Fire near Moxico (AO)

13.04°S, 23.47°E · first detected on 23 September at 13:13

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 13:13 to 22 October at 14:10, that is 29 days, through 1,762 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 27,777 ha.

Detected extent: 27,777 ha
Cumulative power: 25,605 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 212 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,762
Estimated emissions: 6.1 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 14:10	25 MW	7	N20
22 October at 13:51	13 MW	2	N
22 October at 13:03	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:33	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:23	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:13	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:29	16 MW	4	N20
21 October at 14:10	85 MW	10	N
21 October at 13:53	35 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:32	10 MW	2	N21
21 October at 13:03	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:43	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:23	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:56	1 MW	1	N20
20 October at 17:23	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:13	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:03	60 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:40	19 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 15:53	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:43	68 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:33	31 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:46	23 MW	2	N20
20 October at 14:27	263 MW	8	N
20 October at 14:23	70 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:13	109 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:03	26 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:51	38 MW	4	N21
20 October at 13:23	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:53	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:43	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:23	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:13	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:04	58 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:03	46 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:33	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:23	49 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:01	33 MW	2	Aqua
19 October at 14:49	48 MW	13	N
19 October at 14:10	74 MW	11	N21
19 October at 13:25	104 MW	14	N20
19 October at 02:35	1 MW	1	N20
19 October at 02:13	2 MW	2	N
18 October at 15:06	12 MW	1	N
18 October at 14:29	141 MW	10	N21
18 October at 13:47	87 MW	5	N20
18 October at 13:25	49 MW	4	N
17 October at 14:49	142 MW	12	N21
17 October at 14:04	134 MW	17	N20
17 October at 13:45	83 MW	9	N
17 October at 13:08	88 MW	4	N21
17 October at 02:13	10 MW	5	N21
17 October at 01:29	9 MW	6	N20
17 October at 01:12	8 MW	6	N
16 October at 15:46	32 MW	1	Aqua
16 October at 14:23	671 MW	44	N20
16 October at 14:04	792 MW	56	N
16 October at 13:25	1,177 MW	26	N21
15 October at 16:46	21 MW	1	Aqua
15 October at 14:42	177 MW	16	N20
15 October at 14:21	99 MW	16	N
15 October at 13:47	151 MW	12	N21
14 October at 16:10	29 MW	2	Aqua
14 October at 14:59	76 MW	5	N20
14 October at 14:42	103 MW	8	N
14 October at 14:04	43 MW	10	N21
14 October at 13:19	64 MW	7	N20
11 October at 14:17	6 MW	2	N20
10 October at 14:36	13 MW	2	N20
10 October at 14:17	51 MW	9	N
10 October at 13:40	66 MW	7	N21
9 October at 13:57	21 MW	4	N21
7 October at 14:36	4 MW	1	N21
6 October at 01:35	2 MW	1	N20
6 October at 01:18	2 MW	3	N
5 October at 21:19	5 MW	1	Terra
5 October at 14:29	522 MW	29	N20
5 October at 14:10	113 MW	24	N
5 October at 13:34	196 MW	13	N21
4 October at 16:22	121 MW	9	Aqua
4 October at 14:46	240 MW	33	N20
4 October at 14:27	433 MW	42	N
4 October at 13:51	595 MW	49	N21
4 October at 02:13	3 MW	2	N20
4 October at 01:56	5 MW	4	N
4 October at 01:18	5 MW	3	N21
3 October at 15:44	332 MW	4	Aqua
3 October at 14:49	118 MW	22	N
3 October at 14:10	124 MW	12	N21
3 October at 13:25	54 MW	8	N20
3 October at 01:37	1 MW	1	N21
2 October at 14:29	17 MW	3	N21
2 October at 13:47	13 MW	2	N20
2 October at 13:25	11 MW	1	N
2 October at 01:56	1 MW	1	N21
2 October at 01:12	1 MW	2	N20
1 October at 16:08	21 MW	2	Aqua
1 October at 14:49	190 MW	15	N21
1 October at 14:04	824 MW	25	N20
1 October at 13:45	339 MW	14	N
1 October at 13:08	15 MW	1	N21
30 September at 14:21	30 MW	4	N20
30 September at 14:04	22 MW	2	N
29 September at 13:47	52 MW	2	N21
28 September at 13:19	30 MW	2	N20
27 September at 14:59	66 MW	2	N
27 September at 14:23	77 MW	5	N21
27 September at 13:38	141 MW	10	N20
27 September at 13:19	17 MW	2	N
27 September at 08:48	35 MW	2	Terra
27 September at 02:26	3 MW	3	N
27 September at 01:50	8 MW	9	N21
26 September at 16:14	469 MW	17	Aqua
26 September at 14:42	291 MW	25	N21
26 September at 13:57	1,470 MW	100	N20
26 September at 13:38	652 MW	72	N
26 September at 02:45	6 MW	3	N
26 September at 02:07	17 MW	12	N21
26 September at 01:24	11 MW	8	N20
26 September at 01:03	11 MW	3	N
25 September at 21:21	59 MW	8	Terra
25 September at 15:36	1,216 MW	15	Aqua
25 September at 14:17	1,989 MW	152	N20
25 September at 13:57	2,318 MW	139	N
25 September at 13:19	1,852 MW	137	N21
25 September at 09:09	25 MW	3	Terra
25 September at 02:28	19 MW	10	N21
25 September at 01:43	16 MW	18	N20
25 September at 01:24	10 MW	7	N
25 September at 00:46	19 MW	6	N21
24 September at 20:45	28 MW	1	Terra
24 September at 16:35	615 MW	22	Aqua
24 September at 14:36	1,052 MW	48	N20
24 September at 14:17	1,485 MW	96	N
24 September at 13:40	1,097 MW	52	N21
24 September at 02:01	2 MW	2	N20
24 September at 01:41	3 MW	2	N
24 September at 01:05	4 MW	1	N21
23 September at 14:53	23 MW	2	N20
23 September at 14:34	58 MW	4	N

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