Fire near Moxico (AO)

13.86°S, 21.37°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 16:16, that is 29 days, through 6,738 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 101,654 ha.

Detected extent: 101,654 ha
Cumulative power: 107,909 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 409 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 6,738
Estimated emissions: 23.2 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 21:53	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:05	20 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 21:05	22 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 20:33	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:53	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:43	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:23	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:43	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:33	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:23	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:53	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:43	40 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:35	18 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:34	26 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:33	40 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:23	62 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 17:20	46 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 17:19	72 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:13	133 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 17:05	100 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 17:04	101 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:03	120 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:53	153 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:50	44 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:49	134 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 16:43	212 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:35	265 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:34	130 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:33	123 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:23	60 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:20	173 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:16	363 MW	12	Aqua
22 October at 16:13	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:03	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:53	155 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:43	193 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:33	173 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 15:23	129 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:13	110 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:03	143 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:53	519 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 14:53	370 MW	20	N21
22 October at 14:49	703 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:43	925 MW	18	Met12
22 October at 14:33	650 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 14:23	313 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:13	209 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:10	530 MW	52	N20
22 October at 14:03	123 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:53	142 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:49	208 MW	20	N
22 October at 13:43	106 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:33	45 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:23	86 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:19	120 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:19	59 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:15	104 MW	7	N21
22 October at 13:13	61 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:04	58 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:04	122 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:03	126 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:53	319 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 12:49	55 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:49	49 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:43	35 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:34	51 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:34	55 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:33	163 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:23	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:19	49 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:19	55 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:13	32 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:04	64 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:04	118 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:03	47 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:53	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:49	60 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:43	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:33	42 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 02:22	9 MW	2	N21
22 October at 01:37	15 MW	3	N20
22 October at 01:18	7 MW	4	N
21 October at 17:43	22 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:35	22 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:33	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:23	33 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:19	49 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:13	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:05	100 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 17:04	188 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 17:03	101 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 16:53	90 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:43	65 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:35	177 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:34	183 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:33	175 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:23	151 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:20	475 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 16:19	376 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 16:13	127 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:05	156 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:04	107 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:03	209 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:53	