 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:22	137 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 09:22	122 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 09:16	42 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:07	86 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 09:07	84 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:06	72 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 08:56	26 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:52	33 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 08:52	33 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 08:46	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:36	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:13	9 MW	7	N21
22 October at 01:29	6 MW	3	N20
22 October at 00:52	35 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 00:37	72 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 00:37	46 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 00:35	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:22	54 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 00:22	155 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 00:15	26 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:07	134 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 00:07	55 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 00:05	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 23:55	54 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 23:52	162 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 23:52	191 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 23:45	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 23:37	223 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 23:37	217 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 23:35	56 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 23:25	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 23:15	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:53	76 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 22:52	76 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 22:45	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:55	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:53	40 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:52	33 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:38	367 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 18:37	280 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 18:35	29 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:23	40 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:22	34 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:08	176 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 17:07	261 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 17:05	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:55	53 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:53	34 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:45	259 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 16:38	120 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:37	73 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:25	46 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:23	541 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 16:22	426 MW	8	Met10
21 October at 16:15	263 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:08	506 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 16:07	94 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:07	529 MW	9	Met10
21 October at 16:05	73 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:55	160 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:52	581 MW	10	Met10
21 October at 15:52	596 MW	10	Met9
21 October at 15:46	317 MW	9	Aqua
21 October at 15:45	178 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:37	723 MW	11	Met9
21 October at 15:37	670 MW	10	Met10
21 October at 15:35	195 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:25	166 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:22	785 MW	11	Met9
21 October at 15:22	606 MW	8	Met10
21 October at 15:15	208 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:07	325 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 15:07	343 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 15:05	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:55	157 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:52	670 MW	10	Met9
21 October at 14:52	452 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 14:45	220 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:37	996 MW	12	Met9
21 October at 14:37	627 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 14:36	585 MW	51	N20
21 October at 14:35	555 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 14:25	397 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 14:22	792 MW	8	Met10
21 October at 14:22	1,040 MW	11	Met9
21 October at 14:17	834 MW	67	N
21 October at 14:16	543 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 14:15	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:07	2,300 MW	18	Met9
21 October at 14:07	1,398 MW	11	Met10
21 October at 14:05	1,113 MW	25	Met12
21 October at 13:55	490 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 13:52	241 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:52	1,065 MW	10	Met9
21 October at 13:45	406 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:40	791 MW	57	N21
21 October at 13:37	1,124 MW	12	Met9
21 October at 13:37	358 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:35	503 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 13:25	699 MW	22	Met12
21 October at 13:22	824 MW	10	Met9
21 October at 13:22	315 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 13:15	491 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 13:07	414 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 13:07	898 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 13:05	543 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 12:56	381 MW	34	N20
21 October at 12:55	285 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 12:52	650 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 12:52	1,124 MW	11	Met9
21 October at 12:45	300 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 12:37	881 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 12:37	1,086 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 12:35	637 MW	20	Met12
21 October at 12:25	521 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 12:22	701 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 12:22	1,261 MW	10	Met9
21 October at 12:15	214 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 12:07	64 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:07	512 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 12:05	152 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:55	118 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:52	50 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:52	504 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 11:45	441 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 11:37	95 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:37	462 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 11:35	242 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:25	40 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:22	543 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 11:07	172 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:52	255 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 10:52	261 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 10:46	94 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:37	325 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 10:37	253 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 10:36	71 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:26	108 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:22	122 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:22	362 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 10:16	64 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:07	351 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 10:07	315 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 10:06	207 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 09:56	83 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 09:52	272 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 09:52	214 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 09:37	458 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 09:37	481 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 09:36	130 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 09:33	201 MW	3	Terra
21 October at 09:26	33 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:22	55 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:22	201 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 09:16	70 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:07	99 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 09:07	71 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 08:56	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:52	85 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 08:52	44 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 08:46	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:36	65 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 08:16	75 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 08:06	30 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 04:05	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 02:35	4 MW	2	N21
20 October at 21:05	26 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:05	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:45	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:25	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:05	41 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:55	34 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:45	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:35	58 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:25	87 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:15	105 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:05	106 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:55	25 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:45	182 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:35	258 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:25	224 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 16:15	125 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:07	163 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 16:05	112 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:55	88 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:52	294 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 15:52	269 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:45	244 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:37	384 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 15:37	425 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 15:35	269 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:25	181 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:22	355 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 15:22	399 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 15:15	130 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 15:07	153 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 15:07	102 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:05	74 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:55	108 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:52	110 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:52	242 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 14:45	175 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 14:37	323 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 14:37	182 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:36	198 MW	19	N
20 October at 14:35	161 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:25	173 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 14:22	177 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:22	124 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:15	52 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:07	173 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:07	76 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:05	173 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:57	165 MW	17	N21
20 October at 13:55	98 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:52	191 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:45	59 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:37	212 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:35	177 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:25	103 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:15	12 MW	3	N20
20 October at 13:15	57 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:07	57 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:07	59 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:05	147 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:55	79 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:52	129 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:52	171 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:45	26 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:35	35 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:25	26 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:15	40 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:05	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:56	68 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:52	106 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:52	54 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:46	33 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:37	43 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:35	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:25	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:06	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:56	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:46	97 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 10:16	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:56	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:46	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 02:07	2 MW	2	N20
20 October at 01:48	4 MW	3	N
20 October at 01:12	2 MW	1	N21
19 October at 16:10	274 MW	6	Aqua
19 October at 14:17	118 MW	17	N21
19 October at 13:34	85 MW	8	N20
19 October at 13:13	86 MW	9	N
18 October at 14:36	165 MW	10	N21
18 October at 13:51	267 MW	25	N20
18 October at 13:32	12 MW	3	N
18 October at 12:56	51 MW	6	N21
18 October at 02:26	2 MW	1	N
18 October at 01:50	2 MW	2	N21
17 October at 02:07	2 MW	1	N21
16 October at 14:29	3 MW	1	N20
16 October at 14:10	69 MW	11	N
16 October at 13:34	125 MW	12	N21
15 October at 14:27	46 MW	9	N
15 October at 13:51	108 MW	9	N21
15 October at 13:08	18 MW	4	N20

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