Fire near Kwando-Kubango (AO)

17.70°S, 22.77°E · first detected on 17 October at 13:45

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 17 October at 13:45 to 22 October at 01:37, that is 4 days, through 255 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 4,203 ha.

Detected extent: 4,203 ha
Cumulative power: 2,959 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 227 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 255
Estimated emissions: 5.6 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 17 October 2026 to 20 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 20 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 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
22 October at 08:02	21 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 07:52	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 07:42	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 06:04	30 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 06:02	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 05:52	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 05:49	42 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 05:48	50 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 04:06	9 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 02:22	14 MW	10	N21
22 October at 01:37	15 MW	13	N20
22 October at 01:18	16 MW	14	N
21 October at 18:32	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:22	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:19	24 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:12	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:04	50 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:04	94 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 18:02	85 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 17:52	58 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:49	87 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:49	124 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 17:42	58 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:34	65 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:34	37 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:32	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:22	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:19	32 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:19	34 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:04	78 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:04	68 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:02	39 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:52	47 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:49	33 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:49	80 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:42	58 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:34	185 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:34	34 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:32	52 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:22	78 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:19	77 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:19	51 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:12	44 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:04	70 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:02	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:52	94 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:49	217 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:49	157 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:42	308 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 15:34	39 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:34	167 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:32	143 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:22	80 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:12	40 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:02	74 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:52	161 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:49	75 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:42	211 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:34	339 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 14:34	258 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:32	319 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:27	367 MW	20	N20
21 October at 14:22	144 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:19	76 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:12	497 MW	18	Met12
21 October at 14:08	408 MW	23	N
21 October at 14:04	268 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 14:04	180 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:02	472 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:52	631 MW	21	Met12
21 October at 13:49	271 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:49	298 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:42	457 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 13:34	38 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:32	133 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:32	465 MW	26	N21
21 October at 13:22	318 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 13:19	138 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:12	592 MW	21	Met12
21 October at 13:04	303 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:04	472 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 13:02	476 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 12:52	614 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 12:49	459 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 12:49	466 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 12:42	401 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 12:34	83 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:32	294 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 12:22	463 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 12:19	394 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:19	541 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 12:12	569 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 12:04	691 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 12:04	683 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 12:02	707 MW	20	Met12
21 October at 11:52	425 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 11:49	293 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 11:49	187 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:42	489 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 11:34	683 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 11:34	509 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:32	580 MW	18	Met12
21 October at 11:22	475 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 11:19	508 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:19	573 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 11:12	619 MW	21	Met12
21 October at 11:04	576 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 11:04	443 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:02	421 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 10:52	416 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 10:49	663 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 10:49	460 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 10:42	379 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 10:34	744 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 10:34	639 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 10:32	498 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 10:22	376 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 10:19	512 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 10:19	519 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 10:12	177 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 10:04	613 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 10:04	672 MW	8	Met10
21 October at 10:02	357 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 09:52	426 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 09:49	707 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 09:49	723 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 09:42	344 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 09:34	628 MW	8	Met10
21 October at 09:34	652 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 09:32	432 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 09:22	296 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 09:19	432 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 09:19	374 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 09:12	66 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:04	218 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 09:04	231 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 09:03	42 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:02	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 08:52	45 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 08:49	156 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 08:32	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:22	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:12	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 02:32	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 02:02	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:58	63 MW	22	N20
21 October at 01:37	36 MW	15	N
21 October at 01:32	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 01:22	29 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 01:12	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 00:59	12 MW	6	N21
20 October at 22:42	39 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 21:42	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 21:22	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 21:15	33 MW	2	Terra
20 October at 21:12	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 21:02	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 20:22	36 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:12	68 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:52	25 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:42	28 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:32	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:02	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:52	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:42	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:32	26 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:22	97 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 17:12	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:40	40 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 16:32	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:22	78 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:12	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:04	213 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 16:02	102 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:52	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:42	29 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:22	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:02	207 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:52	175 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:49	82 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:49	175 MW	20	N20
20 October at 14:42	91 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:32	86 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:19	85 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:12	93 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:04	80 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:04	154 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:02	87 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:52	96 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:49	78 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:49	142 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:49	238 MW	16	N21
