Fire near Jonglei (SS)

7.07°N, 33.20°E · first detected on 13 October at 13:45

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 13 October at 13:45 to 21 October at 13:38, that is 8 days, through 437 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 10,188 ha.

Detected extent: 10,188 ha
Cumulative power: 5,535 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 144 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 437
Estimated emissions: 9.4 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 13 October 2026 to 21 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 10 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
22 October at 11:05	53 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:55	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:52	229 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 10:45	35 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:37	206 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 10:35	98 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:25	103 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:22	149 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 10:15	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:07	65 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 09:52	57 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 08:55	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:51	107 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 08:45	25 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:38	222 MW	15	N21
20 October at 16:45	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:25	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:07	24 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:55	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:52	134 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:45	56 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:37	230 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:35	60 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:25	76 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:22	153 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:15	56 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:07	618 MW	11	Met9
20 October at 15:06	390 MW	10	Aqua
20 October at 15:05	220 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 14:55	126 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:52	255 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:45	49 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:37	427 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 14:35	249 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:25	190 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:22	466 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 14:15	118 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:07	375 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 14:05	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:55	404 MW	11	N21
20 October at 13:55	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:52	409 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 13:45	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:37	611 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 13:22	474 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:15	946 MW	72	N20
20 October at 13:15	91 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:07	237 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:05	65 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:55	404 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:53	691 MW	49	N
20 October at 12:52	1,012 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:45	653 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:37	700 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:35	491 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:25	383 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 12:22	137 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:15	410 MW	15	N21
20 October at 12:15	259 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:07	314 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:05	66 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:55	208 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:52	166 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:45	36 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:37	153 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:35	276 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:25	172 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:22	308 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 11:15	161 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:07	254 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 11:05	170 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:55	194 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 10:52	196 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 10:45	80 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:37	111 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:35	53 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:25	27 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:22	239 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 10:15	52 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:07	156 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 10:05	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:51	111 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 09:36	103 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 09:21	46 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 18:25	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 18:22	20 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 18:07	28 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 18:07	26 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 17:55	30 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 17:52	40 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 17:52	93 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 17:45	84 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 17:37	416 MW	6	Met10
19 October at 17:37	427 MW	7	Met9
19 October at 17:35	265 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 17:25	166 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 17:22	364 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 17:22	384 MW	6	Met10
19 October at 17:15	134 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 17:07	208 MW	5	Met10
19 October at 17:07	182 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 17:05	172 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:55	175 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:52	202 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 16:52	128 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 16:45	59 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:37	34 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 16:37	21 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 16:25	32 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 16:22	55 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 16:05	49 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 15:52	29 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 15:45	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 15:37	34 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 15:22	31 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 14:45	33 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 14:35	15 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:25	12 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:15	39 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 14:05	44 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 13:55	14 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:45	14 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:37	32 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 13:35	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:32	288 MW	29	N20
19 October at 13:25	60 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 13:22	50 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 13:15	36 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 13:10	260 MW	33	N
19 October at 13:05	65 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 12:55	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 12:36	172 MW	14	N21
19 October at 12:05	23 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 11:55	15 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 11:45	99 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 11:35	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 11:15	12 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 10:52	136 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 10:37	142 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 10:22	142 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 10:07	76 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 09:55	17 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 09:52	140 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 09:45	18 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 09:36	63 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 09:36	156 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 09:35	12 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 09:25	15 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 09:22	105 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 09:21	191 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 09:15	24 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 09:07	82 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 09:06	158 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 09:05	26 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 08:55	15 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 08:45	28 MW	2	Met12
18 October at 15:29	10 MW	1	Aqua
18 October at 13:32	11 MW	2	N
16 October at 12:47	12 MW	2	N20
15 October at 15:14	117 MW	6	Aqua
15 October at 13:49	119 MW	8	N21
15 October at 13:06	246 MW	34	N20
15 October at 12:46	154 MW	25	N
13 October at 15:38	7 MW	1	Aqua

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