Fire near Muchinga (ZM)

11.40°S, 31.00°E · first detected on 6 September at 00:37

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 00:37 to 7 September at 15:40, that is 2 days, through 5,652 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 97,125 ha.

Detected extent: 97,125 ha
Cumulative power: 64,060 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 183 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 5,652

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 375 m pixel counts in full 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 and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the whole known life of the fire, from the first trace, satellite or report, to the last announcement from emergency services, and the ticks on the bar mark those announcements. Detections often stop before containment: a fire stops radiating once it stops spreading, which is exactly when it is declared contained. “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. “12 h” stacks twelve hours , as the home map does, where stacking avoids an empty screen between two satellite passes. Both are true, but they say different things.

The detected extent

Outline of the burned area near Muchinga (ZM), drawn over satellite imagery — The outline is the union of the ground footprints of every satellite detection of this fire, from the first pass to the last. The background is the EOX cloudless Sentinel-2 mosaic, 2024 vintage: it shows the landscape BEFORE these fires, not the burn scar.

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 4 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
7 September at 23:05	16 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 22:43	22 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 22:35	83 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 22:35	68 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 22:33	24 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 22:20	25 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 22:20	31 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 22:05	77 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 22:05	25 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 22:03	25 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 21:53	36 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 21:50	54 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 21:50	61 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 21:43	36 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 21:35	22 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 21:33	14 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 21:23	22 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 21:20	20 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 21:13	16 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 21:06	111 MW	7	Terra
7 September at 21:05	19 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 20:53	25 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 20:50	56 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 20:35	16 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 20:33	13 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 20:23	20 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 20:20	66 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 20:13	25 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 20:05	79 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 20:05	64 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 20:03	22 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 19:53	16 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 19:50	51 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 19:50	114 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 19:43	21 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 19:35	134 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 19:35	76 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 19:33	37 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 19:23	35 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 19:20	319 MW	13	Met9
7 September at 19:20	196 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 19:13	154 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 19:05	459 MW	13	Met10
7 September at 19:05	542 MW	22	Met9
7 September at 19:03	134 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 18:53	136 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 18:50	457 MW	13	Met10
7 September at 18:50	605 MW	23	Met9
7 September at 18:43	195 MW	11	Met12
7 September at 18:35	337 MW	10	Met10
7 September at 18:35	683 MW	30	Met9
7 September at 18:33	136 MW	9	Met12
7 September at 18:23	90 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 18:20	584 MW	25	Met9
7 September at 18:20	402 MW	13	Met10
7 September at 18:13	189 MW	12	Met12
7 September at 18:05	866 MW	35	Met9
7 September at 18:05	646 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 18:03	397 MW	21	Met12
