Fire near Mayo-Kebbi Ouest (TD)

9.88°N, 14.56°E · first detected on 12 October at 14:46

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 12 October at 14:46 to 23 October at 01:56, that is 10 days, through 134 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,528 ha.

Detected extent: 2,528 ha
Cumulative power: 953 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 31 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 134
Estimated emissions: 1.2 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 12 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 13 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 01:56	9 MW	5	N21
23 October at 01:22	26 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 01:15	25 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 01:07	126 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 01:07	35 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 00:55	74 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 00:52	246 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 00:52	278 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 00:37	33 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 00:37	73 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 00:35	10 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 00:22	38 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 00:22	75 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 00:07	20 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 23:45	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 23:15	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:08	39 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:07	31 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:55	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:53	39 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:52	60 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:45	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:38	133 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 17:37	224 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 17:35	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:25	160 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 17:23	278 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 17:22	263 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:15	167 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 17:08	208 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 17:07	307 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 17:05	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:55	62 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:53	204 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:52	220 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 16:45	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:37	304 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 16:37	256 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:35	133 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:25	99 MW	4	Aqua
22 October at 16:25	63 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:22	182 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 16:22	70 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:15	105 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:07	288 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 16:07	123 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:05	335 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 15:52	343 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:52	231 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 15:45	195 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:37	397 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:37	526 MW	8	Met10
22 October at 15:35	144 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:25	508 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:22	318 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:22	308 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:15	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:07	105 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:07	105 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:05	77 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:01	116 MW	17	N21
22 October at 14:55	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:52	82 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:52	152 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:45	25 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:37	78 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:35	55 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:25	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:22	116 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:19	306 MW	42	N20
22 October at 14:15	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:07	130 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:07	53 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:05	68 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:57	175 MW	27	N
22 October at 13:55	84 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:52	76 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:45	136 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:37	62 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:37	204 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:35	157 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:25	241 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:15	138 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:07	168 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:07	67 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:05	195 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:55	310 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 12:52	322 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:52	371 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 12:45	318 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 12:37	53 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:37	113 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:35	94 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:25	272 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 12:22	70 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:22	60 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:15	126 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:07	100 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:05	81 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:55	99 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 11:52	142 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 11:45	253 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 11:37	84 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:35	126 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:25	68 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:22	54 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:15	186 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 11:07	144 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:05	148 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 10:55	43 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:45	170 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:35	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:15	82 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:13	145 MW	4	Terra
22 October at 10:07	28 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:05	40 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:55	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:45	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:13	1 MW	1	N21
21 October at 16:22	45 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:22	47 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:25	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:22	105 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:22	79 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:15	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:07	62 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:07	116 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:05	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:36	17 MW	5	N20
21 October at 14:17	21 MW	3	N
21 October at 13:40	34 MW	6	N21
21 October at 12:55	30 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:15	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:25	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:35	10 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 09:15	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:50	0 MW	1	N20
20 October at 17:15	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:46	40 MW	2	Aqua
20 October at 16:45	28 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:55	29 MW	7	N20
20 October at 14:36	35 MW	9	N
20 October at 14:15	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:57	91 MW	10	N21
20 October at 13:45	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:19	14 MW	2	N21
19 October at 02:28	1 MW	1	N20
18 October at 21:42	7 MW	1	Terra
18 October at 15:14	35 MW	6	N
18 October at 14:36	92 MW	8	N21
18 October at 13:51	30 MW	6	N20
17 October at 14:55	6 MW	1	N21
16 October at 14:29	17 MW	3	N20
16 October at 14:10	14 MW	3	N
15 October at 14:27	7 MW	2	N
13 October at 15:06	8 MW	2	N
13 October at 14:29	42 MW	2	N21
12 October at 14:46	9 MW	2	N21

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