Fire near Kordofan du Sud (SD)

11.37°N, 30.06°E · first detected on 11 October at 13:25

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 11 October at 13:25 to 23 October at 01:56, that is 12 days, through 334 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 6,284 ha.

Detected extent: 6,284 ha
Cumulative power: 2,702 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 62 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 334
Estimated emissions: 3.6 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 11 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 14 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 02:33	1 MW	1	N
23 October at 01:56	2 MW	2	N21
23 October at 01:12	3 MW	2	N20
22 October at 16:35	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:25	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:23	32 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:22	58 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:08	29 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:45	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:38	175 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:37	140 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:25	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:23	285 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:22	281 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:15	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:07	354 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:07	499 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:55	127 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:52	204 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:52	355 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 14:45	203 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:37	533 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 14:37	464 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 14:35	109 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:25	351 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 14:22	515 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 14:22	433 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:19	435 MW	26	N20
22 October at 14:15	392 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 14:07	199 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:07	144 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:05	237 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:57	422 MW	36	N
22 October at 13:55	382 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:52	119 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:52	180 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:45	644 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 13:37	727 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 13:37	965 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 13:35	247 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:25	293 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:22	257 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:22	194 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:19	257 MW	24	N21
22 October at 13:15	75 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:07	636 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 13:07	713 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:05	599 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:55	195 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:52	170 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:52	183 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:45	241 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:37	319 MW	31	N20
22 October at 12:37	387 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 12:37	527 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 12:35	424 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 12:25	283 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:22	319 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 12:22	288 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:15	499 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:07	610 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 12:07	603 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 12:05	433 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 11:56	189 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:52	290 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 11:52	272 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 11:45	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:37	169 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 11:37	127 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 11:35	183 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 11:26	60 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:22	33 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:15	51 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:07	143 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 11:07	157 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 11:05	91 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:56	230 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 10:52	57 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:46	261 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 10:37	226 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 10:37	200 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 10:36	188 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 10:26	158 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:22	148 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:22	190 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 10:16	78 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:56	65 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:52	30 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 09:46	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:16	23 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:07	38 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:07	66 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:06	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 01:29	2 MW	1	N20
22 October at 01:09	6 MW	4	N
21 October at 16:08	35 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:07	81 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:55	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:46	20 MW	2	Aqua
21 October at 15:38	187 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:37	142 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:25	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:23	236 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:22	201 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:15	48 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:07	275 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:07	170 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:05	50 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:52	51 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:52	41 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:45	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:37	183 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:37	251 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 14:35	112 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:25	128 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:22	472 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 14:22	428 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:17	260 MW	16	N
21 October at 14:16	187 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:07	103 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:07	57 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:55	73 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:52	168 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:52	129 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:40	53 MW	10	N21
21 October at 13:37	52 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:22	54 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:07	85 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:07	194 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:05	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:56	136 MW	20	N20
21 October at 12:55	29 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:52	125 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:52	128 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:45	153 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:37	165 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:37	154 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:36	94 MW	9	N
21 October at 12:35	79 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:25	126 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:22	150 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:22	153 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:15	52 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:07	73 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:07	71 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:05	58 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:55	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:52	119 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:52	47 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:45	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:25	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:22	35 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:22	84 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:07	124 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:07	100 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:06	107 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:52	68 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:52	142 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:46	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:37	59 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:36	48 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:06	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:56	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:52	132 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 09:52	70 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:46	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:36	25 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:26	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:25	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:15	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:05	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:55	55 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:53	103 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:52	122 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 15:45	128 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:38	47 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:37	50 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:35	45 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:25	56 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:15	39 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:07	37 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:07	36 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:05	169 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 14:55	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:45	52 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:37	33 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:25	51 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:07	93 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:05	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:57	140 MW	16	N21
20 October at 13:55	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:25	53 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:22	57 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:15	87 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:15	193 MW	8	N20
20 October at 13:05	27 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:53	74 MW	15	N
20 October at 12:45	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:35	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:25	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:25	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:56	36 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 13:34	209 MW	37	N20
19 October at 13:13	122 MW	22	N
19 October at 12:36	136 MW	15	N21
18 October at 15:31	53 MW	5	Aqua
18 October at 13:51	20 MW	5	N20
18 October at 13:32	62 MW	13	N
18 October at 12:56	50 MW	10	N21
17 October at 14:10	27 MW	3	N20
17 October at 13:51	39 MW	8	N
17 October at 13:13	75 MW	14	N21
16 October at 20:24	21 MW	2	Terra
16 October at 14:10	26 MW	8	N
16 October at 13:34	73 MW	10	N21
16 October at 12:49	68 MW	9	N20
15 October at 13:08	12 MW	2	N20
14 October at 13:25	14 MW	4	N20
14 October at 13:08	26 MW	6	N
14 October at 12:30	23 MW	3	N21
12 October at 13:08	35 MW	5	N21
11 October at 13:25	2 MW	1	N21

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