Fire near Moxico (AO)

12.11°S, 20.32°E · first detected on 23 September at 13:57

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 13:57 to 22 October at 14:12, that is 29 days, through 2,570 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 43,178 ha.

Detected extent: 43,178 ha
Cumulative power: 39,792 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 422 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 2,570
Estimated emissions: 4.9 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
22 October at 14:13	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:12	81 MW	10	N20
22 October at 14:03	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:53	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:51	21 MW	2	N
22 October at 13:43	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:23	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:13	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:03	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:53	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:23	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:29	13 MW	3	N20
21 October at 14:10	11 MW	2	N
21 October at 12:13	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:04	92 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:03	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:53	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:49	139 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:49	272 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 11:43	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:34	86 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:34	342 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 11:33	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:23	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:19	213 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 11:13	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:04	139 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:03	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:49	123 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 18:53	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:43	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:33	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:23	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:04	86 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:53	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:50	68 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:49	86 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:46	54 MW	6	N20
20 October at 14:43	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:35	116 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:34	43 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:33	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:28	100 MW	12	N
20 October at 14:20	277 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:19	218 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 14:13	32 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:05	194 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:04	226 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 14:03	63 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:53	71 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:51	84 MW	9	N21
20 October at 13:49	171 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:34	105 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:34	99 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:33	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:19	105 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:04	101 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:53	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:49	105 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:33	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:03	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:53	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:34	59 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:19	55 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:19	102 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:04	133 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:04	163 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:03	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:53	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:49	146 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:49	233 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 10:43	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:34	163 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:34	134 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:33	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:19	119 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:04	60 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:49	55 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:34	39 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:01	7 MW	1	Terra
19 October at 15:08	19 MW	2	N20
19 October at 14:49	55 MW	9	N
19 October at 14:10	26 MW	5	N21
18 October at 17:01	104 MW	2	Aqua
18 October at 15:06	49 MW	6	N
18 October at 14:29	105 MW	7	N21
18 October at 13:47	42 MW	4	N20
17 October at 14:49	34 MW	6	N21
17 October at 14:04	117 MW	13	N20
17 October at 13:47	80 MW	9	N
16 October at 15:08	9 MW	1	N21
16 October at 14:23	176 MW	22	N20
16 October at 14:04	150 MW	22	N
16 October at 13:28	167 MW	13	N21
16 October at 01:50	1 MW	1	N20
16 October at 01:29	1 MW	1	N
15 October at 16:46	27 MW	2	Aqua
15 October at 14:42	95 MW	14	N20
15 October at 14:21	126 MW	21	N
15 October at 13:47	160 MW	20	N21
13 October at 14:59	5 MW	1	N
13 October at 14:23	93 MW	10	N21
13 October at 13:40	8 MW	1	N20
11 October at 14:19	5 MW	2	N20
9 October at 14:36	6 MW	1	N
8 October at 15:14	69 MW	6	N20
8 October at 14:53	241 MW	23	N
8 October at 14:19	425 MW	38	N21
8 October at 13:34	48 MW	3	N20
7 October at 02:03	1 MW	2	N21
6 October at 14:55	357 MW	24	N21
6 October at 14:10	364 MW	31	N20
6 October at 13:51	244 MW	24	N
5 October at 14:29	185 MW	20	N20
5 October at 14:10	188 MW	19	N
5 October at 13:34	177 MW	15	N21
5 October at 09:07	6 MW	1	Terra
4 October at 16:22	399 MW	31	Aqua
4 October at 14:46	1,465 MW	56	N20
4 October at 14:27	936 MW	63	N
4 October at 13:51	456 MW	32	N21
4 October at 01:18	1 MW	1	N21
3 October at 15:08	1,215 MW	74	N20
3 October at 14:49	1,050 MW	86	N
3 October at 14:11	1,186 MW	58	N21
3 October at 13:25	587 MW	39	N20
2 October at 16:44	97 MW	7	Aqua
2 October at 15:06	142 MW	13	N
2 October at 14:29	299 MW	21	N21
2 October at 13:47	223 MW	11	N20
1 October at 16:08	373 MW	10	Aqua
1 October at 14:49	555 MW	37	N21
1 October at 14:04	1,003 MW	24	N20
1 October at 13:45	247 MW	26	N
30 September at 21:21	12 MW	2	Terra
30 September at 17:07	59 MW	1	Aqua
30 September at 15:08	71 MW	6	N21
30 September at 14:23	1,624 MW	128	N20
30 September at 14:04	1,853 MW	94	N
30 September at 13:28	138 MW	8	N21
29 September at 16:29	672 MW	39	Aqua
29 September at 14:42	12 MW	2	N20
29 September at 14:21	59 MW	9	N
29 September at 02:07	1 MW	2	N20
29 September at 01:12	3 MW	2	N21
28 September at 15:01	412 MW	36	N20
28 September at 14:04	973 MW	60	N21
28 September at 02:07	1 MW	1	N
28 September at 01:29	1 MW	1	N21
27 September at 16:52	238 MW	12	Aqua
27 September at 14:59	1,667 MW	141	N
27 September at 14:23	1,806 MW	112	N21
27 September at 13:40	1,574 MW	104	N20
27 September at 01:50	1 MW	2	N21
26 September at 16:14	403 MW	8	Aqua
26 September at 15:21	186 MW	17	N
26 September at 14:42	1,142 MW	64	N21
26 September at 13:57	853 MW	54	N20
26 September at 13:38	250 MW	13	N
25 September at 15:01	2,033 MW	92	N21
25 September at 14:17	1,310 MW	130	N20
25 September at 13:57	2,394 MW	141	N
25 September at 13:19	1,241 MW	67	N21
24 September at 16:37	589 MW	22	Aqua
24 September at 14:36	2,190 MW	68	N20
24 September at 14:17	1,414 MW	89	N
24 September at 13:40	639 MW	40	N21
24 September at 02:01	1 MW	1	N20
24 September at 01:41	1 MW	1	N
23 September at 15:59	74 MW	2	Aqua
23 September at 14:35	99 MW	14	N

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