Fire near Huila (AO)

14.01°S, 14.13°E

What the satellites measured

This fire is not in the last thirty days of the fire list, but detections remain around this point: the curve below is rebuilt from the raw pixels, which are kept for a hundred days.

“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 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 summed over the pass	Detections	Sensor
23 October at 17:23	12 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 16:13	24 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 15:31	5 MW	1	N20
23 October at 15:13	70 MW	13	N
23 October at 14:36	54 MW	12	N21
23 October at 12:23	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:43	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:34	29 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 18:23	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:20	67 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 18:19	36 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:33	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:23	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:13	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:04	87 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:03	89 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:53	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:49	88 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:43	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:33	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:23	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:20	37 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:19	37 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:13	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:05	134 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:04	57 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:03	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:53	35 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:31	32 MW	9	N
22 October at 14:53	69 MW	8	N21
22 October at 14:13	25 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:10	103 MW	17	N20
22 October at 13:53	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:53	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:34	51 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:20	38 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:19	31 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:04	38 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:03	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:50	53 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:49	76 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:43	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:33	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:23	46 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:13	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:04	32 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:03	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:53	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:14	21 MW	3	N21
21 October at 14:29	57 MW	11	N20
21 October at 14:23	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:10	40 MW	6	N
21 October at 14:03	49 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:53	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 02:39	1 MW	1	N21
20 October at 15:31	14 MW	1	N21
20 October at 14:46	89 MW	22	N20
20 October at 14:27	81 MW	18	N
19 October at 15:08	109 MW	20	N20
19 October at 14:49	136 MW	27	N
19 October at 14:10	89 MW	16	N21
18 October at 17:01	17 MW	2	Aqua
18 October at 15:25	8 MW	2	N20
18 October at 15:06	10 MW	2	N
18 October at 14:29	12 MW	3	N21
18 October at 02:52	1 MW	1	N20
18 October at 02:35	1 MW	1	N
17 October at 15:25	30 MW	7	N
17 October at 14:49	17 MW	4	N21
17 October at 14:04	6 MW	2	N20
16 October at 15:08	39 MW	6	N21
16 October at 14:23	49 MW	10	N20
16 October at 14:04	4 MW	1	N
15 October at 16:46	21 MW	2	Aqua
15 October at 15:25	8 MW	1	N21
15 October at 14:42	102 MW	27	N20
15 October at 14:21	89 MW	15	N
15 October at 13:47	20 MW	2	N21
14 October at 15:01	163 MW	22	N20
14 October at 14:42	66 MW	12	N
14 October at 14:04	24 MW	3	N21
14 October at 03:11	5 MW	2	N21
14 October at 02:28	1 MW	1	N20
14 October at 02:07	3 MW	2	N
14 October at 01:31	1 MW	1	N21
13 October at 17:09	68 MW	3	Aqua
11 October at 15:38	49 MW	4	N
11 October at 15:01	140 MW	19	N21
11 October at 14:17	83 MW	13	N20
10 October at 14:36	53 MW	8	N20
10 October at 14:17	14 MW	2	N
9 October at 14:53	65 MW	10	N20
9 October at 14:36	30 MW	4	N
9 October at 13:57	66 MW	7	N21
9 October at 02:22	1 MW	1	N20
9 October at 02:03	2 MW	1	N
8 October at 17:14	38 MW	3	Aqua
8 October at 15:14	237 MW	36	N20
8 October at 14:53	425 MW	53	N
8 October at 14:18	370 MW	37	N21
8 October at 02:39	3 MW	1	N20
7 October at 16:40	20 MW	1	Aqua
7 October at 15:31	67 MW	6	N20
7 October at 15:12	229 MW	40	N
7 October at 14:36	238 MW	48	N21
7 October at 13:51	74 MW	10	N20
7 October at 02:58	1 MW	1	N20
7 October at 02:39	1 MW	1	N
6 October at 15:31	164 MW	22	N
6 October at 14:53	274 MW	36	N21
6 October at 14:10	113 MW	17	N20
5 October at 16:59	99 MW	11	Aqua
5 October at 15:14	176 MW	31	N21
5 October at 14:29	208 MW	31	N20
5 October at 14:10	142 MW	21	N
4 October at 16:22	238 MW	6	Aqua
4 October at 15:31	239 MW	18	N21
4 October at 14:46	382 MW	72	N20
4 October at 14:27	323 MW	52	N
4 October at 13:51	119 MW	16	N21
3 October at 15:08	130 MW	19	N20
3 October at 14:49	135 MW	26	N
3 October at 14:10	197 MW	20	N21
2 October at 15:25	72 MW	8	N20
2 October at 15:06	151 MW	19	N
2 October at 14:29	158 MW	19	N21
1 October at 15:25	436 MW	58	N
1 October at 14:49	457 MW	33	N21
1 October at 14:04	189 MW	33	N20
1 October at 09:46	13 MW	1	Terra
30 September at 17:07	107 MW	7	Aqua
30 September at 15:44	10 MW	2	N
30 September at 15:08	90 MW	16	N21
30 September at 14:22	369 MW	54	N20
30 September at 14:04	187 MW	26	N
30 September at 03:09	0 MW	1	N
30 September at 02:35	1 MW	2	N21
29 September at 16:29	144 MW	5	Aqua
29 September at 15:25	608 MW	17	N21
29 September at 14:42	325 MW	65	N20
29 September at 14:21	436 MW	41	N
29 September at 13:47	32 MW	3	N21
29 September at 02:07	2 MW	1	N20
28 September at 17:29	121 MW	2	Aqua
28 September at 14:59	355 MW	47	N20
28 September at 14:04	175 MW	26	N21
28 September at 09:29	8 MW	1	Terra
28 September at 02:28	1 MW	1	N20
27 September at 16:52	362 MW	19	Aqua
27 September at 15:21	208 MW	42	N20
27 September at 14:59	414 MW	43	N
27 September at 14:23	128 MW	20	N21
27 September at 02:45	1 MW	1	N20
26 September at 15:38	266 MW	23	N20
26 September at 15:20	465 MW	64	N
26 September at 14:42	558 MW	78	N21
26 September at 13:57	244 MW	37	N20
26 September at 03:07	1 MW	1	N20
26 September at 02:45	1 MW	1	N
26 September at 02:08	2 MW	2	N21
25 September at 17:14	141 MW	6	Aqua
25 September at 15:38	186 MW	25	N
25 September at 15:01	603 MW	64	N21
25 September at 14:17	841 MW	67	N20
25 September at 13:57	131 MW	11	N
25 September at 03:05	5 MW	2	N

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