Fire near Kordofan du Sud (SD)

11.30°N, 30.75°E · first detected on 10 October at 13:02

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 10 October at 13:02 to 23 October at 01:56, that is 13 days, through 956 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 18,543 ha.

Detected extent: 18,543 ha
Cumulative power: 8,420 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 121 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 956
Estimated emissions: 9.3 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 10 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.

Before, after: the burn scar seen from space

Sentinel-2 satellite image of the same area near Kordofan du Sud (SD) during the fire, on 16 October 2026

Sentinel-2 satellite image of the area near Kordofan du Sud (SD) before the fire, on 3 October 2026

Before · 3 October 2026During · 16 October 2026

Sentinel-2, 10 m resolution. No sufficiently clear pass has followed the fire going out yet: the second image was taken DURING the fire, so the burn scar had not finished spreading. It will be replaced automatically at the first clear sky. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data (2026).

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 15 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	22 MW	18	N21
23 October at 01:12	30 MW	15	N20
23 October at 00:52	14 MW	8	N
22 October at 23:52	18 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:55	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:53	44 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 18:52	22 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 18:25	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:23	27 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:22	47 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:55	39 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:38	151 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:37	103 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:35	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:25	177 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:23	342 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 16:22	232 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:15	207 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 16:08	116 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:07	29 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:05	46 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:55	283 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:53	214 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 15:52	50 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:45	181 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 15:38	284 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:37	104 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:35	302 MW	16	Met12
22 October at 15:25	187 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 15:23	248 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:22	188 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:15	129 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 15:07	105 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:07	169 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 15:05	148 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:55	125 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:52	94 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:52	197 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:45	376 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 14:37	229 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:37	232 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:35	142 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:25	159 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 14:22	48 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:22	79 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:19	294 MW	25	N20
22 October at 14:15	254 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 14:07	258 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:07	140 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:05	142 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:57	440 MW	48	N
22 October at 13:55	121 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:52	87 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:52	158 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:45	177 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:37	60 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:37	141 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:35	206 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:25	184 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:22	194 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:22	123 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:19	425 MW	53	N21
22 October at 13:15	87 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:07	40 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:05	117 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:55	138 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:52	127 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:52	118 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:45	185 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:37	217 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:37	167 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:36	348 MW	59	N20
22 October at 12:35	179 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:25	678 MW	16	Met12
22 October at 12:22	504 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 12:22	420 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 12:15	199 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:07	360 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 12:07	466 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 12:05	486 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 11:56	538 MW	19	Met12
22 October at 11:52	268 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 11:52	219 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 11:45	284 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 11:37	275 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 11:37	127 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:35	104 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 11:26	40 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:22	92 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:22	102 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:15	142 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 11:07	144 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:05	112 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 10:56	157 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 10:52	88 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:46	165 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 10:37	98 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:37	109 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:36	172 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 10:26	78 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:16	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:07	137 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 10:07	207 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 10:06	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:56	41 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:52	32 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 09:46	36 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:36	48 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:26	72 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:22	138 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 09:22	71 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 08:56	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 01:29	14 MW	8	N20
22 October at 01:09	8 MW	3	N
22 October at 00:05	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:05	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:45	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 20:21	7 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 19:55	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:53	40 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 19:45	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 19:38	40 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 19:35	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:25	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:23	89 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 19:22	113 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 19:15	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:08	94 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 19:07	97 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 19:05	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:53	140 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 18:52	139 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 18:45	74 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 18:38	94 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 18:37	146 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 18:35	71 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:23	432 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 18:22	436 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 18:15	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:08	39 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:07	36 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:05	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:55	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:53	37 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:45	96 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:38	31 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:37	162 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:35	96 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:25	165 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 16:23	331 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 16:22	196 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:15	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:08	420 MW	11	Met9
21 October at 16:07	243 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 16:05	176 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:55	139 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:53	265 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:52	91 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:46	279 MW	12	Aqua
21 October at 15:45	180 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 15:35	164 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:25	135 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 15:23	169 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:22	80 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:15	55 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:07	380 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 15:07	157 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:05	207 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:55	667 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 14:52	459 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 14:52	487 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 14:45	92 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:37	115 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:37	495 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 14:35	265 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:25	469 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 14:22	588 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 14:22	318 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 14:17	383 MW	40	N
