Fire near Morogoro (TZ)

6.70°S, 37.08°E

What the satellites measured

This fire is not in the last thirty days of the fire list, but detections remain around this point: the curve below is rebuilt from the raw pixels, which are kept for a hundred days.

“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
22 October at 15:50	31 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:14	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:05	53 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:04	24 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:54	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:50	32 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:44	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:34	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:24	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:20	118 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:05	71 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:04	94 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:54	55 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:51	164 MW	26	N
22 October at 13:44	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:34	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:24	83 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:20	160 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:17	719 MW	68	N21
22 October at 13:14	129 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:05	154 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:04	67 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:54	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:50	52 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:35	56 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:32	148 MW	29	N20
22 October at 12:24	32 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:20	39 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:14	44 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:06	27 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:54	61 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:51	81 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:50	70 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:44	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:34	33 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:04	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:24	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:14	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:05	40 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:35	44 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:34	43 MW	6	N21
21 October at 13:04	27 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:49	87 MW	13	N20
21 October at 12:30	6 MW	2	N
20 October at 16:24	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:04	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:54	122 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:50	28 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:44	57 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:35	26 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:34	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:24	28 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:20	177 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 15:20	65 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:14	34 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:05	67 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:04	28 MW	2	Aqua
20 October at 14:54	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:50	42 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:44	20 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:35	175 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 14:34	44 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:20	145 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:05	48 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:04	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:51	82 MW	8	N21
20 October at 13:50	50 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:44	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:35	59 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:34	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:24	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:20	108 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:10	432 MW	100	N20
20 October at 13:05	61 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:50	63 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:49	243 MW	43	N
20 October at 12:35	62 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:11	59 MW	10	N21
20 October at 11:54	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:44	35 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 13:28	115 MW	24	N20
19 October at 13:08	177 MW	29	N
19 October at 12:32	150 MW	17	N21
18 October at 15:26	17 MW	2	Aqua
18 October at 13:47	21 MW	3	N20
18 October at 13:28	46 MW	6	N
18 October at 12:49	15 MW	3	N21
17 October at 13:47	213 MW	24	N
17 October at 13:10	255 MW	36	N21
17 October at 12:26	103 MW	13	N20
16 October at 13:28	30 MW	4	N21
16 October at 12:43	55 MW	10	N20
16 October at 12:24	6 MW	1	N
15 October at 13:47	45 MW	5	N21
15 October at 13:02	117 MW	16	N20
15 October at 12:43	5 MW	1	N
14 October at 13:21	50 MW	7	N20
14 October at 13:02	12 MW	2	N
13 October at 15:31	29 MW	2	Aqua
13 October at 13:40	88 MW	13	N20
12 October at 13:02	376 MW	48	N21
12 October at 01:22	28 MW	4	N20
12 October at 01:01	19 MW	16	N
12 October at 00:27	188 MW	3	N21
11 October at 13:21	18 MW	3	N21
11 October at 12:38	7 MW	1	N20
10 October at 13:40	7 MW	2	N21
10 October at 12:56	35 MW	3	N20
10 October at 12:36	4 MW	1	N
9 October at 13:15	49 MW	5	N20
9 October at 12:56	16 MW	3	N
8 October at 15:40	84 MW	3	Aqua
8 October at 13:34	283 MW	39	N20
8 October at 13:15	298 MW	50	N
8 October at 12:38	227 MW	32	N21
6 October at 08:05	13 MW	2	Terra
5 October at 19:41	42 MW	1	Terra
5 October at 15:23	85 MW	8	Aqua
5 October at 13:34	189 MW	30	N21
5 October at 12:49	261 MW	29	N20
5 October at 12:30	32 MW	6	N
5 October at 00:59	1 MW	1	N21
4 October at 14:46	57 MW	1	Aqua
4 October at 13:51	9 MW	1	N21
4 October at 13:08	169 MW	34	N20
4 October at 12:49	72 MW	11	N
4 October at 12:11	10 MW	1	N21
4 October at 01:52	2 MW	1	N
4 October at 01:16	3 MW	2	N21
4 October at 00:31	1 MW	1	N20
3 October at 13:28	300 MW	52	N20
3 October at 13:08	376 MW	57	N
3 October at 12:32	178 MW	20	N21
3 October at 01:33	2 MW	1	N21
3 October at 00:50	1 MW	1	N20
2 October at 13:47	8 MW	2	N20
2 October at 13:28	127 MW	11	N
2 October at 12:49	46 MW	6	N21
2 October at 01:09	3 MW	2	N20
2 October at 00:50	4 MW	2	N
2 October at 00:14	2 MW	2	N21
1 October at 13:47	4 MW	1	N
1 October at 13:10	99 MW	17	N21
30 September at 13:28	55 MW	8	N21
30 September at 12:43	56 MW	10	N20
29 September at 13:47	38 MW	5	N21
29 September at 13:02	72 MW	14	N20
29 September at 12:43	59 MW	9	N
29 September at 12:06	10 MW	1	N21
28 September at 13:21	60 MW	14	N20
27 September at 15:14	7 MW	1	Aqua
27 September at 12:43	9 MW	2	N21
27 September at 01:01	7 MW	2	N20
27 September at 00:44	8 MW	4	N
27 September at 00:08	20 MW	5	N21
26 September at 20:24	29 MW	2	Terra
26 September at 13:57	12 MW	1	N20
26 September at 13:40	14 MW	3	N
26 September at 13:02	19 MW	4	N21
25 September at 12:38	17 MW	2	N20
24 September at 14:59	10 MW	1	Aqua
24 September at 13:40	10 MW	2	N21
24 September at 12:56	58 MW	8	N20
24 September at 12:36	25 MW	8	N
23 September at 20:04	8 MW	1	Terra
23 September at 13:14	57 MW	14	N20
23 September at 12:56	103 MW	14	N
23 September at 12:19	151 MW	8	N21

8 other fires near Morogoro (TZ)

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