Fire near Koulikoro (ML)

14.99°N, 7.24°W · first detected on 21 October at 14:56

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 21 October at 14:56 to 22 October at 18:03, through 88 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,642 ha.

Detected extent: 1,642 ha
Cumulative power: 1,816 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 98 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 88
Estimated emissions: 3.5 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 21 October 2026 to 22 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 4 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 12:26	27 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 12:16	15 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 12:06	35 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 11:56	82 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 11:36	38 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 11:26	47 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 11:23	37 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 11:16	60 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 11:08	107 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 11:06	52 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 10:56	195 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 10:53	327 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 10:52	211 MW	2	Terra
23 October at 10:52	209 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 10:46	40 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 10:07	22 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 10:06	11 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 04:13	1 MW	1	N
22 October at 22:08	31 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 21:56	100 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 21:53	127 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 21:53	173 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 21:38	20 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 21:23	34 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 21:16	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:08	90 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 21:08	138 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 21:06	44 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 20:53	356 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 20:53	520 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 20:46	340 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 20:38	1,296 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 20:38	1,211 MW	8	Met10
22 October at 20:36	255 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 20:26	276 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 20:23	793 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 20:23	821 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 20:20	254 MW	1	G19
22 October at 20:16	608 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 20:08	868 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 20:08	1,248 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 20:06	579 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 19:56	388 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 19:53	611 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 19:53	640 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 19:46	230 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 19:38	749 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 19:38	794 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 19:36	450 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 19:26	462 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 19:23	560 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:23	972 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 19:16	581 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 19:08	320 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 19:06	242 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 18:56	58 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 18:53	30 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 18:46	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:08	28 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 18:06	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:03	44 MW	3	Aqua
22 October at 17:56	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:53	169 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:38	182 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 17:36	74 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:26	43 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:23	129 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 17:16	274 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 17:08	319 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 17:06	294 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:56	44 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:53	46 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:26	77 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:23	247 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 16:16	430 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 16:08	359 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:06	281 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 15:59	268 MW	21	N20
22 October at 15:56	183 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 15:53	427 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:46	1,132 MW	17	Met12
22 October at 15:40	688 MW	17	N
22 October at 15:38	659 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:36	812 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:26	276 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:23	290 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:16	652 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:08	316 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:06	331 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 15:04	355 MW	23	N21
22 October at 14:56	728 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 14:50	253 MW	1	G19
22 October at 14:46	504 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 14:36	102 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:26	142 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:08	191 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:06	172 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:56	189 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:53	271 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:46	415 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 13:36	409 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 13:26	117 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 18:26	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:16	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:26	71 MW	1	Aqua
21 October at 16:46	50 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:36	93 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:26	94 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:20	192 MW	14	N20
21 October at 16:16	154 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:08	82 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:06	262 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:59	75 MW	4	N
21 October at 15:56	186 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:46	65 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:23	124 MW	5	N21
21 October at 15:16	87 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:56	24 MW	1	Met12

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