21 October at 14:16	393 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 14:07	683 MW	12	Met9
21 October at 14:07	70 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:05	135 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:55	598 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:52	572 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 13:45	333 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 13:40	1,268 MW	95	N21
21 October at 13:37	670 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 13:35	495 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:25	317 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 13:22	344 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 13:15	199 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 13:07	450 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 13:07	170 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:05	260 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 12:56	651 MW	81	N20
21 October at 12:55	40 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:52	304 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 12:52	523 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 12:45	179 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 12:37	166 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:37	352 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 12:36	277 MW	35	N
21 October at 12:35	127 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:25	164 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:22	239 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 12:15	88 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:07	143 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:05	250 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 11:55	238 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 11:52	118 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:45	104 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:37	32 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:35	56 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:25	96 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:22	112 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:22	172 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 11:15	133 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:07	115 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:07	73 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:06	74 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:56	232 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 10:52	301 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 10:52	205 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:46	101 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:37	79 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:37	115 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:36	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:26	43 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:16	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:07	44 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:06	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:56	192 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 09:52	272 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 09:52	285 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 09:46	136 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 09:37	522 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 09:37	388 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 09:36	418 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 09:26	215 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 09:22	340 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 09:22	543 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 09:16	145 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 09:07	166 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 09:07	287 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 09:06	71 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 08:36	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:16	24 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:15	99 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:45	106 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:35	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:15	40 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:08	31 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 15:07	148 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:07	217 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 15:05	164 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:55	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:52	122 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:37	46 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:37	43 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:35	76 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:25	73 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:22	167 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:22	177 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:15	203 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 14:07	49 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:07	157 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:05	124 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:57	394 MW	41	N21
20 October at 13:55	62 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:52	104 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:45	40 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:37	49 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:37	173 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:35	157 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:25	465 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 13:22	912 MW	9	Met9
20 October at 13:22	497 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 13:15	315 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 13:15	884 MW	94	N20
20 October at 13:07	533 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 13:07	220 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:05	225 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 12:55	157 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:53	729 MW	101	N
20 October at 12:52	1,258 MW	15	Met9
20 October at 12:52	443 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 12:45	393 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 12:37	1,348 MW	14	Met9
20 October at 12:37	1,048 MW	11	Met10
20 October at 12:35	597 MW	17	Met12
20 October at 12:25	727 MW	16	Met12
20 October at 12:22	1,487 MW	11	Met9
20 October at 12:22	1,309 MW	10	Met10
20 October at 12:15	1,220 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 12:07	1,774 MW	13	Met9
20 October at 12:07	1,200 MW	9	Met10
20 October at 12:05	1,926 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 11:56	886 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 11:52	1,389 MW	11	Met9
20 October at 11:52	1,395 MW	10	Met10
20 October at 11:46	286 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 11:37	330 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 11:37	102 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:35	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:25	573 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 11:22	949 MW	9	Met9
20 October at 11:22	203 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:15	231 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 11:07	819 MW	9	Met9
20 October at 11:06	362 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 10:56	210 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 10:52	539 MW	7	Met10
20 October at 10:52	732 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 10:46	667 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 10:37	528 MW	7	Met10
20 October at 10:37	619 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 10:36	271 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 10:26	392 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 10:22	1,093 MW	11	Met10
20 October at 10:22	1,341 MW	13	Met9
20 October at 10:16	328 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 10:07	320 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 10:07	339 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 10:06	165 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 09:56	69 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 09:52	406 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 09:52	516 MW	8	Met9
20 October at 09:46	298 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 09:37	509 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 09:37	285 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 09:36	212 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 09:26	107 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:22	147 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 09:22	239 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 09:16	355 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 09:07	267 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 09:07	178 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 09:06	114 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 08:56	98 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 08:54	203 MW	10	Terra
20 October at 08:52	149 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 08:52	169 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 08:46	82 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 08:36	48 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 13:34	529 MW	65	N20
19 October at 13:13	380 MW	54	N
19 October at 12:36	641 MW	66	N21
19 October at 08:16	24 MW	1	Terra
19 October at 02:06	5 MW	4	N
19 October at 01:29	19 MW	6	N21
18 October at 20:04	28 MW	2	Terra
18 October at 15:30	108 MW	9	Aqua
18 October at 13:51	223 MW	39	N20
18 October at 13:32	613 MW	95	N
18 October at 12:56	613 MW	68	N21
18 October at 02:26	1 MW	1	N
18 October at 01:48	3 MW	3	N21
17 October at 14:10	203 MW	15	N20
17 October at 13:51	433 MW	64	N
17 October at 13:13	704 MW	66	N21
17 October at 12:30	113 MW	9	N20
17 October at 08:37	27 MW	2	Terra
16 October at 20:24	34 MW	2	Terra
16 October at 15:55	36 MW	3	Aqua
16 October at 14:10	131 MW	20	N
16 October at 13:34	337 MW	43	N21
16 October at 12:49	397 MW	69	N20
15 October at 15:14	13 MW	1	Aqua
15 October at 13:51	64 MW	15	N21
15 October at 13:08	417 MW	55	N20
15 October at 12:47	78 MW	18	N
14 October at 13:25	149 MW	23	N20
14 October at 13:08	39 MW	6	N
14 October at 12:30	8 MW	1	N21
12 October at 14:59	121 MW	1	Aqua
12 October at 13:08	194 MW	27	N21
12 October at 08:40	30 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 14:04	21 MW	3	N
11 October at 13:25	62 MW	13	N21
11 October at 12:43	57 MW	11	N20
10 October at 13:02	41 MW	5	N20
9 October at 13:19	5 MW	1	N20

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