Fire near Huila (AO)

15.15°S, 15.24°E · first detected on 11 September at 14:21

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 11 September at 14:21 to 5 October at 16:59, that is 24 days, through 1,642 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 28,102 ha.

Detected extent: 28,102 ha
Cumulative power: 46,589 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 1,170 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,642
Estimated emissions: 124 t of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 October 2026 to 5 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 27 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
6 October at 15:31	481 MW	56	N
6 October at 14:53	731 MW	80	N21
6 October at 14:10	737 MW	44	N20
6 October at 13:49	223 MW	18	N
6 October at 02:58	1 MW	1	N
6 October at 02:22	41 MW	7	N21
6 October at 01:37	2 MW	3	N20
5 October at 21:19	20 MW	1	Terra
5 October at 16:59	291 MW	22	Aqua
5 October at 15:14	886 MW	62	N21
5 October at 14:27	538 MW	68	N20
5 October at 14:10	524 MW	85	N
4 October at 16:22	19 MW	1	Aqua
4 October at 14:46	177 MW	20	N20
4 October at 14:27	47 MW	5	N
4 October at 13:51	125 MW	9	N21
3 October at 15:06	81 MW	10	N20
3 October at 14:48	69 MW	16	N
3 October at 14:10	145 MW	10	N21
2 October at 15:06	45 MW	9	N
2 October at 14:29	55 MW	11	N21
2 October at 13:45	8 MW	1	N20
2 October at 02:35	0 MW	1	N
1 October at 15:23	82 MW	8	N
1 October at 14:04	9 MW	2	N20
30 September at 21:19	134 MW	3	Terra
30 September at 17:07	936 MW	27	Aqua
30 September at 15:44	1,029 MW	27	N
30 September at 15:07	1,811 MW	135	N21
30 September at 14:21	1,000 MW	92	N20
30 September at 14:04	557 MW	100	N
30 September at 03:10	15 MW	8	N
30 September at 02:35	29 MW	12	N21
30 September at 01:50	141 MW	21	N20
30 September at 01:29	38 MW	9	N
29 September at 22:19	1,322 MW	4	Terra
29 September at 16:29	180 MW	4	Aqua
29 September at 15:25	539 MW	32	N21
29 September at 14:42	1,444 MW	84	N20
29 September at 14:21	1,161 MW	93	N
29 September at 13:47	2,661 MW	113	N21
29 September at 10:07	241 MW	4	Terra
29 September at 04:17	10 MW	1	Aqua
29 September at 02:54	1,022 MW	102	N21
29 September at 02:08	1,897 MW	116	N20
29 September at 01:50	3,332 MW	164	N
28 September at 21:40	5,613 MW	68	Terra
28 September at 17:29	2,350 MW	15	Aqua
28 September at 14:59	4,634 MW	302	N20
28 September at 14:04	5,824 MW	234	N21
28 September at 09:29	2,395 MW	35	Terra
28 September at 02:28	216 MW	114	N20
28 September at 02:07	337 MW	109	N
28 September at 01:31	227 MW	75	N21
27 September at 16:50	313 MW	16	Aqua
27 September at 15:21	4,290 MW	229	N20
27 September at 14:59	3,357 MW	175	N
27 September at 14:21	5,611 MW	157	N21
27 September at 02:45	8 MW	5	N20
27 September at 02:28	15 MW	13	N
27 September at 01:50	36 MW	19	N21
26 September at 22:00	36 MW	4	Terra
26 September at 16:14	258 MW	3	Aqua
26 September at 15:38	42 MW	4	N20
26 September at 15:18	1,599 MW	116	N
26 September at 14:42	1,695 MW	96	N21
26 September at 13:57	1,069 MW	101	N20
26 September at 03:07	4 MW	2	N20
26 September at 02:45	8 MW	8	N
26 September at 02:09	17 MW	12	N21
26 September at 01:26	4 MW	1	N20
25 September at 17:12	34 MW	1	Aqua
25 September at 15:38	356 MW	34	N
25 September at 14:59	1,194 MW	84	N21
25 September at 14:17	3,591 MW	123	N20
25 September at 13:55	495 MW	58	N
25 September at 02:28	3 MW	3	N21
24 September at 14:34	11 MW	2	N20
24 September at 14:17	10 MW	1	N
24 September at 02:45	17 MW	3	N21
23 September at 21:42	32 MW	2	Terra
23 September at 14:53	212 MW	9	N20
23 September at 14:34	438 MW	50	N