7 September at 17:53	453 MW	28	Met12
7 September at 17:50	1,065 MW	45	Met9
7 September at 17:50	816 MW	27	Met10
7 September at 17:43	398 MW	22	Met12
7 September at 17:35	973 MW	28	Met10
7 September at 17:35	1,161 MW	40	Met9
7 September at 17:33	406 MW	21	Met12
7 September at 17:23	477 MW	24	Met12
7 September at 17:20	995 MW	30	Met10
7 September at 17:20	1,213 MW	43	Met9
7 September at 17:13	372 MW	19	Met12
7 September at 17:05	1,230 MW	34	Met10
7 September at 17:05	1,364 MW	45	Met9
7 September at 17:03	378 MW	21	Met12
7 September at 16:53	285 MW	16	Met12
7 September at 16:50	1,523 MW	51	Met9
7 September at 16:50	962 MW	26	Met10
7 September at 16:49	408 MW	10	Met10
7 September at 16:43	516 MW	30	Met12
7 September at 16:35	1,583 MW	47	Met9
7 September at 16:35	780 MW	19	Met10
7 September at 16:34	669 MW	17	Met10
7 September at 16:33	648 MW	34	Met12
7 September at 16:23	604 MW	31	Met12
7 September at 16:20	2,288 MW	56	Met9
7 September at 16:20	593 MW	11	Met10
7 September at 16:19	1,326 MW	29	Met10
7 September at 16:13	873 MW	38	Met12
7 September at 16:05	37 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 16:05	1,891 MW	50	Met9
7 September at 16:04	1,365 MW	25	Met10
7 September at 16:04	271 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 16:03	1,058 MW	49	Met12
7 September at 15:53	1,106 MW	54	Met12
7 September at 15:50	144 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 15:50	1,576 MW	41	Met9
7 September at 15:49	1,362 MW	23	Met10
7 September at 15:49	1,137 MW	25	Met9
7 September at 15:43	1,072 MW	52	Met12
7 September at 15:40	3,327 MW	187	Aqua
7 September at 15:35	51 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 15:35	1,763 MW	34	Met9
7 September at 15:34	1,332 MW	25	Met9
7 September at 15:34	2,049 MW	30	Met10
7 September at 15:33	1,689 MW	54	Met12
7 September at 15:23	1,009 MW	40	Met12
7 September at 15:20	697 MW	18	Met9
7 September at 15:19	2,257 MW	39	Met9
7 September at 15:19	2,059 MW	26	Met10
7 September at 15:13	1,279 MW	50	Met12
7 September at 15:05	836 MW	17	Met9
7 September at 15:04	2,710 MW	45	Met9
7 September at 15:04	2,056 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 15:03	1,442 MW	60	Met12
7 September at 14:53	1,530 MW	62	Met12
7 September at 14:50	586 MW	9	Met9
7 September at 14:49	2,275 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 14:49	3,315 MW	57	Met9
7 September at 14:43	1,863 MW	68	Met12
7 September at 14:35	299 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 14:34	3,705 MW	275	N
7 September at 14:34	2,830 MW	24	Met10
7 September at 14:34	4,520 MW	74	Met9
7 September at 14:33	1,961 MW	72	Met12
7 September at 14:23	2,474 MW	79	Met12
7 September at 14:19	5,331 MW	74	Met9
7 September at 14:19	1,535 MW	11	Met10
7 September at 14:13	2,214 MW	78	Met12
7 September at 14:04	2,647 MW	22	Met10
7 September at 14:04	4,628 MW	64	Met9
7 September at 14:03	2,165 MW	67	Met12
7 September at 13:57	7,758 MW	603	N21
7 September at 13:49	5,391 MW	69	Met9
7 September at 13:49	3,359 MW	25	Met10
7 September at 13:34	5,174 MW	33	Met10
7 September at 13:34	6,949 MW	74	Met9
7 September at 13:19	5,457 MW	63	Met9
7 September at 13:19	3,796 MW	29	Met10
7 September at 13:13	8,731 MW	914	N20
7 September at 13:04	4,445 MW	52	Met9
7 September at 13:04	3,602 MW	30	Met10
7 September at 12:53	3,979 MW	384	N
7 September at 12:49	2,676 MW	20	Met10
7 September at 12:49	3,930 MW	45	Met9
7 September at 12:34	4,351 MW	35	Met10
7 September at 12:34	4,966 MW	49	Met9
7 September at 12:19	4,439 MW	46	Met9
7 September at 12:19	3,333 MW	30	Met10
7 September at 12:04	5,279 MW	48	Met9
7 September at 12:04	4,383 MW	37	Met10
7 September at 12:03	3,387 MW	79	Met12
7 September at 11:53	2,962 MW	69	Met12
7 September at 11:49	5,262 MW	39	Met9
7 September at 11:49	3,711 MW	27	Met10
7 September at 11:34	3,325 MW	22	Met10
7 September at 11:34	4,093 MW	30	Met9
7 September at 11:19	1,672 MW	20	Met9
7 September at 11:19	2,033 MW	24	Met10
7 September at 11:04	3,523 MW	25	Met10
7 September at 11:04	3,371 MW	21	Met9
7 September at 10:49	2,860 MW	22	Met10
7 September at 10:49	2,459 MW	16	Met9
7 September at 10:34	1,384 MW	12	Met9
7 September at 10:34	1,874 MW	18	Met10
7 September at 10:19	513 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 10:19	1,030 MW	8	Met9
7 September at 10:05	131 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 10:04	815 MW	7	Met10
7 September at 10:04	433 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 09:50	241 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 09:49	232 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 09:35	229 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 09:34	129 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 09:20	65 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 09:19	64 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 09:05	80 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 09:04	214 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 08:54	200 MW	8	Terra
