Fire near Mbeya (TZ)

9.12°S, 32.62°E · first detected on 23 September at 00:37

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 00:37 to 22 October at 13:51, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 591 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 12,533 ha.

Detected extent: 12,533 ha
Cumulative power: 4,937 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 51 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 591
Estimated emissions: 421 t 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). 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 30 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 01:16	1 MW	1	N20
23 October at 00:59	2 MW	2	N
22 October at 21:13	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:05	17 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 21:05	22 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 21:03	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 20:56	31 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 20:53	21 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 19:20	14 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:13	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:05	16 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:03	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:23	38 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 18:13	54 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 18:05	137 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 18:05	78 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 18:03	56 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:53	125 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 17:50	228 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 17:50	215 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 17:43	59 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:35	100 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 17:35	81 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:33	94 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 17:23	94 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 17:20	23 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:13	67 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 17:05	26 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:03	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:53	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:50	19 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:43	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:23	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:20	25 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:50	40 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:33	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:23	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:20	23 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:13	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:05	30 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:03	70 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:53	66 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:43	56 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:51	73 MW	7	N
22 October at 13:33	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:15	116 MW	9	N21
22 October at 13:13	25 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:50	78 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:35	85 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:20	40 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:13	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:03	42 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:53	46 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:50	62 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:43	125 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 11:33	51 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:23	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:13	52 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:53	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:43	88 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:35	47 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:35	83 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:33	60 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:23	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:13	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:04	49 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:03	77 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 09:53	123 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 09:43	45 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:33	68 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:23	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:03	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:53	39 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 08:43	90 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 08:40	104 MW	7	Terra
22 October at 08:33	83 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 08:23	89 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 08:13	121 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 08:04	113 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 08:03	146 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 07:53	177 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 07:49	239 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 07:43	81 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 07:34	154 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 07:33	85 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 07:23	93 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 07:19	86 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 07:13	69 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 07:04	48 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 07:03	23 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 06:53	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 06:49	22 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 06:34	37 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 06:23	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 06:19	73 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 06:13	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 06:04	33 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 01:16	1 MW	2	N
22 October at 00:40	2 MW	2	N21
21 October at 19:35	18 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 19:23	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:13	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:53	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:50	15 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:43	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:35	32 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:35	58 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 18:33	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:23	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:20	38 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:20	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:13	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:05	37 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:50	40 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:35	16 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:33	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:23	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:20	23 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:13	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:05	55 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:05	48 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:03	54 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:53	65 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:50	44 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:43	47 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:35	103 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:33	39 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:23	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:20	156 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:20	216 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 16:13	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:03	45 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:53	84 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:50	130 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:50	97 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:43	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:40	75 MW	5	Aqua
21 October at 15:35	82 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:35	43 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:33	129 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 15:23	55 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:13	175 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:05	125 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:03	143 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:53	145 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:50	74 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:43	246 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 14:35	81 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:35	47 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:33	225 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 14:23	258 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 14:20	104 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:13	178 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:10	412 MW	47	N
