Fire near Kordofan du Sud (SD)

11.09°N, 28.98°E · first detected on 8 October at 13:19

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 8 October at 13:19 to 23 October at 01:56, that is 15 days, through 539 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 9,159 ha.

Detected extent: 9,159 ha
Cumulative power: 5,547 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 149 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 539
Estimated emissions: 9.3 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 8 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 17 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 01:56	4 MW	2	N21
23 October at 01:12	4 MW	2	N20
22 October at 19:08	41 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:07	27 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 19:05	48 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 18:55	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:53	170 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 18:52	105 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 18:45	54 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:38	46 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:37	60 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 18:35	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:25	103 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 18:23	276 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 18:22	304 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 18:15	92 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 18:08	256 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 18:07	201 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:55	118 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 17:53	138 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 17:52	138 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:45	87 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:25	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:05	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:53	25 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:25	44 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:23	44 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:22	38 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:15	51 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:05	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:55	57 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:45	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:25	49 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:22	39 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:22	36 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:15	39 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:07	133 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:07	133 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:05	210 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:55	51 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:52	41 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:45	52 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:37	139 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:37	223 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:35	202 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:25	354 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:22	513 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:22	692 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 14:19	247 MW	8	N20
22 October at 14:15	186 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:07	46 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:07	42 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:05	54 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:57	132 MW	16	N
22 October at 13:55	99 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:45	35 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:25	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:19	79 MW	11	N21
22 October at 13:15	51 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:07	103 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:07	113 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:38	10 MW	1	N20
22 October at 12:15	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:56	93 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:45	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:37	217 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 11:37	290 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 11:35	192 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:26	41 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:15	70 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:07	47 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 08:35	17 MW	2	Terra
22 October at 02:13	7 MW	4	N21
22 October at 01:29	13 MW	6	N20
22 October at 01:09	4 MW	2	N
21 October at 16:35	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:25	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:15	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:08	27 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:05	36 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:55	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:53	68 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:52	34 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:46	85 MW	5	Aqua
21 October at 15:45	33 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:38	49 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:37	84 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:25	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:22	77 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:22	119 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:15	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:07	77 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:07	69 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:05	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:55	72 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:52	98 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:52	54 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:45	193 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:37	123 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:37	256 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:35	310 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:25	489 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 14:22	407 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 14:22	499 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 14:17	375 MW	25	N
21 October at 14:16	470 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 14:07	138 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:05	127 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 13:55	122 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:52	126 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:45	154 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 13:40	305 MW	26	N21
21 October at 13:37	154 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:37	217 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:35	196 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:25	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:22	119 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:22	136 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:15	30 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:07	421 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 13:07	383 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 13:05	471 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 12:56	158 MW	17	N20
21 October at 12:55	124 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:52	137 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:52	141 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:25	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:05	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:55	22 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:52	60 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:52	67 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:37	70 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:37	72 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 00:52	2 MW	1	N21
20 October at 22:45	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 22:35	78 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 22:25	40 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 22:15	40 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:55	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:15	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:08	56 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 16:05	101 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:55	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:45	53 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:37	66 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:37	257 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 15:35	61 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:25	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:15	387 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 15:08	380 MW	4	Aqua
20 October at 15:07	385 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:07	155 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:05	71 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:55	141 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:52	127 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:45	355 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 14:37	1,014 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 14:35	198 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 14:25	68 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:22	194 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:15	88 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:07	60 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:05	60 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:57	437 MW	63	N21
20 October at 13:55	291 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:52	100 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:45	249 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:37	416 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 13:35	319 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:25	640 MW	17	Met12
20 October at 13:22	202 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:22	543 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 13:15	714 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 13:15	716 MW	64	N20
20 October at 13:07	439 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 13:07	1,055 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 13:05	847 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 12:55	589 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 12:53	535 MW	49	N
20 October at 12:52	648 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 12:52	699 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:45	191 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:37	692 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 12:37	1,361 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 12:35	482 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 12:25	985 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 12:22	832 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 12:22	1,001 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 12:15	398 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 12:07	572 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 12:07	509 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 12:05	248 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:56	163 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 11:52	160 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 11:52	132 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:46	81 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:37	43 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:37	98 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:35	80 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:25	171 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:22	51 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:22	104 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:15	106 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:06	26 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:52	38 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:46	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:36	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:36	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:16	23 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:54	22 MW	2	Terra
20 October at 02:07	2 MW	2	N20
20 October at 01:48	6 MW	4	N
20 October at 01:12	3 MW	2	N21
19 October at 16:10	44 MW	1	Aqua
19 October at 14:19	72 MW	5	N21
19 October at 13:34	233 MW	15	N20
19 October at 13:13	246 MW	20	N
19 October at 12:36	64 MW	11	N21
19 October at 01:29	1 MW	1	N21
18 October at 15:31	47 MW	2	Aqua
18 October at 13:51	9 MW	2	N20
18 October at 13:32	14 MW	4	N
18 October at 12:56	74 MW	6	N21
17 October at 14:10	7 MW	2	N20
17 October at 13:51	51 MW	8	N
17 October at 13:13	81 MW	15	N21
16 October at 14:10	109 MW	18	N
16 October at 13:34	162 MW	13	N21
16 October at 12:49	43 MW	8	N20
16 October at 01:41	3 MW	1	N20
15 October at 14:27	25 MW	4	N
15 October at 13:51	223 MW	13	N21
15 October at 13:08	81 MW	14	N20
15 October at 12:47	44 MW	5	N
14 October at 14:10	100 MW	7	N21
14 October at 13:25	74 MW	18	N20
14 October at 13:08	95 MW	18	N
14 October at 12:30	23 MW	3	N21
13 October at 15:38	29 MW	2	Aqua
13 October at 13:47	15 MW	4	N20
12 October at 13:08	109 MW	15	N21
11 October at 15:59	15 MW	1	Aqua
11 October at 13:25	12 MW	2	N21
10 October at 14:21	27 MW	4	N
10 October at 13:47	30 MW	5	N21
10 October at 13:02	32 MW	5	N20
10 October at 12:41	7 MW	1	N
9 October at 13:19	25 MW	3	N20
9 October at 13:02	44 MW	3	N
8 October at 15:44	14 MW	2	Aqua
8 October at 13:40	8 MW	1	N20
8 October at 13:19	3 MW	1	N

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