Fire near Mashonaland occidental (ZW)

16.33°S, 29.26°E · first detected on 5 October at 00:59

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 5 October at 00:59 to 22 October at 01:37, that is 17 days, through 816 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 10,060 ha.

Detected extent: 10,060 ha
Cumulative power: 7,633 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 144 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 816
Estimated emissions: 16.2 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 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).

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 20 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 10:42	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:34	118 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:19	114 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:04	102 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 09:49	56 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 09:49	54 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:34	55 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:32	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:19	45 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:12	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:04	77 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:04	88 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 09:02	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:52	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:49	38 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 08:42	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:42	26 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 08:32	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:22	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:03	24 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 06:48	30 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 06:42	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 06:22	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 06:12	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 05:42	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 05:22	39 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 03:49	27 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 03:49	37 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 03:34	73 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 03:34	109 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 03:32	61 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 03:22	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 03:19	122 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 03:19	76 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 03:12	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 03:04	37 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 03:04	59 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 02:49	54 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 02:49	31 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 02:34	61 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 02:34	74 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 02:19	46 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 02:19	52 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 02:04	66 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 02:04	56 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 02:02	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 01:37	124 MW	47	N20
22 October at 01:19	42 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 01:19	57 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 01:18	119 MW	44	N
22 October at 01:04	89 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 01:04	69 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 00:49	84 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 00:49	71 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 00:42	80 MW	29	N21
22 October at 00:34	37 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 00:34	50 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 00:19	71 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 00:19	86 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 00:04	44 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 00:04	38 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 23:49	43 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 23:49	49 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 23:34	54 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 23:34	72 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 23:19	52 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 23:19	63 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 23:04	61 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 23:04	52 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 22:49	39 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 22:49	53 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 22:34	64 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 22:34	75 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 22:19	80 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 22:19	72 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 22:12	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:04	86 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 22:04	127 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 21:52	61 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 21:49	112 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 21:49	162 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 21:42	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:34	81 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 21:34	65 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 21:19	91 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 21:19	96 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 21:12	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:04	193 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 21:04	167 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 21:02	39 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:49	191 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 20:49	184 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 20:34	196 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 20:34	230 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 20:32	130 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 20:22	47 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:19	257 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 20:19	272 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 20:13	343 MW	4	Terra
21 October at 20:12	122 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 20:04	352 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 20:04	322 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 19:52	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:50	141 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 19:49	133 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 19:42	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:35	116 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 19:34	107 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 19:22	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:20	57 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 19:19	100 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 19:12	47 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 19:05	90 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 19:04	99 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 19:02	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:52	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:50	81 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 18:49	64 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 18:05	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:50	22 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:42	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:35	26 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:34	24 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:32	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:22	35 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:19	66 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:19	58 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:04	158 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 17:04	165 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 17:02	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:52	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:49	84 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:49	92 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:42	37 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:34	224 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 16:34	215 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 16:32	36 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:22	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:19	112 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:19	139 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:04	174 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 16:04	153 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:02	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:49	210 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 15:49	151 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:40	106 MW	5	Aqua
21 October at 15:34	47 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:34	120 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:32	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:22	23 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:19	186 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:19	137 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:04	131 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:04	105 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:49	203 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 14:49	200 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:34	395 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 14:34	439 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 14:32	124 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:27	447 MW	48	N20
