Fire near La Paz (BO)

13.05°S, 67.61°W · first detected on 19 October at 19:52

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 19 October at 19:52 to 22 October at 20:36, that is 3 days, through 106 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,886 ha.

Detected extent: 1,886 ha
Cumulative power: 1,283 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 101 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 106
Estimated emissions: 1.2 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 19 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 6 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 03:28	12 MW	2	Terra
22 October at 21:10	1,390 MW	3	G19
22 October at 21:00	549 MW	2	G19
22 October at 20:36	633 MW	22	N
22 October at 20:30	790 MW	2	G19
22 October at 20:20	1,577 MW	6	G19
22 October at 20:10	640 MW	5	G19
22 October at 20:00	152 MW	9	N21
22 October at 08:36	72 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 08:26	58 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 08:01	133 MW	48	N
22 October at 07:25	112 MW	13	N21
22 October at 05:06	122 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 05:00	76 MW	1	G19
22 October at 04:56	244 MW	6	G19FRP
22 October at 04:50	61 MW	1	G19
22 October at 04:46	135 MW	5	G19FRP
22 October at 04:36	112 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 04:30	78 MW	2	G19
22 October at 04:26	118 MW	4	G19FRP
22 October at 04:20	42 MW	1	G19
22 October at 04:16	88 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 04:10	53 MW	1	G19
22 October at 04:06	114 MW	4	G19FRP
22 October at 03:56	110 MW	4	G19FRP
22 October at 03:50	71 MW	2	G19
22 October at 03:46	17 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:40	96 MW	2	G19
22 October at 03:36	104 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 03:30	58 MW	1	G19
22 October at 03:26	60 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 03:20	50 MW	1	G19
22 October at 03:16	34 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:10	35 MW	1	G19
22 October at 02:56	22 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:50	96 MW	6	Terra
22 October at 02:46	18 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:26	91 MW	4	G19FRP
22 October at 02:20	32 MW	1	G19
22 October at 02:16	84 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 02:10	41 MW	1	G19
22 October at 02:06	84 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 02:00	47 MW	1	G19
22 October at 01:26	42 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 01:20	22 MW	1	G19
22 October at 01:16	72 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 01:10	19 MW	1	G19
22 October at 01:06	45 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 01:00	24 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:56	95 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 00:50	69 MW	2	G19
22 October at 00:46	101 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 00:40	65 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:36	149 MW	5	G19FRP
22 October at 00:30	20 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:26	216 MW	6	G19FRP
22 October at 00:20	24 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:16	269 MW	5	G19FRP
22 October at 00:10	172 MW	2	G19
22 October at 00:06	274 MW	7	G19FRP
22 October at 00:00	25 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:56	287 MW	6	G19FRP
21 October at 23:50	134 MW	2	G19
21 October at 23:46	376 MW	8	G19FRP
21 October at 23:40	212 MW	3	G19
21 October at 23:36	190 MW	5	G19FRP
21 October at 23:30	31 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:26	238 MW	5	G19FRP
21 October at 23:20	158 MW	2	G19
21 October at 23:16	204 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 23:10	72 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:06	163 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 23:00	67 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:56	107 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 22:50	56 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:46	85 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 22:40	50 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:36	198 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 22:30	99 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:26	548 MW	5	G19FRP
21 October at 22:20	441 MW	3	G19
21 October at 22:16	782 MW	7	G19FRP
21 October at 22:14	275 MW	11	Aqua
21 October at 22:10	215 MW	1	G18
21 October at 22:10	528 MW	3	G19
21 October at 22:06	222 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 22:00	265 MW	3	G19
21 October at 21:56	81 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:50	79 MW	2	G19
21 October at 21:46	77 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:40	81 MW	2	G19
21 October at 21:36	70 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:30	41 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:20	28 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:16	124 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 21:10	29 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:00	47 MW	1	G19
21 October at 20:56	69 MW	11	N
21 October at 20:56	29 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 20:50	67 MW	2	G19
21 October at 20:40	84 MW	2	G19
21 October at 20:36	96 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 20:30	106 MW	2	G19
21 October at 20:26	36 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 20:20	37 MW	1	G19
21 October at 20:17	113 MW	10	N21
21 October at 20:00	73 MW	1	G19
21 October at 19:50	150 MW	2	G19
21 October at 19:40	52 MW	1	G19
21 October at 19:34	115 MW	13	N20
21 October at 19:30	29 MW	1	G19
21 October at 19:20	48 MW	1	G19
21 October at 19:10	99 MW	2	G19
21 October at 19:06	97 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 19:00	217 MW	4	G19
21 October at 18:36	73 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 17:56	155 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 16:16	36 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 16:06	70 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 15:56	58 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 15:46	33 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 15:36	26 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 15:30	30 MW	1	G19
21 October at 15:26	33 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 15:20	36 MW	1	G19
21 October at 15:16	46 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 15:10	26 MW	1	G19
21 October at 08:42	12 MW	4	N20
21 October at 08:22	6 MW	3	N
21 October at 07:44	14 MW	6	N21
21 October at 07:01	68 MW	13	N20
21 October at 07:00	66 MW	2	G19
21 October at 06:50	100 MW	2	G19
21 October at 06:40	102 MW	2	G19
21 October at 06:30	63 MW	1	G19
21 October at 06:10	74 MW	1	G19
21 October at 06:00	64 MW	1	G19
21 October at 05:50	57 MW	1	G19
21 October at 05:40	58 MW	1	G19
21 October at 05:30	68 MW	2	G19
21 October at 05:20	63 MW	2	G19
21 October at 05:10	36 MW	1	G19
21 October at 03:49	27 MW	1	Terra

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