Fire near Darfour du Sud (SD)

10.55°N, 24.14°E · first detected on 20 October at 10:46

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 20 October at 10:46 to 22 October at 21:02, that is 2 days, through 120 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,441 ha.

Detected extent: 2,441 ha
Cumulative power: 2,032 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 144 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 120
Estimated emissions: 2.4 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 20 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 5 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
22 October at 21:53	52 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 21:52	84 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 21:02	9 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 17:52	25 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:25	73 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:23	99 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 17:22	68 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:08	63 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 17:07	43 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:05	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:55	51 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:53	136 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:38	72 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:35	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:25	114 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:25	178 MW	5	Aqua
22 October at 16:23	356 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 16:22	229 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:15	263 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 16:08	239 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 16:07	122 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 16:05	77 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:55	59 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:52	104 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:52	127 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:45	155 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 15:37	685 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 15:37	887 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 15:35	621 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:25	613 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 15:22	1,259 MW	8	Met10
22 October at 15:22	1,636 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 15:15	520 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 15:07	1,220 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 15:07	729 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:05	348 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 14:55	412 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 14:52	414 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:52	480 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:45	600 MW	16	Met12
22 October at 14:37	528 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:37	357 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:35	326 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 14:25	299 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 14:22	654 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 14:22	961 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 14:19	786 MW	30	N20
22 October at 14:15	692 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 14:07	321 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:07	304 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 14:05	397 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 13:57	409 MW	32	N
22 October at 13:55	331 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 13:52	133 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:52	142 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:45	115 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:37	55 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:37	95 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:35	134 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:25	1,074 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 13:22	1,059 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:22	376 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:19	908 MW	19	N21
22 October at 13:15	729 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:07	129 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:07	79 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:05	219 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:55	315 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:52	84 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:52	77 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:45	105 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:35	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:25	41 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:15	43 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:05	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:56	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:35	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:22	34 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:15	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:07	42 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:05	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:55	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:52	165 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:52	75 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:46	114 MW	2	Aqua
21 October at 15:45	41 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:37	309 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:37	221 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:35	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:25	33 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:15	56 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:55	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:45	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:37	182 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:37	195 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:36	409 MW	10	N20
21 October at 14:35	209 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:25	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:22	61 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:22	94 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:17	61 MW	5	N
21 October at 14:16	116 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:07	232 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:07	299 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:05	141 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 13:55	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:52	98 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:52	57 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:45	47 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:40	5 MW	1	N21
21 October at 13:35	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:55	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:45	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:08	214 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:52	130 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:52	188 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:45	34 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:37	174 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 15:37	179 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:35	58 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:22	252 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 15:22	160 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:15	121 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:07	298 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 15:07	221 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:05	454 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 14:55	88 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:52	229 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 14:52	91 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:45	210 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 14:37	482 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 14:37	462 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 14:36	466 MW	29	N
20 October at 14:35	414 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 14:25	115 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:22	85 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:22	177 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 14:15	56 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:07	53 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:05	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:57	74 MW	8	N21
20 October at 13:55	42 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:52	149 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:52	157 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 13:37	215 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:37	195 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 13:35	154 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:25	135 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:22	140 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:22	131 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:15	168 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 13:15	305 MW	35	N20
20 October at 13:07	128 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:07	143 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:05	242 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:55	247 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 12:52	168 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:52	139 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:45	149 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 12:37	295 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 12:37	352 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:35	170 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:25	321 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:22	128 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:22	90 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:15	34 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:07	46 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:07	39 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:05	41 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:56	72 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:52	48 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:52	38 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:35	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:25	21 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:15	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:07	40 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:07	53 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:06	60 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:52	42 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:52	52 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:46	70 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 14:19	26 MW	5	N21
19 October at 13:34	25 MW	3	N20
19 October at 13:13	15 MW	4	N

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