136 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:50	37 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:49	54 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:43	164 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:35	41 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:33	173 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 15:23	87 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:20	62 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:13	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:04	140 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:04	84 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:03	113 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:53	72 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:49	154 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:49	99 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:43	413 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 14:34	235 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:34	103 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:33	126 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:29	703 MW	44	N20
21 October at 14:23	196 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:13	73 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:10	287 MW	22	N
21 October at 14:03	279 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:53	72 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:43	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:33	72 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:32	426 MW	39	N21
21 October at 13:23	136 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:13	99 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:03	148 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:53	134 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:43	147 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:34	150 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:34	103 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:33	179 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:19	45 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:13	59 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:04	67 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:03	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:53	43 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:49	80 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:49	148 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:34	181 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 11:33	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:23	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:13	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:53	39 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:49	64 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:43	68 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:34	101 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:33	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:03	71 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 09:43	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:33	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:56	3 MW	5	N20
21 October at 01:35	4 MW	3	N
20 October at 19:33	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:23	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:13	41 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 19:03	44 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 18:53	56 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 18:23	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:13	76 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 18:03	123 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 17:53	134 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 17:43	150 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 17:33	216 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 17:23	164 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 17:13	129 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 17:03	168 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 16:53	164 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 16:43	244 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 16:40	646 MW	28	Aqua
20 October at 16:33	482 MW	23	Met12
20 October at 16:23	312 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 16:13	465 MW	26	Met12
20 October at 16:05	436 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 16:03	361 MW	17	Met12
20 October at 15:53	784 MW	24	Met12
20 October at 15:50	265 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:49	131 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:43	442 MW	17	Met12
20 October at 15:35	638 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:33	208 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 15:23	664 MW	19	Met12
20 October at 15:19	337 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:19	56 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:13	507 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 15:04	55 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:03	566 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 14:53	516 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 14:49	133 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:46	1,096 MW	86	N20
20 October at 14:43	518 MW	16	Met12
20 October at 14:34	94 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:33	590 MW	23	Met12
20 October at 14:27	1,325 MW	90	N
20 October at 14:23	279 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 14:19	177 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:19	52 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:13	128 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:04	101 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:04	247 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:03	242 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:53	167 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:51	888 MW	51	N21
