Fire near Darfour du Sud (SD)

10.56°N, 23.56°E · first detected on 20 October at 09:56

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 20 October at 09:56 to 23 October at 01:12, that is 3 days, through 137 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,998 ha.

Detected extent: 1,998 ha
Cumulative power: 2,867 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 316 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 137
Estimated emissions: 761 t 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
23 October at 01:12	4 MW	2	N20
23 October at 00:07	96 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 00:07	141 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 00:05	106 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 23:55	41 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 23:52	48 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 23:52	26 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:22	27 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 18:08	31 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:07	36 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 18:05	57 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:55	80 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 17:53	136 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 17:52	179 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:45	42 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:38	40 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:37	36 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:35	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:25	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:23	39 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:22	32 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:15	36 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:08	196 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 17:07	33 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:05	48 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:45	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:25	14 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 16:15	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:55	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:35	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:25	123 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:22	127 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:22	151 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:15	169 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:05	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:55	40 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:45	64 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:37	359 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:37	71 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:35	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:22	58 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:19	52 MW	7	N20
22 October at 13:57	121 MW	5	N
22 October at 13:55	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:45	34 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:25	34 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:22	100 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:22	73 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:19	17 MW	2	N21
22 October at 12:07	99 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:25	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:55	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:52	139 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:46	41 MW	2	Aqua
21 October at 15:35	37 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:25	61 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:22	413 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:22	301 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:15	64 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:55	64 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:52	63 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:45	532 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:37	113 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:37	107 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:36	42 MW	4	N20
21 October at 14:35	45 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:17	44 MW	6	N
21 October at 14:16	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:05	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:55	53 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:45	43 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:40	32 MW	3	N21
21 October at 13:35	58 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:25	65 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:15	39 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:05	75 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:56	13 MW	1	N20
21 October at 12:55	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:45	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:55	23 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:52	76 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:52	75 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:45	38 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:37	139 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:37	92 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:35	48 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:25	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:07	78 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:06	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:55	61 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:25	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:05	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:55	95 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:45	478 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 17:35	475 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 17:25	276 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 17:15	43 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:05	366 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 16:55	1,593 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 16:46	299 MW	3	Aqua
20 October at 16:45	251 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 16:35	205 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:25	726 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 16:15	445 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 16:08	719 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 16:05	121 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:55	442 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:52	160 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:52	524 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 15:45	23 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:37	127 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:35	25 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:22	216 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:22	165 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 15:07	219 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:07	95 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:55	49 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:52	259 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 14:52	545 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:45	49 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:37	303 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:37	186 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 14:36	97 MW	14	N
20 October at 14:22	399 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 14:22	120 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:07	327 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:07	760 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 14:05	474 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:57	1,233 MW	42	N21
20 October at 13:55	630 MW	16	Met12
20 October at 13:52	1,141 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 13:45	546 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 13:37	341 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:35	92 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:25	129 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:22	431 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:15	330 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:15	1,003 MW	54	N20
20 October at 13:07	649 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:05	276 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 12:55	274 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:52	586 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:52	70 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:45	101 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:37	862 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 12:37	99 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:35	780 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 12:25	1,179 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 12:22	500 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 12:22	1,405 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:15	711 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 12:07	472 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:05	250 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 11:56	329 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 11:52	119 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:46	316 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 11:37	326 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 11:37	126 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:35	143 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:25	112 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:22	59 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:22	188 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:15	151 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:07	183 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:06	160 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 10:56	122 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:52	192 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:52	187 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:46	131 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:37	310 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 10:37	223 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:36	113 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:26	33 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:22	169 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:22	200 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:16	93 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:07	55 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:06	40 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:56	33 MW	3	Met12

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