Fire near Huila (AO)

15.59°S, 14.87°E · first detected on 6 September at 11:19

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 11:19 to 6 September at 16:40, through 23 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 931 ha.

Detected extent: 931 ha
Cumulative power: 1,651 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 790 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 23

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.

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 3 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 September at 22:52	57 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:42	186 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:35	647 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 22:34	675 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 22:32	141 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:22	26 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:20	433 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 22:19	211 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 22:12	181 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 22:05	575 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 22:04	522 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 22:02	55 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 21:52	864 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 21:50	1,777 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 21:49	1,604 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 21:42	1,071 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 21:35	1,247 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 21:34	1,240 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 21:32	1,019 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 21:22	124 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:20	1,366 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 21:19	1,514 MW	10	Met10
6 September at 21:12	926 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 21:05	1,457 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 21:04	1,430 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 21:02	1,093 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 20:52	1,070 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 20:50	1,572 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 20:49	1,604 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 20:42	835 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 20:35	924 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 20:34	1,084 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 20:32	408 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 20:22	270 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 20:20	264 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 20:19	337 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 20:12	85 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 20:05	249 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 20:04	319 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 20:02	53 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 19:52	80 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:50	640 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 19:49	683 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 19:42	1,040 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 19:35	925 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 19:34	945 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 19:32	792 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 19:22	768 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 19:19	868 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 19:19	1,466 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 19:12	888 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:04	860 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 19:04	714 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 19:02	178 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:52	78 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 18:49	320 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 18:49	129 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 18:42	444 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 18:34	699 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 18:34	488 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 18:32	279 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 18:22	70 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 18:19	190 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 18:12	112 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:04	492 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 18:04	499 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 18:03	293 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 17:53	543 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 17:49	697 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 17:49	526 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 17:43	369 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 17:34	489 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 17:34	843 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 17:33	724 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 17:23	266 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 17:19	1,526 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 17:19	807 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 17:13	1,541 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 17:04	1,292 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 17:04	1,089 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 17:03	1,405 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 16:53	823 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 16:49	1,444 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 16:49	1,103 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 16:43	888 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 16:40	1,429 MW	6	Aqua
6 September at 16:34	1,797 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 16:34	1,119 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 16:33	850 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 16:23	577 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 16:19	1,047 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 16:19	1,441 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 16:13	367 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 16:04	103 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 16:04	63 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:03	66 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 15:53	28 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 15:49	207 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 15:49	166 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 15:43	108 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:34	260 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 15:34	143 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:33	104 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:23	24 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 15:19	124 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 15:19	114 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:13	39 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 15:12	143 MW	6	N20
6 September at 15:04	165 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:04	251 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 15:03	84 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 14:51	46 MW	8	N
6 September at 14:49	47 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 14:49	62 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:43	26 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 14:34	375 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 14:34	264 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 14:33	155 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 14:23	46 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 14:19	66 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:19	56 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 14:17	33 MW	3	N21
6 September at 14:04	72 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 14:04	67 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 14:03	21 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 13:53	26 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 13:49	73 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 13:49	114 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 13:34	63 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 13:34	84 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 13:33	46 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:23	30 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 13:04	62 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 13:04	89 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 13:03	32 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 12:53	238 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 12:49	168 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 12:49	155 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:34	49 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:34	67 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 12:04	63 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 12:04	44 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 11:53	56 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 11:49	180 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 11:49	141 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 11:43	165 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 11:34	154 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 11:33	54 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 11:19	96 MW	2	Met10

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