Fire near Morogoro (TZ)

7.02°S, 36.91°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
23 October at 01:16	2 MW	1	N20
23 October at 00:20	3 MW	2	N21
22 October at 17:34	42 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:24	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:21	34 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:50	43 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:35	55 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:34	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:24	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:20	63 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:14	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:05	188 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 16:05	141 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 16:04	58 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:54	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:50	77 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:50	140 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:44	44 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:35	265 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 15:35	247 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:34	55 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:24	38 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:20	304 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 15:14	63 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:05	207 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:04	60 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:54	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:50	60 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:44	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:35	97 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:34	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:24	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:20	195 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:14	57 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:05	264 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:04	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:54	78 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:51	312 MW	55	N
22 October at 13:50	153 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:44	50 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:35	305 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:34	91 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:24	199 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:20	252 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:17	842 MW	83	N21
22 October at 13:14	98 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:05	515 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:04	279 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:54	228 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:50	340 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:44	154 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:35	97 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:32	454 MW	60	N20
22 October at 12:05	79 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:04	36 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:54	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:44	68 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:24	90 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:20	246 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:04	69 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:24	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:14	61 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:04	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:04	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:50	23 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:42	36 MW	2	Aqua
21 October at 15:35	49 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:24	62 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:14	99 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:05	59 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:54	51 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:50	163 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:44	94 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:35	59 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:34	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:14	54 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:10	50 MW	4	N
21 October at 13:34	85 MW	10	N21
21 October at 13:14	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:04	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:49	195 MW	20	N20
21 October at 12:30	24 MW	5	N
21 October at 12:14	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:44	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:44	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:01	10 MW	1	Terra
20 October at 16:54	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:34	35 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:24	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:14	52 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:05	36 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 16:04	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:54	127 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 15:50	49 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:50	106 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:44	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:35	98 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:20	164 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:14	86 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:05	36 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:04	65 MW	3	Aqua
20 October at 15:04	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:54	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:35	26 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:34	51 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:24	58 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:14	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:54	70 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:51	121 MW	9	N21
20 October at 13:50	56 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:44	50 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:35	35 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:34	27 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:14	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:10	295 MW	51	N20
20 October at 13:04	37 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:49	255 MW	30	N
20 October at 12:44	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:34	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:24	32 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:14	47 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:11	212 MW	18	N21
20 October at 12:04	32 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:14	13 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:28	92 MW	14	N20
19 October at 13:08	111 MW	14	N
19 October at 12:32	16 MW	1	N21
18 October at 15:25	29 MW	3	Aqua
18 October at 13:47	8 MW	2	N20
18 October at 13:26	66 MW	10	N
18 October at 12:49	19 MW	3	N21
17 October at 13:47	127 MW	11	N
17 October at 13:08	191 MW	24	N21
17 October at 12:26	112 MW	9	N20
16 October at 14:04	34 MW	2	N
16 October at 13:28	63 MW	5	N21
16 October at 12:43	62 MW	6	N20
15 October at 15:10	6 MW	1	Aqua
15 October at 13:47	6 MW	1	N21
15 October at 12:43	4 MW	1	N
14 October at 13:21	37 MW	5	N20
14 October at 13:02	11 MW	1	N
14 October at 12:26	19 MW	1	N21
13 October at 15:31	199 MW	10	Aqua
13 October at 13:40	235 MW	23	N20
12 October at 14:53	50 MW	1	Aqua
12 October at 13:02	264 MW	39	N21
11 October at 13:57	26 MW	4	N
11 October at 13:21	143 MW	17	N21
11 October at 12:38	97 MW	5	N20
10 October at 15:16	176 MW	4	Aqua
10 October at 13:40	156 MW	9	N21
10 October at 12:56	108 MW	12	N20
10 October at 12:36	39 MW	10	N
9 October at 12:56	4 MW	1	N
8 October at 15:40	96 MW	3	Aqua
8 October at 13:34	154 MW	17	N20
8 October at 13:15	205 MW	43	N
8 October at 12:38	143 MW	17	N21
8 October at 00:37	1 MW	1	N
7 October at 13:51	23 MW	3	N20
7 October at 13:34	17 MW	2	N
7 October at 12:56	42 MW	6	N21
6 October at 13:51	3 MW	1	N
6 October at 13:17	14 MW	2	N21
5 October at 15:23	36 MW	2	Aqua
5 October at 14:10	9 MW	1	N
5 October at 13:34	10 MW	2	N21
5 October at 12:49	147 MW	16	N20
5 October at 12:30	65 MW	9	N
4 October at 14:44	54 MW	1	Aqua
4 October at 13:51	96 MW	7	N21
4 October at 13:08	121 MW	24	N20
4 October at 12:49	114 MW	14	N
3 October at 13:28	54 MW	10	N20
3 October at 13:08	92 MW	18	N
3 October at 12:32	52 MW	5	N21
2 October at 13:47	11 MW	2	N20
1 October at 13:47	9 MW	1	N
1 October at 13:09	50 MW	6	N21
30 September at 15:29	8 MW	1	Aqua
30 September at 14:04	8 MW	2	N
30 September at 13:28	14 MW	3	N21
30 September at 12:43	6 MW	2	N20
29 September at 13:47	29 MW	2	N21
29 September at 13:02	24 MW	3	N20
29 September at 12:43	8 MW	1	N
28 September at 13:21	14 MW	1	N20
27 September at 13:19	5 MW	1	N
26 September at 13:57	3 MW	1	N20
26 September at 13:40	6 MW	1	N
24 September at 13:40	35 MW	6	N21
24 September at 12:56	21 MW	4	N20
23 September at 13:13	19 MW	4	N20
23 September at 12:56	20 MW	1	N

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