Fire near Menabe (MG)

19.42°S, 44.66°E · first detected on 23 September at 07:53

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 07:53 to 23 October at 00:22, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 4,596 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 63,377 ha.

Detected extent: 63,377 ha
Cumulative power: 51,615 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 648 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 4,596
Estimated emissions: 12.8 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). 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 00:22	7 MW	4	N21
22 October at 16:52	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:02	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:32	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:22	35 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:12	99 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:04	27 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:02	99 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:52	62 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:49	31 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:42	107 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:36	81 MW	3	Aqua
22 October at 14:34	97 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:32	147 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:22	86 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:19	142 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:12	76 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:04	220 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 14:02	103 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:52	168 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:49	295 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 13:47	302 MW	29	N
22 October at 13:42	183 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:34	477 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 13:32	273 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:22	326 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:19	829 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 13:13	1,830 MW	95	N21
22 October at 13:12	563 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:04	1,335 MW	10	Met9
22 October at 13:02	1,534 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 12:52	2,047 MW	19	Met12
22 October at 12:49	654 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 12:42	511 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 12:34	684 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 12:32	285 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:28	788 MW	56	N20
22 October at 12:22	1,783 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 12:19	915 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 12:12	1,548 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 12:09	560 MW	51	N
22 October at 12:04	250 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:02	355 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:52	526 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 11:49	370 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 11:42	286 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:32	149 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:22	77 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:12	42 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:12	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 23:57	1 MW	2	N20
21 October at 23:38	1 MW	1	N
21 October at 16:19	37 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:02	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:52	29 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:42	36 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:34	24 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:32	72 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:22	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:19	85 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:02	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:52	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:42	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:32	29 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:22	35 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:19	38 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:12	49 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:02	47 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:52	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:42	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:32	38 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:30	287 MW	22	N21
21 October at 13:22	53 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:12	52 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:04	117 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:02	121 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:52	217 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:49	121 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:45	410 MW	59	N20
21 October at 12:42	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:34	82 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:32	45 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:26	427 MW	59	N
21 October at 12:22	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:19	82 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:12	50 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:02	214 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:52	47 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:49	232 MW	16	N21
21 October at 11:42	191 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 00:16	2 MW	2	N20
20 October at 23:55	1 MW	1	N
20 October at 17:32	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:22	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:12	32 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:02	37 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:52	50 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:42	102 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:32	111 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:22	223 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:12	343 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:02	276 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:52	324 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 15:49	173 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:49	34 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:42	461 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 15:34	99 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:34	30 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:32	279 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 15:22	186 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:19	27 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:12	102 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:04	38 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:02	87 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:59	180 MW	14	Aqua
