Fire near Gjegjan (AL)

41.98°N, 19.94°E · first detected on 14 August at 08:28

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 14 August at 08:28 to 14 August at 20:30, through 50 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,241 ha.

Detected extent: 1,241 ha
Cumulative power: 967 MW
Peak power: 60 MW
Detections: 50

“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 satellite detection and are not an official assessment: only the local fire and civil protection authorities are authoritative.

Replay how the fire spread

The map is centred on this fire and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the whole fire, from the first satellite pass to the last. “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.

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 30 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	Detections	Sensor
15 August at 02:08	12 MW	1	Met12
15 August at 01:58	26 MW	2	Met12
15 August at 01:48	10 MW	1	Met12
15 August at 01:38	17 MW	1	Met12
15 August at 01:28	15 MW	1	Met12
15 August at 01:18	14 MW	1	Met12
15 August at 01:08	32 MW	2	Met12
15 August at 00:58	20 MW	1	Met12
15 August at 00:48	46 MW	3	Met12
15 August at 00:38	22 MW	1	Met12
15 August at 00:28	19 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 23:58	28 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 23:48	37 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 23:38	49 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 23:28	24 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 23:18	37 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 23:08	88 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 22:58	49 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 22:48	20 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 22:38	20 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 22:28	38 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 22:18	33 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 21:58	14 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 21:55	29 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 21:40	29 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 21:38	11 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 21:28	16 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 21:25	34 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 21:18	48 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 21:10	28 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 21:08	56 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 20:58	69 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 20:48	62 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 20:30	153 MW	7	Terra
14 August at 20:28	44 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 20:25	23 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 20:10	29 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 20:08	20 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 19:58	61 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 19:55	40 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 19:48	55 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 19:40	53 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 19:38	90 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 19:28	65 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 19:25	53 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 19:18	85 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 19:10	67 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 19:08	85 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 18:58	117 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 18:55	83 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 18:48	147 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 18:40	106 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 18:38	142 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 18:28	152 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 18:25	124 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 18:18	181 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 18:10	180 MW	2	Met10
14 August at 18:08	189 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 17:58	354 MW	6	Met12
14 August at 17:55	48 MW	1	Met9
14 August at 17:55	261 MW	2	Met10
14 August at 17:48	279 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 17:40	220 MW	2	Met10
14 August at 17:38	196 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 17:28	179 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 17:25	193 MW	2	Met10
14 August at 17:18	196 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 17:10	198 MW	2	Met10
14 August at 17:08	227 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 16:58	201 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 16:55	182 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 16:48	255 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 16:40	183 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 16:38	214 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 16:28	256 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 16:25	213 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 16:18	222 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 16:10	193 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 16:08	224 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 15:58	177 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 15:55	35 MW	1	Met9
14 August at 15:55	131 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 15:48	173 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 15:40	99 MW	1	Met10
14 August at 15:38	109 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 15:28	117 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 15:27	188 MW	5	Aqua
14 August at 15:18	144 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 15:08	154 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 14:58	132 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 14:55	35 MW	1	Met9
14 August at 14:48	179 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 14:38	167 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 14:28	121 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 14:18	120 MW	5	Met12
14 August at 14:17	237 MW	14	N20
14 August at 14:08	92 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 13:58	121 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 13:57	171 MW	10	N
14 August at 13:48	153 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 13:38	150 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 13:28	94 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 13:21	164 MW	9	N21
14 August at 13:18	112 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 13:08	109 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 12:58	95 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 12:48	116 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 12:38	55 MW	5	N20
14 August at 12:38	105 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 12:28	101 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 12:18	91 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 12:08	97 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 11:58	97 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 11:48	114 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 11:38	126 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 11:28	104 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 11:18	99 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 11:08	117 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 10:58	123 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 10:48	107 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 10:38	85 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 10:28	109 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 10:18	91 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 10:08	87 MW	3	Met12
14 August at 09:58	79 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 09:48	41 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 09:38	60 MW	4	Met12
14 August at 09:28	33 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 09:18	29 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 09:08	30 MW	2	Met12
14 August at 08:58	12 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 08:48	17 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 08:38	12 MW	1	Met12
14 August at 08:28	15 MW	1	Met12

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