20 October at 13:49	258 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:49	42 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:43	893 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 13:34	126 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:33	399 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 13:23	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:13	71 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:03	48 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:53	346 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 12:43	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:34	56 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:33	151 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:23	278 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 12:19	228 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:19	137 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:13	197 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:04	507 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 12:04	305 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:03	286 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 11:53	33 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:49	39 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:43	87 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:34	157 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:34	198 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 11:33	168 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:23	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:13	54 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 02:16	2 MW	2	N20
20 October at 01:56	3 MW	5	N
20 October at 01:18	2 MW	2	N21
19 October at 16:01	917 MW	11	Aqua
19 October at 15:08	430 MW	24	N20
19 October at 14:49	906 MW	54	N
19 October at 14:10	676 MW	30	N21
19 October at 13:25	125 MW	11	N20
19 October at 02:35	1 MW	1	N20
19 October at 02:13	3 MW	2	N
19 October at 01:37	5 MW	2	N21
18 October at 15:06	273 MW	28	N
18 October at 14:29	466 MW	46	N21
18 October at 13:47	937 MW	23	N20
18 October at 13:25	8 MW	1	N
18 October at 02:35	2 MW	2	N
18 October at 01:56	5 MW	5	N21
18 October at 01:12	2 MW	2	N20
17 October at 14:49	1,280 MW	93	N21
17 October at 14:04	3,193 MW	95	N20
17 October at 13:45	1,875 MW	129	N
17 October at 02:14	2 MW	3	N21
17 October at 01:31	1 MW	1	N20
16 October at 15:46	1,980 MW	17	Aqua
16 October at 14:21	2,596 MW	178	N20
16 October at 14:04	2,286 MW	125	N
16 October at 13:25	2,954 MW	119	N21
16 October at 01:50	15 MW	14	N20
16 October at 01:29	9 MW	8	N
16 October at 00:54	16 MW	5	N21
15 October at 21:17	7 MW	1	Terra
15 October at 16:46	924 MW	21	Aqua
15 October at 14:42	2,441 MW	98	N20
15 October at 14:21	2,195 MW	133	N
15 October at 13:47	2,303 MW	100	N21
15 October at 09:03	5 MW	1	Terra
15 October at 02:07	2 MW	1	N20
14 October at 16:10	398 MW	8	Aqua
14 October at 14:59	45 MW	8	N20
14 October at 14:40	168 MW	27	N
14 October at 14:04	166 MW	18	N21
13 October at 14:59	41 MW	8	N
13 October at 14:22	76 MW	6	N21
13 October at 13:40	84 MW	15	N20
12 October at 16:31	70 MW	7	Aqua
12 October at 14:42	8 MW	2	N21
12 October at 02:45	0 MW	1	N
11 October at 14:17	17 MW	3	N20
11 October at 13:57	37 MW	4	N
11 October at 13:19	14 MW	2	N21
11 October at 02:28	0 MW	1	N21
10 October at 14:17	53 MW	7	N
10 October at 13:40	42 MW	5	N21
9 October at 16:14	28 MW	2	Aqua
9 October at 14:53	6 MW	1	N20
9 October at 14:34	18 MW	3	N
9 October at 13:57	50 MW	3	N21
8 October at 14:17	232 MW	21	N21
8 October at 13:32	368 MW	22	N20
8 October at 01:44	1 MW	1	N21
7 October at 16:37	85 MW	5	Aqua
7 October at 15:12	141 MW	10	N
7 October at 14:36	313 MW	21	N21
7 October at 13:51	130 MW	16	N20
7 October at 13:32	18 MW	2	N
7 October at 02:39	1 MW	2	N
7 October at 02:03	4 MW	6	N21
7 October at 01:18	4 MW	6	N20
6 October at 15:59	423 MW	15	Aqua
6 October at 14:53	2,571 MW	103	N21
6 October at 14:10	1,572 MW	114	N20
6 October at 13:49	970 MW	68	N
6 October at 13:15	476 MW	17	N21
6 October at 01:37	5 MW	2	N20
5 October at 16:59	30 MW	1	Aqua
5 October at 14:28	1,480 MW	118	N20
5 October at 14:10	1,249 MW	87	N
5 October at 13:32	1,654 MW	88	N21
5 October at 09:07	53 MW	4	Terra
5 October at 01:56	3 MW	4	N20
5 October at 01:35	5 MW	2	N
5 October at 01:01	2 MW	2	N21
4 October at 16:22	709 MW	42	Aqua
4 October at 14:46	980 MW	106	N20
4 October at 14:27	1,206 MW	94	N
4 October at 13:51	1,955 MW	71	N21
4 October at 01:56	4 MW	6	N
3 October at 21:38	10 MW	1	Terra
3 October at 15:44	770 MW	7	Aqua
3 October at 15:06	596 MW	46	N20
3 October at 14:49	1,191 MW	65	N
3 October at 14:10	746 MW	59	N21
3 October at 13:25	391 MW	34	N20
2 October at 16:44	56 MW	3	Aqua
2 October at 15:06	85 MW	11	N
2 October at 14:29	201 MW	13	N21
2 October at 13:47	47 MW	6	N20
2 October at 01:56	1 MW	1	N21
2 October at 01:12	0 MW	1	N20
1 October at 16:08	48 MW	2	Aqua
1 October at 14:49	189 MW	17	N21
1 October at 14:04	230 MW	18	N20
1 October at 13:45	317 MW	35	N
1 October at 09:46	109 MW	2	Terra
1 October at 03:54	21 MW	2	Aqua
1 October at 02:14	6 MW	4	N21
30 September at 14:21	346 MW	46	N20
30 September at 14:04	542 MW	42	N
30 September at 13:25	244 MW	28	N21
30 September at 09:09	13 MW	2	Terra
30 September at 02:35	3 MW	1	N21
29 September at 16:29	193 MW	11	Aqua
29 September at 14:42	282 MW	22	N20
29 September at 14:21	116 MW	19	N
29 September at 13:47	77 MW	12	N21
29 September at 02:07	4 MW	3	N20
29 September at 01:48	8 MW	4	N
29 September at 01:12	11 MW	5	N21
28 September at 14:59	18 MW	2	N20
28 September at 14:04	200 MW	22	N21
28 September at 13:19	16 MW	2	N20
28 September at 02:28	30 MW	7	N20
28 September at 02:07	10 MW	7	N
28 September at 01:31	9 MW	4	N21
27 September at 16:52	69 MW	3	Aqua
27 September at 14:59	516 MW	64	N
27 September at 14:22	1,134 MW	74	N21
27 September at 13:38	720 MW	96	N20
27 September at 02:45	3 MW	2	N20
27 September at 02:26	4 MW	3	N
27 September at 01:50	10 MW	9	N21
27 September at 01:05	1 MW	1	N20
26 September at 16:14	1,805 MW	68	Aqua
26 September at 15:18	994 MW	52	N
26 September at 14:42	2,543 MW	211	N21
26 September at 13:57	2,083 MW	182	N20
26 September at 13:38	2,180 MW	145	N
26 September at 02:45	4 MW	3	N
26 September at 02:07	11 MW	9	N21
26 September at 01:24	7 MW	4	N20
26 September at 01:03	6 MW	4	N
25 September at 21:21	6 MW	1	Terra
25 September at 14:59	4,165 MW	177	N21
25 September at 14:17	3,846 MW	252	N20
25 September at 13:55	3,468 MW	224	N
25 September at 13:19	3,379 MW	151	N21
25 September at 09:09	43 MW	6	Terra
24 September at 16:35	683 MW	30	Aqua
24 September at 14:36	2,060 MW	76	N20
24 September at 14:17	913 MW	59	N
24 September at 13:40	1,542 MW	37	N21
24 September at 02:01	1 MW	1	N20

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