21 October at 14:22	138 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:19	335 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 14:19	354 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 14:12	90 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:08	403 MW	36	N
21 October at 14:04	425 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 14:04	331 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 14:02	192 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:52	436 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 13:49	667 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 13:49	670 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 13:42	618 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 13:34	566 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 13:34	625 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 13:32	941 MW	38	N21
21 October at 13:32	622 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:22	207 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:19	422 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 13:19	332 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:12	305 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:04	429 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:04	472 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 13:02	269 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 12:52	271 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 12:49	566 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 12:49	445 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:47	42 MW	4	N20
21 October at 12:42	543 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 12:34	1,101 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 12:34	1,152 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 12:32	930 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 12:22	690 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 12:19	708 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 12:19	722 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 12:12	552 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 12:04	770 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 12:04	1,026 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 12:02	631 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 11:52	466 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 11:49	515 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 11:49	608 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:42	386 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:34	659 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:34	632 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 11:32	789 MW	18	Met12
21 October at 11:22	635 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 11:19	816 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:19	764 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 11:12	583 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 11:04	400 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:04	515 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:02	309 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 10:52	723 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 10:49	1,259 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 10:49	1,150 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 10:42	1,189 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 10:34	766 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 10:34	930 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 10:32	844 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 10:22	857 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 10:19	904 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 10:19	1,127 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 10:12	375 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 10:04	293 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:04	281 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:02	223 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 09:52	137 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 09:49	81 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:42	199 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 09:32	76 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:22	154 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 09:19	308 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 09:19	179 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:12	173 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 09:04	252 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 09:02	101 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 08:52	118 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 08:49	90 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 08:42	127 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 08:32	81 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 08:22	57 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 08:12	123 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 08:03	69 MW	3	Terra
21 October at 08:02	47 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 07:52	53 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 07:42	78 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 07:32	63 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 07:22	67 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 07:12	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 07:02	89 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 06:52	81 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 06:42	66 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 06:32	46 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 06:22	39 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 06:12	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 06:02	51 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 05:52	30 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 05:42	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 05:32	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 05:22	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 05:12	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 05:02	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 04:52	78 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 03:52	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 03:42	37 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 03:32	35 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 03:28	15 MW	1	Aqua
21 October at 03:22	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 01:56	5 MW	1	N20
20 October at 14:22	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:19	58 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:49	16 MW	1	N21
20 October at 13:06	10 MW	3	N20
20 October at 09:32	58 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:22	45 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:12	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:02	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:01	32 MW	1	Terra
20 October at 08:52	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:42	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:22	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 01:56	3 MW	2	N
20 October at 01:18	7 MW	4	N21
19 October at 17:22	13 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 17:02	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 16:01	8 MW	1	Aqua
19 October at 15:04	41 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 15:04	40 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 14:49	40 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 14:46	69 MW	6	N
19 October at 14:34	52 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 14:34	27 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 14:32	129 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 14:10	83 MW	8	N21
19 October at 14:04	157 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 14:02	18 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:49	62 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 13:42	17 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:32	18 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:25	88 MW	8	N20
19 October at 13:22	17 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:06	17 MW	4	N
19 October at 12:42	66 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 12:04	81 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 10:12	20 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 10:02	25 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 09:52	15 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 09:19	48 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 09:19	46 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 09:04	36 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 08:52	47 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 08:49	41 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 08:49	35 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 08:34	43 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 08:32	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 08:25	35 MW	3	Terra
19 October at 08:22	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 02:13	10 MW	9	N
19 October at 01:37	41 MW	21	N21
19 October at 00:54	35 MW	17	N20
19 October at 00:33	15 MW	7	N
18 October at 14:27	134 MW	16	N21
18 October at 13:45	192 MW	18	N20
18 October at 13:23	149 MW	18	N
18 October at 12:47	179 MW	16	N21
18 October at 03:13	73 MW	3	Aqua
18 October at 01:56	80 MW	23	N21
18 October at 01:12	104 MW	27	N20
18 October at 00:52	61 MW	24	N
17 October at 20:56	14 MW	2	Terra
17 October at 14:04	175 MW	18	N20
17 October at 13:45	272 MW	18	N
17 October at 13:06	144 MW	12	N21
17 October at 08:44	42 MW	2	Terra
17 October at 01:31	29 MW	20	N20
17 October at 01:12	28 MW	15	N
17 October at 00:33	22 MW	12	N21
16 October at 15:44	306 MW	7	Aqua
16 October at 14:21	214 MW	28	N20
16 October at 14:02	651 MW	36	N
16 October at 13:25	877 MW	22	N21
16 October at 08:05	40 MW	1	Terra
16 October at 03:34	6 MW	1	Aqua
16 October at 01:50	69 MW	17	N20
16 October at 01:29	23 MW	12	N
16 October at 00:54	52 MW	17	N21
15 October at 21:15	80 MW	4	Terra
15 October at 14:21	29 MW	4	N
15 October at 13:45	8 MW	1	N21
15 October at 13:00	30 MW	5	N20
5 October at 14:08	8 MW	1	N
5 October at 01:35	2 MW	2	N
5 October at 00:59	2 MW	1	N21

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