20 October at 13:42	171 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:34	194 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:34	116 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:32	247 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 13:22	235 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 13:19	189 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:19	191 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:12	148 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:04	172 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:04	92 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:02	170 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:52	478 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:49	604 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 12:49	585 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:42	221 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:34	233 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:34	216 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:32	185 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:22	478 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:19	579 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 12:19	646 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 12:12	449 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 12:04	178 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:04	204 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:02	155 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:52	176 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:49	209 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:49	219 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:42	246 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 11:34	487 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:34	368 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 11:32	257 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 11:22	320 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 11:19	425 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:19	353 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 11:12	313 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 11:04	511 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:04	499 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 11:02	378 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 10:52	390 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 10:49	766 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 10:49	719 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 10:42	427 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 10:34	477 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 10:34	412 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 10:32	168 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:22	147 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:19	297 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 10:19	363 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 10:12	149 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:04	302 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 10:04	295 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 10:02	189 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 09:52	327 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 09:49	433 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 09:49	434 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 09:42	432 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 09:34	376 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 09:34	310 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 09:32	148 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:22	62 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:19	108 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 09:19	243 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 09:12	71 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 09:04	145 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 09:04	261 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 09:03	198 MW	6	Terra
20 October at 09:02	104 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 08:52	51 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:49	125 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 08:48	98 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 08:42	55 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:34	44 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 08:32	40 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:22	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:19	40 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 08:18	47 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 08:12	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:04	38 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 08:03	35 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 08:02	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 07:52	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 07:49	28 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 07:48	28 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 07:42	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 02:16	13 MW	5	N20
20 October at 01:56	2 MW	3	N
20 October at 01:20	3 MW	2	N21
19 October at 17:49	29 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 17:42	76 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 17:34	110 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 17:34	159 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 17:32	69 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 17:22	170 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 17:19	163 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 17:19	247 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 17:12	22 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 17:04	220 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 17:04	170 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 17:02	80 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:52	83 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:49	180 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 16:49	151 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 16:42	64 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:34	137 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 16:34	43 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 16:32	55 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:22	259 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 16:19	306 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 16:19	535 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 16:12	314 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 16:04	457 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 16:02	457 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 16:01	428 MW	3	Aqua
19 October at 15:52	565 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 15:49	408 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 15:49	384 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 15:42	54 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 15:34	48 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 15:34	36 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 15:32	62 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 15:22	41 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 15:19	121 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 15:19	87 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 15:12	173 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 15:06	56 MW	3	N20
19 October at 15:02	64 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 14:52	30 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 14:46	46 MW	6	N
19 October at 14:42	21 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:34	191 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 14:34	208 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 14:32	159 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 14:22	40 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 14:12	67 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 14:10	102 MW	6	N21
19 October at 14:02	13 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:42	65 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 13:34	110 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 13:32	134 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 13:25	80 MW	14	N20
19 October at 13:22	92 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 13:19	44 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 13:12	123 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 13:04	232 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 13:04	261 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 13:02	169 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 12:52	152 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 12:49	172 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 12:49	149 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 12:42	183 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 12:34	245 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 12:34	274 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 12:32	182 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 12:22	355 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 12:19	301 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 12:19	365 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 12:12	167 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 12:04	507 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 12:04	485 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 12:02	386 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 11:52	142 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 11:49	46 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 11:49	64 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 11:42	36 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 11:34	51 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 11:32	78 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 11:22	55 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 11:12	120 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 11:02	22 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 10:52	68 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 10:42	62 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 10:34	69 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 10:34	56 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 10:32	81 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 10:22	66 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 10:19	74 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 10:18	187 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 10:12	47 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 10:04	36 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 10:02	56 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 09:52	92 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 09:42	56 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 09:32	44 MW	3	Met12

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