Fire near Darfour du Sud (SD)

10.59°N, 23.84°E · first detected on 15 October at 13:08

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 15 October at 13:08 to 22 October at 14:19, that is 7 days, through 319 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 5,287 ha.

Detected extent: 5,287 ha
Cumulative power: 2,926 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 81 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 319
Estimated emissions: 3.4 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 15 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 10 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	7 MW	4	N
22 October at 17:25	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:23	27 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:22	53 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:15	36 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:08	30 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:07	55 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:05	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:55	158 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:53	161 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:52	34 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:45	73 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:38	70 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:37	29 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:35	54 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:25	24 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 16:25	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:22	36 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:15	55 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:08	224 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:07	253 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 16:05	164 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:55	87 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:52	33 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:52	39 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:45	43 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:37	328 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:37	253 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 15:35	138 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:25	141 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:22	200 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:22	62 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:15	94 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:07	126 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:07	118 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:05	92 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:55	133 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:52	48 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:52	46 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:45	96 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:35	61 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:25	102 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:22	119 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:22	164 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:19	212 MW	25	N20
22 October at 14:15	63 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:05	37 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:57	218 MW	32	N
22 October at 13:55	45 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:52	36 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:52	41 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:45	112 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:37	121 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:37	74 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:35	71 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:25	155 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:22	401 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 13:22	425 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:19	510 MW	41	N21
22 October at 13:15	178 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:07	172 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:07	135 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:05	175 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:55	126 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:52	228 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:52	162 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:45	169 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:37	137 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:37	141 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:35	201 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:25	107 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:22	147 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:22	202 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:15	129 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:07	104 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:07	139 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:05	182 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 11:56	45 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:45	43 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:15	35 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:07	61 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:05	35 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:56	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:52	59 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:46	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:36	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:22	56 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:16	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:07	154 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:07	130 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:06	106 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:56	41 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:52	97 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 09:52	118 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:46	164 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:37	125 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:37	178 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 09:36	82 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:26	82 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:22	82 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:22	88 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 09:16	70 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:07	172 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 09:07	150 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 09:06	147 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 08:56	32 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 01:29	1 MW	1	N20
21 October at 17:45	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:25	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:22	27 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:15	147 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:05	30 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:55	43 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:45	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:15	34 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:07	29 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:05	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:55	64 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:46	120 MW	6	Aqua
21 October at 15:45	62 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:35	103 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:25	109 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:15	109 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:07	220 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 15:07	188 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 15:05	210 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 14:55	301 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 14:52	90 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:52	145 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:45	111 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:37	310 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 14:37	203 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 14:36	406 MW	49	N20
21 October at 14:35	197 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:25	240 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 14:22	689 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 14:22	635 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 14:17	407 MW	50	N
21 October at 14:16	214 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 14:07	234 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 14:07	323 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 14:05	202 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:55	358 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:52	164 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:52	69 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:45	201 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:40	524 MW	47	N21
21 October at 13:37	385 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 13:37	182 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:35	419 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 13:25	340 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 13:22	94 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:15	71 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:07	286 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 13:07	145 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:05	255 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 12:56	255 MW	13	N20
21 October at 12:55	230 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 12:45	93 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 12:35	63 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:25	37 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:15	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:05	32 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:55	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:45	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:35	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:25	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:15	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:06	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:37	38 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 09:36	56 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:33	67 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 09:26	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:35	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:25	91 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 17:15	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:55	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:45	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:25	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:15	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:08	35 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 16:05	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:55	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:37	56 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:35	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:07	57 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:07	48 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:52	63 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:52	53 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:45	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:37	108 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:37	75 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:36	53 MW	11	N
20 October at 14:35	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:25	140 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 14:22	218 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:22	224 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:15	264 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 14:07	294 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:07	409 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:05	103 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:57	296 MW	25	N21
20 October at 13:55	269 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 13:52	314 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 13:52	319 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:45	147 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:37	313 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:37	226 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:35	196 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 13:25	411 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 13:22	398 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:22	594 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 13:15	199 MW	25	N20
20 October at 13:15	238 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:07	331 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:07	246 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:05	151 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:55	193 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 12:52	270 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 12:52	214 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:45	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:37	424 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 12:37	409 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:35	88 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:25	38 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:22	152 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:22	193 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:15	145 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:07	132 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:07	73 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:05	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:52	131 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:52	152 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:37	127 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:37	74 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:35	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:25	54 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:22	44 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:07	39 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:06	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:46	14 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 16:10	42 MW	5	Aqua
19 October at 14:19	184 MW	23	N21
19 October at 13:34	106 MW	14	N20
19 October at 13:13	85 MW	15	N
17 October at 14:10	7 MW	2	N20
17 October at 13:51	25 MW	6	N
17 October at 13:13	28 MW	3	N21
16 October at 14:29	26 MW	5	N20
16 October at 14:10	40 MW	7	N
16 October at 13:34	39 MW	6	N21
15 October at 14:27	83 MW	11	N
15 October at 13:51	67 MW	7	N21
15 October at 13:08	28 MW	5	N20

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