23 September at 13:57	1,155 MW	132	N21
23 September at 03:05	11 MW	3	N21
23 September at 02:22	10 MW	9	N20
23 September at 02:03	4 MW	3	N
23 September at 01:26	2 MW	2	N21
22 September at 16:57	784 MW	54	Aqua
22 September at 15:12	1,106 MW	174	N20
22 September at 14:53	1,565 MW	170	N
22 September at 14:17	1,463 MW	98	N21
22 September at 02:39	8 MW	5	N20
22 September at 02:20	10 MW	10	N
22 September at 01:44	17 MW	10	N21
21 September at 16:18	515 MW	14	Aqua
21 September at 15:31	751 MW	57	N20
21 September at 15:12	860 MW	85	N
21 September at 14:36	455 MW	59	N21
21 September at 13:51	302 MW	33	N20
21 September at 02:39	1 MW	1	N
21 September at 02:05	1 MW	1	N21
20 September at 21:23	59 MW	1	Terra
20 September at 17:18	46 MW	2	Aqua
20 September at 15:30	191 MW	26	N
20 September at 14:53	279 MW	34	N21
20 September at 14:10	139 MW	20	N20
20 September at 13:49	44 MW	6	N
20 September at 02:58	0 MW	1	N
20 September at 02:22	1 MW	2	N21
19 September at 16:42	351 MW	24	Aqua
19 September at 15:14	320 MW	40	N21
19 September at 14:27	386 MW	58	N20
19 September at 14:10	219 MW	49	N
19 September at 02:39	2 MW	1	N21
19 September at 01:56	2 MW	3	N20
19 September at 01:37	3 MW	3	N
18 September at 14:49	1,123 MW	117	N20
18 September at 14:27	1,090 MW	86	N
18 September at 13:51	588 MW	69	N21
18 September at 09:31	18 MW	1	Terra
18 September at 02:16	1 MW	1	N20
17 September at 17:03	519 MW	25	Aqua
17 September at 15:06	1,645 MW	139	N20
17 September at 14:46	1,485 MW	193	N
17 September at 14:10	1,693 MW	157	N21
17 September at 02:35	101 MW	41	N20
17 September at 02:13	103 MW	43	N
17 September at 01:37	110 MW	55	N21
16 September at 22:04	82 MW	6	Terra
16 September at 16:27	1,703 MW	43	Aqua
16 September at 15:25	2,052 MW	222	N20
16 September at 15:06	2,783 MW	292	N
16 September at 14:29	2,715 MW	211	N21
16 September at 13:45	1,863 MW	138	N20
16 September at 04:15	11 MW	1	Aqua
16 September at 02:52	28 MW	23	N20
16 September at 02:35	44 MW	34	N
16 September at 01:56	88 MW	39	N21
15 September at 21:23	38 MW	3	Terra
15 September at 17:26	1,092 MW	13	Aqua
15 September at 15:23	1,873 MW	217	N
15 September at 14:49	1,976 MW	138	N21
15 September at 14:04	1,955 MW	212	N20
15 September at 03:11	5 MW	2	N20
15 September at 02:52	3 MW	3	N
15 September at 02:16	9 MW	9	N21
15 September at 01:31	14 MW	13	N20
14 September at 16:48	559 MW	33	Aqua
14 September at 15:44	29 MW	2	N
14 September at 15:07	1,260 MW	105	N21
14 September at 14:21	480 MW	65	N20
14 September at 14:02	440 MW	69	N
14 September at 02:35	1 MW	1	N21
14 September at 01:29	1 MW	1	N
13 September at 21:45	4 MW	1	Terra
13 September at 15:25	61 MW	5	N21
13 September at 14:41	356 MW	43	N20
13 September at 14:21	173 MW	36	N
13 September at 13:47	119 MW	15	N21
13 September at 02:54	3 MW	2	N21
13 September at 02:07	6 MW	4	N20
13 September at 01:50	2 MW	2	N
12 September at 17:09	411 MW	16	Aqua
12 September at 14:59	701 MW	94	N20
12 September at 14:40	594 MW	99	N
12 September at 14:04	954 MW	78	N21
12 September at 02:28	4 MW	6	N20
12 September at 02:07	7 MW	7	N
12 September at 01:31	1 MW	1	N21
11 September at 16:31	747 MW	23	Aqua
11 September at 15:18	962 MW	122	N20
11 September at 14:59	1,281 MW	132	N
11 September at 14:21	986 MW	94	N21
11 September at 09:54	15 MW	1	Terra
11 September at 02:45	12 MW	10	N20
11 September at 02:26	14 MW	18	N
11 September at 01:50	21 MW	16	N21
10 September at 15:18	90 MW	23	N
10 September at 14:42	240 MW	37	N21
10 September at 13:57	45 MW	9	N20

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