Fire near Kunene (AO)

16.36°S, 16.51°E · first detected on 22 October at 11:22

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 22 October at 11:22 to 24 October at 02:22, that is 2 days, through 112 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,779 ha.

Detected extent: 1,779 ha
Cumulative power: 1,400 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 118 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 112
Estimated emissions: 2.8 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 22 October 2026 to 23 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 23 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 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
24 October at 02:22	1 MW	1	N
24 October at 01:44	1 MW	1	N21
23 October at 18:19	49 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 18:05	99 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 18:04	67 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 18:02	25 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 17:52	20 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 17:50	31 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 17:49	38 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 17:35	32 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 17:34	91 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 17:22	12 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 17:19	117 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 17:12	149 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 17:04	82 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 16:54	243 MW	5	Aqua
23 October at 16:52	313 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 16:42	34 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 16:22	12 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 16:12	26 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 16:04	86 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 16:02	27 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 15:52	122 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 15:49	85 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 15:49	113 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 15:42	78 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 15:34	133 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 15:34	107 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 15:32	120 MW	6	Met12
23 October at 15:31	170 MW	14	N20
23 October at 15:22	157 MW	8	Met12
23 October at 15:19	222 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 15:19	281 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 15:12	178 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 15:12	216 MW	20	N
23 October at 15:04	152 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 15:04	238 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 15:02	270 MW	10	Met12
23 October at 14:52	90 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 14:49	116 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 14:49	72 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 14:42	120 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 14:36	290 MW	30	N21
23 October at 14:34	199 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 14:34	163 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 14:32	219 MW	10	Met12
23 October at 14:22	387 MW	10	Met12
23 October at 14:19	402 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 14:19	342 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 14:12	417 MW	11	Met12
23 October at 14:04	141 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 14:04	130 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 14:02	144 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 13:52	367 MW	11	Met12
23 October at 13:51	188 MW	15	N20
23 October at 13:49	349 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 13:49	436 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 13:42	545 MW	13	Met12
23 October at 13:34	240 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 13:34	274 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 13:32	303 MW	12	Met12
23 October at 13:22	441 MW	10	Met12
23 October at 13:19	607 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 13:19	793 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 13:12	290 MW	10	Met12
23 October at 13:04	261 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 13:04	124 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 13:02	218 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 12:52	291 MW	8	Met12
23 October at 12:49	222 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 12:49	316 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 12:42	346 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 12:34	448 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 12:34	400 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 12:32	372 MW	8	Met12
23 October at 12:22	395 MW	8	Met12
23 October at 12:19	287 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 12:19	504 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 12:12	459 MW	8	Met12
23 October at 12:04	239 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 12:04	315 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 12:02	362 MW	9	Met12
23 October at 11:52	649 MW	9	Met12
23 October at 11:49	243 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 11:49	446 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 11:42	405 MW	9	Met12
23 October at 11:34	101 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 11:34	157 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 11:32	132 MW	4	Met12
23 October at 11:22	21 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 11:19	44 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 11:12	32 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 10:42	10 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 10:22	37 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 10:12	36 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 02:39	1 MW	1	N
23 October at 02:05	2 MW	1	N21
22 October at 21:42	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:32	36 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:22	59 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:19	36 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:19	51 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:12	91 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:04	40 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:02	158 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:52	80 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:49	114 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:49	119 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:42	100 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:34	65 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:34	78 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:32	114 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:29	162 MW	10	N
22 October at 15:22	53 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:19	58 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:19	56 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:12	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:02	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:53	55 MW	6	N21
22 October at 14:52	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:42	48 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:34	40 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:34	58 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:32	98 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:22	72 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:12	48 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:10	51 MW	5	N20
22 October at 14:04	68 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:04	62 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:02	34 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:52	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:49	22 MW	3	N
22 October at 13:42	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:32	63 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:22	36 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:12	63 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:02	38 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:52	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:42	58 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:32	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:22	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:12	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:02	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:42	61 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:32	35 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:22	78 MW	3	Met12

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