Fire near Darfour-Oriental (SD)

10.37°N, 26.41°E · first detected on 10 October at 13:47

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 10 October at 13:47 to 23 October at 01:56, that is 13 days, through 823 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 11,220 ha.

Detected extent: 11,220 ha
Cumulative power: 7,730 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 143 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 823
Estimated emissions: 11.2 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 10 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 15 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 01:56	11 MW	11	N21
23 October at 01:12	7 MW	4	N20
22 October at 21:45	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:00	31 MW	3	Terra
22 October at 20:08	23 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:53	64 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 19:52	20 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 19:38	94 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 19:37	44 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 19:35	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:23	94 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 19:22	106 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 19:15	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:08	116 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 19:07	118 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 19:05	32 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 18:53	128 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 18:52	122 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 18:45	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:38	141 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 18:37	127 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 18:35	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:25	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:23	150 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 18:22	126 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 18:15	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:08	191 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 18:07	115 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 18:05	54 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 17:55	83 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 17:53	211 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 17:52	129 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 17:45	89 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 17:38	245 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 17:37	155 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 17:35	104 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 17:25	151 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 17:23	288 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 17:22	238 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 17:15	106 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 17:08	316 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 17:07	268 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 17:05	51 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:55	95 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:53	338 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 16:52	299 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 16:45	182 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:38	432 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 16:37	352 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 16:35	222 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 16:25	76 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 16:25	230 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:23	432 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 16:22	385 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 16:15	220 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:08	469 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 16:07	411 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 16:05	245 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 15:55	316 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:52	562 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 15:52	705 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 15:45	220 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:37	454 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 15:37	610 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 15:35	393 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 15:25	263 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:22	521 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 15:22	434 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:15	249 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 15:07	573 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 15:07	593 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 15:05	357 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 14:55	307 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:52	612 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 14:52	542 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 14:45	335 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:37	643 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 14:37	585 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 14:35	434 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 14:25	468 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 14:22	577 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 14:22	620 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 14:19	356 MW	38	N20
22 October at 14:15	303 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:07	550 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 14:07	462 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 14:05	329 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 13:57	435 MW	35	N
22 October at 13:55	281 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:52	506 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:52	435 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 13:45	283 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 13:37	373 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:37	320 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 13:35	226 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:25	208 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:22	317 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:22	223 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 13:19	287 MW	24	N21
22 October at 13:15	190 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:07	265 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:07	116 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:05	143 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:55	131 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:52	173 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:52	225 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:45	96 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:37	213 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:37	149 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:35	119 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:25	134 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:22	154 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:22	244 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 12:15	110 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:07	106 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:07	115 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:05	68 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:56	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:52	158 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 11:52	62 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:45	36 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:37	108 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:37	65 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:35	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:26	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:22	62 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:22	106 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:15	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:07	65 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:07	68 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:05	36 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:56	36 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:52	104 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:52	69 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:46	46 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:37	77 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:37	152 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 10:36	61 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:26	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:22	100 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:22	61 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:16	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:07	48 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:06	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:56	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:52	80 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 09:46	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:37	88 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 09:36	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:35	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:26	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:22	39 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:16	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:06	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:56	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:46	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:36	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:35	34 MW	2	Terra
22 October at 08:26	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:16	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:07	33 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 07:56	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:52	32 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 07:52	52 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 07:46	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:37	25 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 07:37	46 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 07:36	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:22	44 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 07:22	47 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 07:07	22 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 07:07	43 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 06:52	17 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 06:52	19 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 06:36	17 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 05:07	18 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 04:56	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 04:52	22 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 04:37	20 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 04:22	21 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 04:07	21 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 03:58	23 MW	3	Aqua
22 October at 03:52	20 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 02:52	22 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 02:13	4 MW	1	N21
22 October at 01:29	12 MW	6	N20
22 October at 01:09	1 MW	1	N
