Fire near Kordofan du Sud (SD)

10.38°N, 29.48°E · first detected on 16 October at 12:49

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 16 October at 12:49 to 22 October at 14:17, that is 6 days, through 79 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,167 ha.

Detected extent: 1,167 ha
Cumulative power: 866 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 90 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 79
Estimated emissions: 2.2 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 16 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). Published data stop on 21 October 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 9 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 06:52	15 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 05:52	31 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 05:52	14 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 05:37	22 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 05:37	16 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 05:22	22 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 05:07	35 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 04:52	17 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 04:22	21 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 03:07	98 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 03:05	14 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 02:52	16 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 02:37	105 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 02:33	28 MW	20	N
23 October at 02:22	32 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 02:22	73 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 02:15	16 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 02:07	150 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 02:07	170 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 02:05	65 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 01:56	63 MW	27	N21
23 October at 01:12	19 MW	11	N20
22 October at 23:25	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 23:08	28 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 23:07	30 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 23:05	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 22:55	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 22:53	61 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 22:52	71 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 22:45	46 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 22:38	53 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 22:37	60 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 22:35	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 22:25	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 22:23	32 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 22:22	66 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 20:23	29 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 20:15	57 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 20:08	61 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 20:07	56 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 20:05	74 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 19:55	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:45	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:38	170 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 19:37	83 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 19:35	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:25	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 19:23	26 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:22	25 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 19:08	26 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:07	29 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 19:05	34 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:45	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:38	67 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 18:37	112 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 18:35	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:55	69 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:53	122 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 17:52	134 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 17:45	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:38	30 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:37	29 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:35	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:05	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:55	21 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:25	138 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 16:23	82 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:15	36 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:08	127 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:05	73 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:55	154 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:52	466 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 15:45	287 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:37	45 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:37	962 MW	13	Met9
22 October at 15:35	571 MW	25	Met12
22 October at 15:25	817 MW	22	Met12
22 October at 15:22	959 MW	11	Met9
22 October at 15:22	355 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:15	357 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 15:07	368 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:07	911 MW	14	Met9
22 October at 15:05	433 MW	16	Met12
22 October at 14:55	496 MW	19	Met12
22 October at 14:52	1,026 MW	19	Met9
22 October at 14:52	486 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 14:45	399 MW	20	Met12
22 October at 14:37	463 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 14:35	601 MW	24	Met12
22 October at 14:25	1,443 MW	36	Met12
22 October at 14:22	1,571 MW	11	Met9
22 October at 14:22	739 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:17	879 MW	82	N20
22 October at 14:15	742 MW	25	Met12
22 October at 14:07	313 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 14:07	759 MW	10	Met9
22 October at 14:05	642 MW	22	Met12
22 October at 13:57	1,560 MW	177	N
22 October at 13:55	652 MW	28	Met12
22 October at 13:52	164 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:52	1,554 MW	12	Met9
22 October at 13:45	1,190 MW	28	Met12
22 October at 13:37	687 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 13:35	302 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 13:25	514 MW	16	Met12
22 October at 13:22	1,167 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 13:19	1,685 MW	141	N21
22 October at 13:15	1,131 MW	24	Met12
22 October at 13:07	2,150 MW	15	Met9
22 October at 13:07	190 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:05	2,149 MW	24	Met12
22 October at 12:55	1,197 MW	31	Met12
22 October at 12:52	39 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:52	1,454 MW	10	Met9
22 October at 12:45	1,267 MW	16	Met12
22 October at 12:37	791 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 12:36	257 MW	40	N20
22 October at 12:35	432 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 12:25	200 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:22	192 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:15	439 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 12:07	283 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:05	488 MW	16	Met12
22 October at 11:56	212 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 11:55	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:52	120 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:45	231 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 11:37	35 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:35	103 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:26	82 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:25	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:22	149 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 11:15	102 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 11:07	43 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:05	176 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 10:56	48 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:55	40 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:52	39 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:52	33 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:46	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:45	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:37	36 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:36	78 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:35	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:26	111 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 10:22	76 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:22	33 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:16	52 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:07	79 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:07	40 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:06	87 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 09:56	38 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:52	46 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 09:46	109 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:37	75 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 09:36	77 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 09:26	38 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:16	63 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:06	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:56	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:35	8 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 02:13	27 MW	9	N21
22 October at 01:29	24 MW	13	N20
22 October at 01:09	11 MW	8	N
21 October at 20:21	7 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 17:38	48 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:37	24 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:25	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:35	62 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:25	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:23	51 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:15	81 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:08	106 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:05	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:55	118 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:52	96 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:46	437 MW	33	Aqua
21 October at 15:45	215 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 15:37	222 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 15:35	374 MW	22	Met12
21 October at 15:25	163 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 15:22	207 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 15:22	37 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:15	548 MW	26	Met12
21 October at 15:07	373 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 15:07	129 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:05	306 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 14:55	206 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 14:52	315 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 14:52	89 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:45	156 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 14:37	97 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:37	484 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 14:35	176 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 14:25	443 MW	20	Met12
21 October at 14:22	458 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 14:22	152 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 14:17	864 MW	153	N
21 October at 14:16	193 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:15	91 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:07	313 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 14:05	344 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:55	438 MW	25	Met12