7 September at 08:35	28 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 08:34	91 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 07:50	51 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 02:01	7 MW	4	N
7 September at 01:24	39 MW	20	N21
7 September at 00:38	28 MW	23	N20
6 September at 23:05	579 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 23:05	428 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 23:03	288 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 22:53	26 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:50	110 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 22:50	194 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 22:43	49 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:35	412 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 22:35	235 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 22:33	176 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 22:23	42 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:20	227 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 22:20	468 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 22:13	85 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:05	192 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 22:05	113 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 22:03	11 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 21:53	50 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 21:50	22 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:50	81 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 21:43	57 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 21:35	81 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 21:35	242 MW	11	Met9
6 September at 21:33	105 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 21:23	62 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 21:20	180 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 21:20	56 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 21:05	99 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 21:05	110 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 21:03	14 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 20:53	95 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 20:50	120 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 20:50	300 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 20:43	110 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:35	102 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 20:35	27 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 20:28	331 MW	15	Terra
6 September at 20:23	168 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 20:20	73 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 20:20	226 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 20:13	59 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:05	26 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 20:05	125 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 20:03	71 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 19:53	90 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 19:50	107 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 19:50	243 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 19:43	115 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:35	185 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 19:35	282 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 19:33	21 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 19:23	25 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 19:20	112 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 19:20	265 MW	11	Met9
6 September at 19:13	26 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 19:05	264 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 19:05	374 MW	13	Met9
6 September at 19:03	65 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 18:53	25 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:50	192 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 18:50	326 MW	13	Met9
6 September at 18:43	86 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 18:35	332 MW	11	Met9
6 September at 18:35	219 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 18:33	40 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:23	60 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:20	226 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 18:20	375 MW	15	Met9
6 September at 18:13	96 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 18:05	541 MW	19	Met9
6 September at 18:05	439 MW	10	Met10
6 September at 18:03	86 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 17:53	211 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 17:50	570 MW	15	Met10
6 September at 17:50	638 MW	22	Met9
6 September at 17:43	265 MW	14	Met12
6 September at 17:35	999 MW	33	Met9
6 September at 17:35	905 MW	22	Met10
6 September at 17:33	368 MW	20	Met12
6 September at 17:23	538 MW	28	Met12
6 September at 17:20	1,830 MW	42	Met10