21 October at 14:05	137 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:03	124 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:53	351 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 13:50	275 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 13:50	72 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:43	333 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 13:35	126 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:35	44 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:34	444 MW	32	N21
21 October at 13:33	164 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:23	247 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:20	319 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 13:20	186 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:13	379 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:05	371 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 13:05	535 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 13:03	491 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 12:53	235 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 12:50	136 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:49	448 MW	55	N20
21 October at 12:43	199 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 12:35	58 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:33	270 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 12:23	204 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 12:20	65 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:20	142 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:13	227 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 12:05	343 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 12:05	308 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 12:03	231 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:53	116 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:50	161 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 11:50	183 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 11:43	206 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 11:35	247 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 11:35	345 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 11:33	242 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 11:23	170 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 11:20	72 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:13	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:03	124 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 10:53	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:33	42 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:23	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:13	44 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:03	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:53	89 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 09:43	55 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 09:33	120 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 09:23	134 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 09:13	105 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 09:03	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:43	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 08:33	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 08:23	32 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 08:13	21 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 07:23	38 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 07:13	61 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 07:03	57 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 06:53	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 00:59	1 MW	1	N21
20 October at 13:51	47 MW	4	N21
20 October at 13:08	53 MW	7	N20
20 October at 12:49	32 MW	4	N
20 October at 12:43	27 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:33	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:23	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:13	67 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:03	81 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:23	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:13	38 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:03	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:53	79 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:43	117 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 08:43	72 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 08:33	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:23	160 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 08:19	189 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 08:13	56 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:03	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:23	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:13	46 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 07:04	68 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 07:03	99 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 16:02	40 MW	2	Aqua
19 October at 14:12	23 MW	1	N21
19 October at 13:28	26 MW	5	N20
19 October at 13:08	7 MW	2	N
19 October at 12:32	11 MW	1	N21
19 October at 08:22	145 MW	11	Terra
19 October at 03:49	128 MW	3	Aqua
18 October at 13:47	4 MW	1	N20
18 October at 12:49	68 MW	3	N21
17 October at 14:04	44 MW	9	N20
17 October at 13:47	120 MW	16	N
17 October at 13:08	107 MW	10	N21
17 October at 08:42	12 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 01:31	16 MW	4	N20
17 October at 01:09	8 MW	2	N
16 October at 20:17	24 MW	2	Terra
16 October at 15:46	41 MW	2	Aqua
16 October at 14:23	19 MW	1	N20
16 October at 14:04	92 MW	9	N
16 October at 13:28	98 MW	16	N21
16 October at 12:43	28 MW	4	N20
16 October at 08:03	24 MW	1	Terra
15 October at 14:21	96 MW	8	N
15 October at 13:47	387 MW	28	N21
15 October at 13:02	390 MW	28	N20
15 October at 12:41	168 MW	11	N
14 October at 20:38	27 MW	2	Terra
14 October at 14:04	17 MW	3	N21
14 October at 13:21	85 MW	10	N20
14 October at 13:02	171 MW	33	N
14 October at 08:25	187 MW	18	Terra
13 October at 15:31	121 MW	8	Aqua
13 October at 13:40	178 MW	20	N20
12 October at 13:02	303 MW	17	N21
12 October at 08:44	11 MW	1	Terra
12 October at 01:22	1 MW	1	N20
10 October at 14:17	63 MW	6	N
10 October at 13:40	77 MW	8	N21
10 October at 12:56	109 MW	16	N20
10 October at 01:03	1 MW	1	N21
9 October at 20:38	64 MW	3	Terra
9 October at 13:57	229 MW	26	N21
9 October at 13:13	221 MW	19	N20
9 October at 12:56	134 MW	24	N
9 October at 08:25	85 MW	10	Terra
8 October at 15:40	306 MW	14	Aqua
8 October at 14:19	72 MW	3	N21
8 October at 13:34	239 MW	23	N20
8 October at 13:15	287 MW	30	N
8 October at 12:38	149 MW	15	N21
8 October at 01:41	2 MW	3	N21
8 October at 00:59	8 MW	5	N20
8 October at 00:37	1 MW	1	N
7 October at 13:51	154 MW	17	N20
7 October at 13:32	270 MW	23	N
7 October at 12:56	746 MW	59	N21
7 October at 08:44	15 MW	1	Terra
7 October at 01:16	2 MW	2	N20
7 October at 00:20	8 MW	3	N21
6 October at 15:59	68 MW	3	Aqua
6 October at 14:11	217 MW	30	N20
6 October at 13:51	606 MW	39	N
6 October at 13:15	274 MW	26	N21
6 October at 08:08	74 MW	5	Terra
6 October at 01:35	1 MW	2	N20
6 October at 01:16	1 MW	1	N
5 October at 13:34	7 MW	1	N21
4 October at 14:29	114 MW	4	N
4 October at 13:51	107 MW	10	N21
4 October at 13:08	109 MW	7	N20
4 October at 12:48	59 MW	8	N
4 October at 08:27	104 MW	8	Terra
4 October at 00:31	1 MW	1	N20
3 October at 15:44	47 MW	6	Aqua
3 October at 14:12	50 MW	3	N21
3 October at 13:28	126 MW	19	N20
3 October at 13:08	123 MW	15	N
3 October at 12:32	15 MW	2	N21
2 October at 13:47	204 MW	25	N20
2 October at 13:25	208 MW	26	N
2 October at 12:49	187 MW	15	N21
2 October at 08:46	35 MW	2	Terra
2 October at 01:54	5 MW	2	N21
2 October at 01:09	3 MW	2	N20
1 October at 14:04	184 MW	25	N20
1 October at 13:47	363 MW	32	N
1 October at 13:08	99 MW	11	N21
1 October at 08:08	44 MW	4	Terra
1 October at 01:29	1 MW	1	N20
30 September at 15:29	97 MW	6	Aqua
30 September at 14:23	179 MW	14	N20
30 September at 14:04	431 MW	33	N
30 September at 13:28	393 MW	37	N21
30 September at 12:43	215 MW	33	N20
30 September at 01:29	2 MW	2	N
30 September at 00:52	2 MW	2	N21
29 September at 20:41	14 MW	2	Terra
29 September at 14:21	30 MW	3	N
29 September at 13:47	273 MW	28	N21
29 September at 13:02	367 MW	45	N20
29 September at 12:41	214 MW	30	N
29 September at 08:27	88 MW	7	Terra
29 September at 01:47	3 MW	2	N
29 September at 01:09	6 MW	8	N21
29 September at 00:25	2 MW	2	N20
28 September at 15:53	224 MW	10	Aqua
28 September at 14:04	428 MW	44	N21
28 September at 13:19	349 MW	37	N20
27 September at 13:40	7 MW	2	N20
27 September at 13:19	89 MW	10	N
27 September at 12:43	219 MW	29	N21
27 September at 00:44	0 MW	1	N
26 September at 13:57	256 MW	21	N20
26 September at 13:39	451 MW	49	N
26 September at 13:02	787 MW	61	N21
26 September at 08:10	67 MW	4	Terra
25 September at 15:38	9 MW	1	Aqua
25 September at 13:57	250 MW	26	N
25 September at 13:21	333 MW	38	N21
25 September at 12:36	268 MW	27	N20
25 September at 01:41	1 MW	1	N20
25 September at 01:22	2 MW	3	N
25 September at 00:46	1 MW	1	N21
24 September at 20:45	10 MW	1	Terra
24 September at 14:59	119 MW	2	Aqua
24 September at 14:17	131 MW	16	N
24 September at 13:40	241 MW	22	N21
24 September at 12:56	182 MW	24	N20
24 September at 08:29	12 MW	2	Terra
24 September at 01:58	2 MW	3	N20
24 September at 01:39	4 MW	3	N
24 September at 01:03	8 MW	6	N21
24 September at 00:20	3 MW	2	N20
23 September at 13:57	95 MW	12	N21

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