Fire near Gaza (MZ)

22.02°S, 31.91°E · first detected on 18 October at 12:45

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 18 October at 12:45 to 23 October at 01:20, that is 5 days, through 178 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,980 ha.

Detected extent: 2,980 ha
Cumulative power: 1,886 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 86 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 178
Estimated emissions: 970 t of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 18 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 7 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 01:20	14 MW	9	N20
23 October at 00:59	6 MW	3	N
23 October at 00:22	8 MW	4	N21
22 October at 20:51	24 MW	2	Terra
22 October at 17:52	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:49	30 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:34	31 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:32	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:22	41 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:19	79 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 17:18	61 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:12	29 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:04	195 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 17:03	165 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 17:02	40 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:52	30 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:49	129 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:48	63 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:42	52 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:34	72 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:33	50 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:32	45 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:22	32 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:19	33 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:18	43 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:14	18 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 16:02	23 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:49	147 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 15:48	81 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:42	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:34	201 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:33	193 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:32	66 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:22	73 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:19	99 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:18	80 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:04	126 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:03	101 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:52	119 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:48	321 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:48	272 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:42	267 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:33	334 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:33	464 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:32	191 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:18	226 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:18	267 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:08	385 MW	35	N20
22 October at 14:03	155 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:03	174 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:52	104 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:48	287 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:48	313 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:47	280 MW	28	N
22 October at 13:42	137 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:33	660 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 13:33	654 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:32	489 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 13:22	508 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 13:18	494 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:18	463 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 13:13	299 MW	16	N21
22 October at 13:12	688 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:03	1,182 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 13:03	1,145 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 13:02	861 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 12:52	213 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:48	282 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:48	222 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:42	266 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:33	786 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 12:33	569 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 12:32	557 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 12:22	710 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 12:18	1,249 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 12:18	1,573 MW	9	Met10
22 October at 12:12	455 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:03	451 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 12:03	403 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 12:02	147 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:52	80 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:48	302 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 11:48	305 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 11:42	281 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:33	102 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:33	98 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:32	47 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:22	30 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:18	327 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 11:18	232 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 11:12	71 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:03	233 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 11:03	253 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 11:02	162 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:52	163 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:48	85 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:48	192 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 10:42	243 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:33	398 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 10:33	304 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 10:32	214 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:22	412 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 10:18	686 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 10:18	498 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 10:12	300 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 10:03	667 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 10:03	637 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 10:02	528 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 09:52	54 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:42	133 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 09:32	23 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:22	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:18	38 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:18	49 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 09:12	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:02	76 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 08:44	47 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 08:42	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:32	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 01:39	6 MW	4	N20
22 October at 01:20	6 MW	5	N
22 October at 00:42	4 MW	2	N21
21 October at 16:52	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:32	39 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:22	100 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:19	170 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 16:18	134 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:12	82 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:04	34 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:03	33 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:02	100 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:52	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:49	58 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:48	71 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:42	70 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:38	172 MW	6	Aqua
21 October at 15:34	161 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:33	155 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:32	169 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:22	145 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:19	135 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:18	132 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:12	138 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:04	179 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:03	169 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:02	44 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:52	129 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:48	120 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:48	114 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:42	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:33	104 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:33	83 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:32	48 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:25	152 MW	13	N20
21 October at 14:22	130 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:18	115 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:18	123 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:08	109 MW	11	N
21 October at 14:03	110 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:03	93 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:02	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:52	83 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:48	135 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:48	120 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:42	275 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 13:33	81 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:33	175 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 13:32	177 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:30	239 MW	12	N21
21 October at 13:22	138 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:22	28 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 06:22	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 06:12	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 05:32	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 01:20	4 MW	3	N21
19 October at 14:08	11 MW	2	N21
19 October at 13:23	29 MW	5	N20
19 October at 13:04	9 MW	2	N
19 October at 00:57	1 MW	1	N20
18 October at 14:25	8 MW	1	N21
18 October at 13:42	55 MW	12	N20
18 October at 13:22	59 MW	13	N
18 October at 12:45	92 MW	6	N21

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