Fire near Lindi (TZ)

8.76°S, 37.46°E · first detected on 12 October at 13:02

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 12 October at 13:02 to 22 October at 00:37, that is 9 days, through 627 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 13,344 ha.

Detected extent: 13,344 ha
Cumulative power: 4,168 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 112 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 627
Estimated emissions: 20.5 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 12 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 12 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 00:37	4 MW	2	N21
21 October at 20:17	5 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 17:35	74 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:35	79 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 17:33	54 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:40	22 MW	1	Aqua
21 October at 15:35	83 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:35	66 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:33	63 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:20	91 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:20	90 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:13	92 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:05	57 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:05	30 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:53	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:35	41 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:33	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:13	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:43	54 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:34	39 MW	6	N21
21 October at 12:49	74 MW	7	N20
21 October at 12:30	15 MW	3	N
21 October at 01:33	13 MW	7	N
21 October at 00:59	17 MW	13	N21
21 October at 00:33	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 00:14	11 MW	4	N20
20 October at 22:33	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 22:23	66 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 22:13	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 22:03	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 21:33	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:03	34 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:50	49 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:50	39 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:35	34 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:33	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:33	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:13	43 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:03	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:51	55 MW	7	N21
20 October at 13:33	44 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:13	20 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:08	55 MW	9	N20
20 October at 13:03	100 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:53	94 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:49	172 MW	15	N
20 October at 12:11	8 MW	1	N21
20 October at 10:43	28 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:33	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 01:54	2 MW	1	N
20 October at 01:16	24 MW	15	N21
20 October at 00:31	35 MW	25	N20
20 October at 00:14	18 MW	9	N
19 October at 23:50	14 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 23:35	19 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 23:23	12 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 23:20	68 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 23:20	66 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 23:05	19 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 23:05	50 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 23:03	16 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 22:53	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 22:50	58 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 22:35	96 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 22:35	84 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 22:33	40 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 22:23	24 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 22:20	182 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 22:20	177 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 22:13	88 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 22:05	512 MW	6	Met9
19 October at 22:05	528 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 22:03	298 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 21:53	163 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 21:50	184 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 21:50	198 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 21:43	39 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 21:35	163 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 21:35	165 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 21:33	40 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 21:23	20 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 21:20	139 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 21:20	138 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 21:13	66 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 21:05	368 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 21:05	442 MW	5	Met10
19 October at 21:03	167 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 20:53	303 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 20:50	285 MW	6	Met10
19 October at 20:50	276 MW	7	Met9
19 October at 20:43	30 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 20:36	257 MW	6	Terra
19 October at 20:35	239 MW	7	Met9
19 October at 20:35	288 MW	6	Met10
19 October at 20:33	90 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 20:23	81 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 20:20	179 MW	7	Met9
19 October at 20:20	141 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 20:13	19 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 20:05	224 MW	6	Met9
19 October at 20:05	239 MW	5	Met10
19 October at 20:03	50 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 19:50	83 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 19:50	50 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 18:36	17 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 17:20	18 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 17:05	35 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 16:50	18 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 16:43	12 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 16:35	67 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 16:33	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 16:20	32 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 14:03	305 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 13:53	48 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:43	381 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 13:28	168 MW	22	N20
19 October at 13:23	31 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:08	95 MW	14	N
19 October at 12:30	48 MW	4	N21
19 October at 10:03	135 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 09:23	115 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 09:13	146 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 08:03	31 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 07:53	308 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 07:19	79 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 03:05	22 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 03:03	12 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 02:53	17 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 02:50	44 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 02:50	33 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 01:35	11 MW	6	N21
19 October at 00:52	44 MW	44	N20
19 October at 00:31	49 MW	30	N
18 October at 23:53	46 MW	17	N21
18 October at 19:56	167 MW	12	Terra
18 October at 15:25	10 MW	1	Aqua
18 October at 13:47	89 MW	10	N20
18 October at 13:25	501 MW	22	N
18 October at 12:49	48 MW	7	N21
18 October at 07:44	89 MW	5	Terra
18 October at 03:11	13 MW	2	Aqua
18 October at 01:09	32 MW	28	N20
18 October at 00:50	36 MW	36	N
18 October at 00:14	54 MW	32	N21
17 October at 13:47	10 MW	1	N
17 October at 01:09	21 MW	25	N
17 October at 00:31	40 MW	21	N21
16 October at 20:17	159 MW	16	Terra
16 October at 15:46	38 MW	2	Aqua
16 October at 01:29	38 MW	20	N
16 October at 00:52	10 MW	8	N21
16 October at 00:08	4 MW	2	N20
15 October at 15:08	113 MW	3	Aqua
15 October at 12:41	21 MW	1	N
15 October at 01:09	21 MW	15	N21
15 October at 00:25	27 MW	19	N20
15 October at 00:05	8 MW	5	N
14 October at 20:38	176 MW	9	Terra
14 October at 13:21	208 MW	15	N20
14 October at 13:02	106 MW	8	N
13 October at 19:58	277 MW	13	Terra
13 October at 15:31	8 MW	1	Aqua
13 October at 13:40	132 MW	16	N20
13 October at 07:44	124 MW	4	Terra
13 October at 03:17	15 MW	1	Aqua
12 October at 14:53	193 MW	2	Aqua
12 October at 13:02	120 MW	8	N21

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