Fire near Extrême-Nord (CM)

11.77°N, 14.61°E · first detected on 11 October at 13:28

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 11 October at 13:28 to 20 October at 14:55, that is 9 days, through 109 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,473 ha.

Detected extent: 1,473 ha
Cumulative power: 1,461 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 68 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 109
Estimated emissions: 3.8 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 11 October 2026 to 20 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).

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 12 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
20 October at 14:55	12 MW	1	N20
20 October at 14:36	9 MW	1	N
20 October at 12:45	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:37	37 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:35	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:46	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:37	26 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:36	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:26	51 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:07	21 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:06	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 03:28	5 MW	4	N
20 October at 02:52	15 MW	4	N21
20 October at 02:07	13 MW	2	N20
20 October at 00:35	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 22:38	24 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 21:38	23 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 21:35	12 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 21:23	32 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 21:23	40 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 21:15	40 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 20:55	50 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 20:53	45 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 20:53	68 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 20:45	87 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 20:38	261 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 20:38	286 MW	5	Met10
19 October at 20:35	159 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 20:25	170 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 20:23	594 MW	6	Met9
19 October at 20:23	501 MW	6	Met10
19 October at 20:15	149 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 20:08	167 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 20:08	163 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 20:05	82 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 19:53	24 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 19:38	71 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 19:38	90 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 19:35	39 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 19:25	97 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 19:23	265 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 19:23	209 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 19:15	132 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 19:08	327 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 19:08	368 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 19:05	103 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 18:55	238 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 18:53	476 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 18:53	420 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 18:52	23 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 18:45	264 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 18:38	551 MW	6	Met9
19 October at 18:37	410 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 18:35	254 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 18:25	91 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 18:23	216 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 18:22	181 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 18:15	329 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 18:08	539 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 18:07	430 MW	5	Met10
19 October at 18:05	202 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 17:55	171 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 17:53	291 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 17:52	235 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 17:45	123 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 17:38	231 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 17:37	371 MW	6	Met10
19 October at 17:35	93 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 17:25	98 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 17:23	142 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 17:22	148 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 17:15	48 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 17:08	198 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 17:07	238 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 17:05	101 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:55	362 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 16:53	264 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 16:52	342 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 16:45	109 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:38	168 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 16:37	240 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 16:35	109 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:22	53 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 16:08	110 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 16:07	65 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 15:37	66 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 15:07	77 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 14:53	3 MW	1	N
19 October at 14:17	9 MW	2	N21
19 October at 14:07	63 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 13:52	79 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 13:37	181 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 13:34	27 MW	2	N20
19 October at 13:22	186 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 13:22	89 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 13:07	218 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 13:07	203 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 13:05	81 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 12:55	45 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:52	285 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 12:52	281 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 12:45	26 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 12:37	234 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 12:37	287 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 12:35	54 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:15	17 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 12:06	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 11:52	64 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 11:45	19 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 11:37	108 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 11:35	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 11:25	27 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 11:22	53 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 15:14	526 MW	20	N
18 October at 14:36	126 MW	13	N21
18 October at 13:51	180 MW	10	N20
17 October at 14:55	302 MW	25	N21
17 October at 14:12	114 MW	10	N20
17 October at 13:51	18 MW	3	N
16 October at 14:10	7 MW	2	N
13 October at 15:08	7 MW	2	N
13 October at 14:29	12 MW	1	N21
13 October at 13:47	4 MW	1	N20
12 October at 14:49	8 MW	1	N21
11 October at 15:08	19 MW	2	N21
11 October at 14:23	29 MW	5	N20
11 October at 14:04	29 MW	5	N
11 October at 13:28	23 MW	2	N21

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