6 September at 17:20	1,847 MW	51	Met9
6 September at 17:13	655 MW	29	Met12
6 September at 17:05	2,189 MW	46	Met10
6 September at 17:05	2,330 MW	68	Met9
6 September at 17:03	848 MW	31	Met12
6 September at 16:53	520 MW	25	Met12
6 September at 16:50	1,999 MW	60	Met9
6 September at 16:50	2,041 MW	52	Met10
6 September at 16:49	95 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 16:43	389 MW	21	Met12
6 September at 16:35	2,428 MW	70	Met9
6 September at 16:35	1,573 MW	38	Met10
6 September at 16:34	586 MW	14	Met10
6 September at 16:33	503 MW	28	Met12
6 September at 16:23	725 MW	35	Met12
6 September at 16:20	3,544 MW	91	Met9
6 September at 16:20	1,350 MW	27	Met10
6 September at 16:19	1,783 MW	36	Met10
6 September at 16:13	934 MW	48	Met12
6 September at 16:05	529 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 16:05	3,888 MW	86	Met9
6 September at 16:04	2,505 MW	44	Met10
6 September at 16:04	325 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 16:03	1,026 MW	43	Met12
6 September at 15:53	956 MW	42	Met12
6 September at 15:50	72 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:50	3,854 MW	74	Met9
6 September at 15:49	3,078 MW	44	Met10
6 September at 15:49	666 MW	18	Met9
6 September at 15:43	1,226 MW	54	Met12
6 September at 15:35	2,240 MW	34	Met9
6 September at 15:34	1,965 MW	33	Met9
6 September at 15:34	3,134 MW	36	Met10
6 September at 15:33	1,821 MW	64	Met12
6 September at 15:23	1,223 MW	50	Met12
6 September at 15:20	1,495 MW	30	Met9
6 September at 15:19	2,654 MW	43	Met9
6 September at 15:19	2,479 MW	32	Met10
6 September at 15:13	2,108 MW	71	Met12
6 September at 15:05	1,311 MW	24	Met9
6 September at 15:04	4,114 MW	39	Met10
6 September at 15:04	4,502 MW	54	Met9
6 September at 15:03	2,006 MW	66	Met12
6 September at 15:01	3,500 MW	37	Aqua
6 September at 14:53	1,922 MW	64	Met12
6 September at 14:50	361 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 14:49	3,570 MW	43	Met10
6 September at 14:49	6,634 MW	83	Met9
6 September at 14:43	1,968 MW	64	Met12
6 September at 14:35	91 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 14:34	4,490 MW	35	Met10
6 September at 14:34	6,660 MW	76	Met9
6 September at 14:33	2,172 MW	59	Met12
6 September at 14:23	1,747 MW	68	Met12
6 September at 14:19	1,681 MW	17	Met10
6 September at 14:19	6,352 MW	72	Met9
6 September at 14:17	7,168 MW	456	N21
6 September at 14:13	2,494 MW	81	Met12
6 September at 14:04	2,388 MW	21	Met10
6 September at 14:04	5,719 MW	71	Met9
6 September at 14:03	2,435 MW	84	Met12
6 September at 13:53	2,388 MW	78	Met12
6 September at 13:49	5,469 MW	67	Met9
6 September at 13:49	2,823 MW	24	Met10
6 September at 13:43	2,635 MW	87	Met12
6 September at 13:34	3,312 MW	27	Met10
6 September at 13:34	5,904 MW	68	Met9
6 September at 13:33	2,762 MW	82	Met12
6 September at 13:32	10,043 MW	1,360	N20
6 September at 13:23	3,110 MW	90	Met12
6 September at 13:19	7,165 MW	75	Met9
6 September at 13:19	4,753 MW	36	Met10
6 September at 13:15	10,156 MW	910	N
6 September at 13:13	2,988 MW	92	Met12
6 September at 13:04	5,003 MW	40	Met10
6 September at 13:04	7,302 MW	80	Met9
6 September at 13:03	3,096 MW	94	Met12
6 September at 12:53	3,160 MW	91	Met12
6 September at 12:49	5,006 MW	37	Met10
6 September at 12:49	6,980 MW	68	Met9
6 September at 12:43	3,930 MW	88	Met12
6 September at 12:36	9,026 MW	396	N21
6 September at 12:34	6,790 MW	68	Met9
6 September at 12:34	5,169 MW	41	Met10
6 September at 12:33	3,460 MW	94	Met12
6 September at 12:23	3,733 MW	89	Met12
6 September at 12:19	3,476 MW	25	Met10
6 September at 12:19	5,850 MW	51	Met9
6 September at 12:13	3,419 MW	80	Met12
6 September at 12:04	5,909 MW	50	Met9
6 September at 12:04	4,588 MW	36	Met10
6 September at 12:03	3,137 MW	75	Met12
6 September at 11:53	3,651 MW	76	Met12
6 September at 11:49	4,352 MW	30	Met10
6 September at 11:49	5,644 MW	41	Met9
6 September at 11:43	1,634 MW	55	Met12
6 September at 11:34	3,547 MW	36	Met9
6 September at 11:34	2,777 MW	22	Met10
6 September at 11:33	1,695 MW	55	Met12
6 September at 11:23	1,689 MW	58	Met12
6 September at 11:19	1,571 MW	14	Met10
6 September at 11:19	2,172 MW	21	Met9
6 September at 11:13	1,791 MW	56	Met12
6 September at 11:04	2,399 MW	16	Met10
6 September at 11:04	3,029 MW	18	Met9
6 September at 11:03	2,132 MW	54	Met12
6 September at 10:53	1,912 MW	49	Met12
6 September at 10:49	973 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 10:49	890 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 10:43	1,000 MW	40	Met12
6 September at 10:34	374 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 10:34	468 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 10:33	560 MW	29	Met12
6 September at 10:23	681 MW	34	Met12
6 September at 10:19	371 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 10:19	278 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 08:14	214 MW	11	Terra
6 September at 01:41	1 MW	1	N21
6 September at 00:59	34 MW	23	N20
6 September at 00:37	4 MW	3	N

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