Fire near Iringa (TZ)

7.42°S, 34.21°E · first detected on 6 September at 00:37

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 00:37 to 6 September at 15:04, through 124 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,158 ha.

Detected extent: 1,158 ha
Cumulative power: 976 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 57 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 124

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 23:44	12 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 23:35	16 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:20	14 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:06	16 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 23:05	24 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 23:04	11 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:54	62 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 22:51	176 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 22:50	117 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 22:44	11 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:36	88 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 22:35	46 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 22:34	14 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:21	28 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 22:20	31 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 22:14	11 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:06	37 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 22:05	27 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:51	20 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 21:50	24 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:36	39 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 21:35	29 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:24	16 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 21:21	133 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 21:20	70 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 21:06	169 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 21:05	121 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 20:51	157 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 20:50	114 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 20:36	241 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 20:35	195 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 20:30	78 MW	9	Terra
6 September at 20:21	126 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 20:20	72 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 20:06	170 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 20:05	155 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 19:54	12 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 19:50	153 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 19:50	177 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 19:44	37 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 19:35	460 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 19:35	524 MW	14	Met9
6 September at 19:34	85 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 19:24	34 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 19:20	197 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 19:20	282 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 19:14	20 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 19:05	577 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 19:05	633 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 19:04	166 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:54	364 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 18:50	1,373 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 18:50	1,362 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 18:44	957 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 18:35	2,043 MW	11	Met9
6 September at 18:35	2,144 MW	10	Met10
6 September at 18:34	1,083 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 18:24	124 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:20	250 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 18:20	306 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 18:14	48 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:05	189 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 18:05	151 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 18:04	48 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:54	12 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 17:50	105 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 17:50	142 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 17:44	47 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:35	290 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 17:35	285 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 17:34	81 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:24	17 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 17:20	51 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 17:20	131 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 17:14	43 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:05	414 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 17:05	389 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 17:04	262 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:54	318 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 16:50	346 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 16:50	364 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 16:44	181 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:35	645 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 16:35	630 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 16:34	202 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 16:24	228 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 16:20	808 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 16:20	831 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 16:14	248 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 16:05	402 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 16:05	394 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 16:04	34 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 15:54	41 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 15:50	537 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 15:50	452 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 15:44	208 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 15:35	547 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 15:35	401 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 15:34	125 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:24	49 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 15:20	312 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 15:20	301 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 15:14	90 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:05	211 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 15:05	209 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 15:04	27 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 15:04	276 MW	5	Aqua
6 September at 14:54	219 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 14:50	475 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 14:50	469 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 14:35	211 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 14:35	75 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 14:24	38 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 14:20	154 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 14:05	157 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:54	140 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 13:50	194 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:50	175 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:35	75 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 13:35	173 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:34	351 MW	39	N20
6 September at 13:34	37 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 13:24	143 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:20	235 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:20	408 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 13:15	456 MW	33	N
6 September at 13:14	218 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 13:05	247 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 13:05	99 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:50	86 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:50	192 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 12:38	365 MW	33	N21
6 September at 12:35	281 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 12:35	320 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 12:24	11 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 12:20	92 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:20	78 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 12:05	143 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:05	171 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 11:54	32 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 11:50	157 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 11:50	225 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 11:35	88 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 11:35	154 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 11:20	111 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 11:20	103 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 11:05	168 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 11:05	102 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 10:50	93 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 10:50	116 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 10:49	67 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 10:44	63 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 10:35	345 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 10:34	71 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 10:34	189 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 10:24	105 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 10:20	371 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 10:19	453 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 08:14	62 MW	4	Terra
6 September at 01:41	30 MW	25	N21
6 September at 00:57	57 MW	32	N20
6 September at 00:37	41 MW	23	N

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