Fire near Darfour-Oriental (SD)

10.03°N, 26.85°E · first detected on 8 October at 13:40

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 8 October at 13:40 to 22 October at 14:17, that is 14 days, through 189 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 4,437 ha.

Detected extent: 4,437 ha
Cumulative power: 1,857 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 105 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 189
Estimated emissions: 2.4 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 8 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 17 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 16:05	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:55	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:52	72 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:45	201 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:37	205 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:35	89 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:25	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:22	171 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:15	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:07	166 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:05	177 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:55	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:52	133 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:45	67 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:35	61 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:25	69 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:17	138 MW	22	N20
22 October at 13:57	76 MW	12	N
22 October at 13:45	75 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:37	307 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:35	32 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:25	52 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:22	205 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:19	269 MW	9	N21
22 October at 13:15	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:07	134 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:05	61 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:55	35 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:52	136 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:45	57 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:37	150 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:35	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:25	97 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:22	297 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:15	64 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:07	158 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:05	38 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:52	178 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:45	70 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:37	234 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:35	111 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:25	176 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 11:22	167 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:15	83 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:07	193 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:05	189 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:55	79 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:52	61 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:37	223 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 10:37	169 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:35	62 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:25	72 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:22	64 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:15	43 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:07	53 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 08:35	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:35	10 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 17:25	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:08	24 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:05	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:55	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:53	98 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:45	116 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:38	125 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:35	91 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 16:23	226 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 16:15	140 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 16:07	253 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 16:05	209 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 15:55	99 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:52	223 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:46	281 MW	12	Aqua
21 October at 15:45	113 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:37	241 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:35	76 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:25	65 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:22	200 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:15	91 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:07	63 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:05	60 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:55	46 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:52	110 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:45	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:37	154 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:37	58 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:35	92 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:25	58 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:22	57 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:22	124 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:17	284 MW	27	N
21 October at 14:15	165 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:07	136 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:05	130 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:55	51 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:52	133 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:45	70 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:40	183 MW	25	N21
21 October at 13:37	63 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:35	71 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:25	51 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:22	152 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:07	173 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:05	46 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:56	161 MW	15	N20
21 October at 12:55	70 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:52	188 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 12:45	37 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:37	70 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:35	96 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:25	33 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:22	81 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:15	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:05	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:55	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:45	56 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:35	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:25	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:22	162 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:15	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:05	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:55	44 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:37	49 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:25	63 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:15	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:07	104 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:07	44 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:55	47 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:52	40 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:52	93 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 09:45	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:37	88 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 09:35	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:22	83 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 09:07	47 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 09:05	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:55	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 08:52	37 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 08:52	70 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 08:35	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 02:55	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 02:35	12 MW	3	N21
21 October at 01:50	5 MW	4	N20
21 October at 01:31	2 MW	2	N
20 October at 16:07	138 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 16:05	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:55	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:52	120 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:22	60 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:07	183 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:05	81 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:55	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:52	116 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:45	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:37	170 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:35	124 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:34	132 MW	12	N
20 October at 14:22	52 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:15	41 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:57	85 MW	11	N21
20 October at 13:55	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:45	36 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:37	172 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:35	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:25	42 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:22	293 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:15	65 MW	13	N20
20 October at 13:15	43 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:07	253 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:05	69 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:53	26 MW	3	N
20 October at 12:45	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:35	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:25	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:22	444 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:15	135 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:07	477 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:05	239 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 11:55	149 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:52	317 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:45	44 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:37	153 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 11:35	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:25	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:45	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:07	24 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 08:37	34 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 08:35	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:17	42 MW	3	N21
19 October at 13:34	17 MW	4	N20
19 October at 13:13	24 MW	3	N
17 October at 14:10	2 MW	1	N20
16 October at 14:29	10 MW	1	N20
16 October at 14:10	15 MW	3	N
15 October at 13:51	3 MW	1	N21
14 October at 13:25	7 MW	2	N20
11 October at 13:25	3 MW	1	N21
10 October at 13:47	20 MW	2	N21
8 October at 15:44	16 MW	1	Aqua
8 October at 14:23	46 MW	2	N21
8 October at 13:40	2 MW	1	N20

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