21 October at 22:35	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:52	23 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 21:38	20 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 21:37	28 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 21:35	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:23	46 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 21:22	32 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 21:07	26 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 20:52	21 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 20:52	27 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 20:38	22 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 20:23	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 19:08	24 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:53	25 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:52	22 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:38	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:23	23 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:08	26 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:07	22 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:55	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:53	33 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:52	27 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:38	32 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:37	50 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:35	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:25	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:23	117 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 17:22	103 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 17:15	41 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:08	76 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:07	71 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:05	72 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:55	89 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:53	197 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:52	181 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:45	156 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 16:38	235 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:37	224 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 16:35	112 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:25	148 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 16:23	146 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:22	227 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 16:15	73 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:08	31 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:07	70 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:07	37 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:05	79 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:55	74 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:52	70 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:52	71 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:46	184 MW	10	Aqua
21 October at 15:45	92 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:37	79 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:37	131 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 15:35	96 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:25	129 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 15:22	82 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:22	77 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:15	112 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:05	177 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:55	121 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:52	37 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:52	33 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:45	76 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:37	59 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:35	125 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:25	188 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:22	367 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 14:22	299 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 14:17	233 MW	13	N
21 October at 14:16	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:15	158 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:07	113 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:07	196 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:05	44 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:55	44 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:45	36 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:40	136 MW	14	N21
21 October at 13:35	44 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:25	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:15	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:05	49 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:56	46 MW	6	N20
21 October at 12:55	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:45	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:35	52 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:25	38 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:15	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:07	38 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:05	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:55	33 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:45	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:35	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:25	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:22	37 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:06	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:56	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:26	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:45	26 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:35	61 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:25	26 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:15	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:05	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:55	60 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:45	108 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:35	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:25	53 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:15	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:07	313 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 16:05	175 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:55	39 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:52	360 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 15:52	382 MW	8	Met10
20 October at 15:45	235 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 15:37	269 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 15:37	341 MW	7	Met10
20 October at 15:35	91 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:25	163 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:22	538 MW	9	Met10
20 October at 15:22	502 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 15:15	128 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 15:07	270 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 15:07	323 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 15:05	126 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:55	514 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 14:52	535 MW	7	Met10
20 October at 14:52	566 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 14:45	253 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 14:37	826 MW	10	Met9
20 October at 14:37	662 MW	7	Met10
20 October at 14:35	290 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 14:34	380 MW	35	N
20 October at 14:25	284 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 14:22	390 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 14:22	386 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 14:15	142 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:07	254 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 14:07	434 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 14:05	215 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 13:57	566 MW	51	N21
20 October at 13:55	204 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 13:52	219 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:52	260 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 13:45	412 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 13:37	340 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 13:37	229 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 13:35	300 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 13:25	141 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:22	262 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:22	210 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 13:15	197 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 13:15	220 MW	26	N20
20 October at 13:07	300 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:07	299 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 13:05	259 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:55	194 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:53	140 MW	14	N
20 October at 12:52	213 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:52	228 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 12:45	188 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:37	216 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 12:37	156 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:35	143 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:25	168 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:22	204 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 12:22	130 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:15	92 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:07	119 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:07	169 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 12:05	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:56	61 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:52	105 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:52	123 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:46	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:37	133 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:37	108 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:35	24 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:22	49 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:22	115 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:07	43 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:07	99 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:06	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:52	45 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:52	48 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:37	86 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:22	40 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:07	83 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 09:52	70 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 09:37	31 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 08:54	8 MW	1	Terra
20 October at 02:07	6 MW	4	N20
20 October at 01:48	8 MW	7	N
20 October at 01:12	5 MW	6	N21
19 October at 20:41	19 MW	3	Terra
19 October at 16:10	195 MW	10	Aqua
19 October at 14:17	384 MW	34	N21
19 October at 13:34	92 MW	9	N20
19 October at 13:13	195 MW	13	N
19 October at 02:26	8 MW	6	N20
19 October at 02:07	10 MW	12	N
19 October at 01:29	13 MW	10	N21
18 October at 15:29	198 MW	2	Aqua
18 October at 13:51	151 MW	22	N20
18 October at 13:32	286 MW	27	N
18 October at 01:50	5 MW	4	N21
18 October at 01:05	1 MW	1	N20
17 October at 21:02	8 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 14:10	83 MW	9	N20
17 October at 13:51	86 MW	14	N
17 October at 13:13	99 MW	10	N21
17 October at 02:07	11 MW	5	N21
17 October at 01:24	2 MW	1	N20
16 October at 20:24	8 MW	1	Terra
16 October at 15:53	200 MW	14	Aqua
16 October at 14:29	285 MW	33	N20
16 October at 14:10	788 MW	94	N
16 October at 13:34	754 MW	106	N21
16 October at 12:49	70 MW	5	N20
16 October at 09:37	56 MW	1	Terra
16 October at 02:26	20 MW	7	N21
16 October at 01:44	27 MW	20	N20
16 October at 01:24	18 MW	18	N
15 October at 15:14	164 MW	2	Aqua
15 October at 14:27	168 MW	25	N
15 October at 13:51	173 MW	19	N21
15 October at 13:08	114 MW	14	N20
15 October at 02:03	0 MW	1	N20
15 October at 01:41	2 MW	2	N
15 October at 01:05	2 MW	2	N21
14 October at 20:45	4 MW	1	Terra
14 October at 16:14	21 MW	1	Aqua
14 October at 14:10	133 MW	14	N21
14 October at 13:25	112 MW	4	N20
14 October at 13:08	20 MW	4	N
13 October at 13:47	16 MW	3	N20
11 October at 15:59	14 MW	1	Aqua
11 October at 14:23	31 MW	2	N20
11 October at 14:04	84 MW	6	N
11 October at 13:25	48 MW	7	N21
10 October at 13:47	9 MW	3	N21

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