Fire near Kunene (AO)

17.14°S, 16.80°E · first detected on 19 October at 14:46

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 19 October at 14:46 to 23 October at 16:54, that is 4 days, through 103 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,771 ha.

Detected extent: 1,771 ha
Cumulative power: 1,056 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 76 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 103
Estimated emissions: 2.5 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 19 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).

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 7 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 11:52	105 MW	4	Met12
24 October at 11:32	74 MW	3	Met12
24 October at 11:22	21 MW	1	Met12
24 October at 11:12	82 MW	5	Met12
24 October at 11:04	85 MW	2	Met10
24 October at 11:02	37 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 10:52	25 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 10:42	39 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 10:32	86 MW	4	Met12
24 October at 10:22	26 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 17:04	32 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 17:04	28 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 16:54	53 MW	6	Aqua
23 October at 16:49	84 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 16:49	71 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 16:34	125 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 16:34	99 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 16:19	198 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 16:19	124 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 16:04	239 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 16:04	150 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 15:52	21 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 15:49	217 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 15:49	305 MW	6	Met10
23 October at 15:34	380 MW	6	Met10
23 October at 15:34	286 MW	5	Met9
23 October at 15:32	53 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 15:31	155 MW	17	N20
23 October at 15:22	100 MW	6	Met12
23 October at 15:19	333 MW	5	Met9
23 October at 15:19	303 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 15:12	428 MW	42	N
23 October at 15:12	148 MW	8	Met12
23 October at 15:04	372 MW	5	Met9
23 October at 15:04	426 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 15:02	159 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 14:52	110 MW	6	Met12
23 October at 14:49	364 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 14:49	398 MW	6	Met9
23 October at 14:42	200 MW	10	Met12
23 October at 14:34	409 MW	39	N21
23 October at 14:34	224 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 14:34	282 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 14:32	201 MW	12	Met12
23 October at 14:22	247 MW	14	Met12
23 October at 14:19	306 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 14:19	294 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 14:12	238 MW	13	Met12
23 October at 14:04	347 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 14:04	327 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 14:02	313 MW	15	Met12
23 October at 13:52	382 MW	17	Met12
23 October at 13:51	289 MW	38	N20
23 October at 13:49	339 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 13:49	403 MW	5	Met9
23 October at 13:42	408 MW	19	Met12
23 October at 13:34	490 MW	6	Met9
23 October at 13:34	377 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 13:32	475 MW	20	Met12
23 October at 13:22	500 MW	24	Met12
23 October at 13:19	447 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 13:19	506 MW	6	Met9
23 October at 13:12	448 MW	20	Met12
23 October at 13:04	421 MW	5	Met9
23 October at 13:04	356 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 13:02	409 MW	18	Met12
23 October at 12:52	291 MW	15	Met12
23 October at 12:49	340 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 12:49	253 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 12:42	305 MW	17	Met12
23 October at 12:34	270 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 12:34	96 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 12:32	242 MW	11	Met12
23 October at 12:22	305 MW	16	Met12
23 October at 12:19	466 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 12:19	496 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 12:12	460 MW	22	Met12
23 October at 12:04	415 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 12:04	555 MW	6	Met10
23 October at 12:02	311 MW	15	Met12
23 October at 11:52	295 MW	12	Met12
23 October at 11:49	496 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 11:49	438 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 11:42	248 MW	10	Met12
23 October at 11:34	394 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 11:34	504 MW	6	Met10
23 October at 11:32	271 MW	14	Met12
23 October at 11:22	166 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 11:19	239 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 11:19	246 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 11:12	101 MW	6	Met12
23 October at 11:04	240 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 11:04	292 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 11:02	219 MW	11	Met12
23 October at 10:52	96 MW	6	Met12
23 October at 10:49	296 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 10:49	244 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 10:42	109 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 10:34	58 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 10:34	156 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 10:32	133 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 10:22	194 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 10:19	355 MW	7	Met10
23 October at 10:19	169 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 10:12	111 MW	6	Met12
23 October at 10:04	90 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 10:02	62 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 09:52	20 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 09:42	17 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 09:32	19 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 09:22	18 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 09:22	45 MW	3	Terra
23 October at 09:12	28 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 08:52	22 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 03:00	2 MW	2	N20
23 October at 02:39	4 MW	4	N
23 October at 02:05	6 MW	6	N21
22 October at 17:22	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:04	40 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:02	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:52	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:42	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:32	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:22	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:19	52 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:19	88 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:12	40 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:04	49 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:04	49 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:02	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:52	48 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:49	112 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:49	113 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:42	58 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:34	57 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:34	66 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:32	90 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:29	82 MW	8	N
22 October at 15:22	41 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:12	42 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:02	83 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:53	254 MW	16	N21
22 October at 14:52	149 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:49	68 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:49	63 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:42	90 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:34	69 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:34	71 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:32	160 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:22	156 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:19	69 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:19	69 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:12	212 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 14:10	174 MW	17	N20
22 October at 14:04	223 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:04	96 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:02	143 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:52	133 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:49	121 MW	13	N
22 October at 13:49	77 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:49	77 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:42	242 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 13:34	88 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:34	70 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:32	226 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 13:22	192 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:19	168 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:12	205 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 13:04	85 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:02	177 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:52	142 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:49	75 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:49	80 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:42	142 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:34	88 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:32	101 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:22	97 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:12	42 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:02	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:27	18 MW	2	N20
21 October at 14:10	36 MW	3	N
21 October at 13:52	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:12	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:02	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:52	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:42	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:49	39 MW	3	N20
20 October at 14:27	22 MW	1	N
20 October at 13:49	37 MW	3	N21
19 October at 14:46	2 MW	1	N

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