20 October at 14:52	105 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:49	84 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:42	85 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:34	136 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:32	124 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 14:22	40 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:19	71 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:12	35 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:02	60 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:52	213 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:42	53 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:34	49 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:32	45 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:22	76 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:19	118 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:12	116 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:06	799 MW	90	N20
20 October at 13:04	87 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:02	91 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:52	128 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:49	91 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:45	867 MW	115	N
20 October at 12:42	182 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:34	409 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 12:32	266 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:22	210 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:19	113 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:12	148 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:09	565 MW	43	N21
20 October at 12:02	168 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:52	294 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:42	168 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:32	284 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:02	26 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:52	59 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:42	16 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:23	481 MW	66	N20
19 October at 13:04	939 MW	97	N
19 October at 12:28	962 MW	77	N21
19 October at 00:54	3 MW	1	N20
19 October at 00:33	6 MW	4	N
18 October at 23:57	13 MW	5	N21
18 October at 19:54	6 MW	1	Terra
18 October at 15:23	118 MW	7	Aqua
18 October at 13:42	179 MW	11	N20
18 October at 13:23	206 MW	17	N
18 October at 12:45	331 MW	30	N21
18 October at 12:02	122 MW	17	N20
18 October at 07:44	15 MW	1	Terra
18 October at 01:14	7 MW	3	N20
18 October at 00:54	5 MW	3	N
18 October at 00:16	11 MW	5	N21
17 October at 23:31	5 MW	3	N20
17 October at 13:42	619 MW	38	N
17 October at 13:06	977 MW	82	N21
17 October at 12:21	354 MW	37	N20
17 October at 12:02	159 MW	18	N
17 October at 01:12	5 MW	4	N
17 October at 00:33	7 MW	5	N21
16 October at 23:53	7 MW	3	N20
16 October at 23:31	5 MW	2	N
16 October at 13:23	2,524 MW	71	N21
16 October at 12:41	522 MW	52	N20
16 October at 12:19	583 MW	57	N
16 October at 11:43	392 MW	29	N21
16 October at 00:10	1 MW	1	N20
15 October at 23:50	1 MW	2	N
15 October at 15:06	104 MW	7	Aqua
15 October at 12:58	765 MW	61	N20
15 October at 12:41	703 MW	58	N
15 October at 12:02	374 MW	32	N21
15 October at 00:10	1 MW	1	N
14 October at 14:29	65 MW	2	Aqua
14 October at 13:18	529 MW	59	N20
14 October at 12:58	561 MW	63	N
14 October at 12:21	297 MW	34	N21
14 October at 00:48	3 MW	2	N20
14 October at 00:29	8 MW	10	N
13 October at 23:53	10 MW	10	N21
13 October at 15:29	376 MW	8	Aqua
13 October at 13:36	1,160 MW	115	N20
13 October at 11:56	1,526 MW	111	N20
13 October at 07:46	38 MW	2	Terra
12 October at 14:51	156 MW	13	Aqua
12 October at 12:58	406 MW	47	N21
12 October at 11:56	62 MW	10	N
11 October at 13:17	247 MW	40	N21
11 October at 12:34	662 MW	69	N20
11 October at 12:13	305 MW	51	N
11 October at 00:48	1 MW	1	N21
11 October at 00:03	2 MW	2	N20
10 October at 23:44	1 MW	1	N
10 October at 15:14	144 MW	7	Aqua
10 October at 13:36	357 MW	17	N21
10 October at 12:51	566 MW	63	N20
10 October at 12:33	410 MW	37	N
10 October at 11:56	305 MW	38	N21
10 October at 00:22	5 MW	4	N20
10 October at 00:01	5 MW	4	N
9 October at 23:25	3 MW	2	N21
9 October at 14:34	448 MW	14	Aqua
9 October at 13:13	973 MW	82	N20
9 October at 12:51	1,421 MW	107	N
9 October at 12:14	1,365 MW	87	N21
9 October at 00:42	2 MW	2	N20
9 October at 00:22	4 MW	5	N
8 October at 23:44	2 MW	2	N21
8 October at 19:56	6 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 13:30	464 MW	46	N20
8 October at 13:10	602 MW	68	N
8 October at 12:34	504 MW	63	N21
8 October at 11:49	270 MW	16	N20
8 October at 00:40	1 MW	1	N
8 October at 00:03	1 MW	1	N21
7 October at 14:57	89 MW	7	Aqua
7 October at 13:30	229 MW	34	N
7 October at 12:51	252 MW	36	N21
7 October at 12:09	86 MW	14	N20
6 October at 00:42	1 MW	1	N21
5 October at 23:57	2 MW	1	N20
5 October at 15:18	95 MW	4	Aqua
5 October at 13:30	108 MW	5	N21
5 October at 12:45	457 MW	64	N20
5 October at 12:26	477 MW	48	N
5 October at 11:49	186 MW	13	N21
5 October at 00:16	1 MW	1	N20
4 October at 14:42	60 MW	5	Aqua
4 October at 13:04	60 MW	12	N20
4 October at 12:45	220 MW	29	N
4 October at 12:09	138 MW	14	N21
3 October at 13:23	155 MW	16	N20
3 October at 13:04	160 MW	17	N
3 October at 12:28	201 MW	20	N21
2 October at 15:04	50 MW	3	Aqua
2 October at 13:23	34 MW	4	N
2 October at 12:45	35 MW	5	N21
1 October at 13:42	15 MW	2	N
1 October at 13:06	32 MW	4	N21
1 October at 01:12	2 MW	1	N
1 October at 00:35	6 MW	3	N21
30 September at 23:50	3 MW	1	N20
30 September at 13:23	91 MW	5	N21
30 September at 12:41	136 MW	22	N20
30 September at 12:19	40 MW	7	N
30 September at 11:43	54 MW	5	N21
30 September at 00:10	1 MW	1	N20
29 September at 23:50	1 MW	1	N
29 September at 14:49	291 MW	21	Aqua
29 September at 12:58	420 MW	57	N20
29 September at 12:41	521 MW	67	N
29 September at 12:02	328 MW	51	N21
29 September at 00:27	7 MW	5	N20
29 September at 00:10	6 MW	5	N
28 September at 23:31	6 MW	4	N21
28 September at 20:00	6 MW	1	Terra
28 September at 13:19	1,093 MW	53	N20
28 September at 12:21	502 MW	50	N21
28 September at 00:48	25 MW	13	N20
28 September at 00:29	16 MW	12	N
27 September at 23:53	18 MW	11	N21
27 September at 15:12	966 MW	29	Aqua
27 September at 13:36	947 MW	53	N20
27 September at 13:15	1,709 MW	114	N
27 September at 12:41	1,449 MW	99	N21
27 September at 11:56	441 MW	25	N20
27 September at 00:46	1 MW	2	N
27 September at 00:10	4 MW	3	N21
26 September at 23:25	2 MW	2	N20
26 September at 14:34	147 MW	6	Aqua
26 September at 13:36	671 MW	36	N
26 September at 12:58	511 MW	56	N21
26 September at 12:13	171 MW	16	N20
26 September at 11:56	33 MW	5	N
26 September at 08:12	38 MW	1	Terra
26 September at 01:05	4 MW	5	N
26 September at 00:29	4 MW	3	N21
25 September at 23:44	2 MW	2	N20
25 September at 19:41	10 MW	2	Terra
25 September at 13:17	475 MW	34	N21
25 September at 12:34	284 MW	44	N20
25 September at 12:13	118 MW	25	N
25 September at 00:48	3 MW	1	N21
25 September at 00:03	5 MW	3	N20
24 September at 23:44	4 MW	3	N
24 September at 14:55	242 MW	16	Aqua
24 September at 13:36	343 MW	18	N21
24 September at 12:51	627 MW	70	N20
24 September at 12:32	575 MW	56	N
24 September at 11:56	120 MW	18	N21

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