21 October at 13:52	313 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 13:45	302 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 13:40	1,517 MW	172	N21
21 October at 13:37	170 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 13:35	209 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 13:25	619 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 13:22	282 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 13:15	131 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 13:07	208 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 13:05	422 MW	18	Met12
21 October at 12:56	632 MW	151	N20
21 October at 12:55	94 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 12:52	51 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:45	144 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 12:37	151 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:35	137 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 12:25	197 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 12:22	149 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:15	253 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 12:07	262 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 12:05	325 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 11:55	327 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 11:52	369 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 11:45	210 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 11:37	188 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:35	170 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 11:25	235 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 11:22	134 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:15	168 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:07	243 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:06	125 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 11:05	86 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:56	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:55	48 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:52	123 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 10:52	84 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:46	537 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 10:45	75 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:37	432 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 10:37	339 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 10:36	418 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 10:35	92 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:26	282 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 10:25	254 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 10:22	507 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 10:22	616 MW	9	Met10
21 October at 10:16	488 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 10:15	103 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 10:07	293 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 10:07	159 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 10:06	108 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:05	102 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 09:56	70 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:55	102 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 09:52	132 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 09:52	84 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 09:46	127 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 09:45	44 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:37	84 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 09:37	130 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 09:36	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:35	121 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 09:26	64 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:25	36 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:22	27 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:16	60 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 09:15	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:07	120 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 09:07	201 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 09:05	118 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 08:56	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 08:46	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:50	17 MW	8	N20
21 October at 01:31	9 MW	4	N
21 October at 00:52	8 MW	3	N21
20 October at 17:55	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:45	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:35	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:25	49 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 17:15	55 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:05	42 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:55	47 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:45	37 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:35	92 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 16:25	124 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 16:15	204 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 16:07	79 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 16:05	150 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 15:55	212 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 15:52	402 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 15:52	157 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 15:45	286 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 15:37	293 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 15:37	600 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 15:35	194 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 15:25	106 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:22	187 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:22	170 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 15:15	130 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 15:08	177 MW	4	Aqua
20 October at 15:07	151 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 15:07	281 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 15:05	288 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 14:55	204 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 14:52	314 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 14:52	128 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:45	225 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 14:37	727 MW	12	Met9
20 October at 14:37	462 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 14:35	681 MW	24	Met12
20 October at 14:25	280 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 14:22	782 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 14:22	1,185 MW	14	Met9
20 October at 14:15	517 MW	21	Met12
20 October at 14:07	520 MW	9	Met10
20 October at 14:07	915 MW	18	Met9
20 October at 14:05	461 MW	19	Met12
20 October at 13:57	1,381 MW	187	N21
20 October at 13:55	504 MW	20	Met12
20 October at 13:52	471 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 13:45	253 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 13:37	1,139 MW	15	Met9
20 October at 13:35	432 MW	20	Met12
20 October at 13:25	404 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 13:22	563 MW	9	Met9
20 October at 13:15	1,144 MW	170	N20
20 October at 13:15	243 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:07	876 MW	11	Met9
20 October at 13:07	88 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:05	589 MW	23	Met12
20 October at 12:55	490 MW	21	Met12
20 October at 12:53	771 MW	128	N
20 October at 12:52	496 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 12:45	560 MW	18	Met12
20 October at 12:37	447 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 12:35	223 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 12:25	296 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 12:22	235 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:15	287 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:07	341 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 12:05	471 MW	17	Met12
20 October at 11:56	472 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 11:55	536 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 11:52	1,194 MW	14	Met9
20 October at 11:46	385 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 11:45	418 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 11:37	954 MW	12	Met9
20 October at 11:35	626 MW	17	Met12
20 October at 11:25	434 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 11:22	382 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 11:15	290 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 11:07	431 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 11:06	47 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:05	254 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 10:56	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:55	110 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 10:52	298 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 10:52	185 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 10:45	92 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:37	176 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 10:37	150 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 10:36	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:35	169 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 10:25	256 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 10:22	152 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:22	181 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 10:15	214 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 10:07	414 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 10:07	204 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:05	325 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 09:56	66 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:55	256 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 09:52	193 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 09:52	167 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 09:45	136 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 09:37	113 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 09:37	237 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 09:36	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:35	107 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 09:26	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:25	98 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 09:22	72 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 08:54	45 MW	4	Terra
20 October at 08:45	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 02:07	6 MW	3	N20
20 October at 01:48	17 MW	17	N
20 October at 01:12	19 MW	11	N21
19 October at 20:41	10 MW	1	Terra
19 October at 16:10	436 MW	5	Aqua
19 October at 14:17	207 MW	19	N21
19 October at 13:33	1,070 MW	168	N20
19 October at 13:13	880 MW	141	N
19 October at 12:36	386 MW	52	N21
19 October at 02:26	2 MW	1	N20
18 October at 13:32	121 MW	13	N
18 October at 12:56	58 MW	11	N21
18 October at 02:26	1 MW	1	N
18 October at 01:05	1 MW	2	N20
17 October at 21:02	43 MW	2	Terra
17 October at 14:10	351 MW	48	N20
17 October at 13:50	855 MW	118	N
17 October at 13:13	877 MW	140	N21
17 October at 02:07	18 MW	8	N21
17 October at 01:24	18 MW	11	N20
17 October at 01:03	4 MW	3	N
16 October at 20:24	40 MW	2	Terra
16 October at 15:53	282 MW	18	Aqua
16 October at 14:10	1,336 MW	270	N
16 October at 13:32	1,965 MW	234	N21
16 October at 12:49	803 MW	131	N20
16 October at 02:26	2 MW	1	N21
16 October at 01:44	3 MW	2	N20
16 October at 01:24	1 MW	1	N
15 October at 14:27	97 MW	12	N
15 October at 13:51	680 MW	62	N21
15 October at 13:08	447 MW	86	N20
15 October at 12:47	110 MW	18	N
15 October at 02:03	1 MW	1	N20
15 October at 01:41	1 MW	1	N
15 October at 01:05	2 MW	1	N21

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