Fire near Moxico (AO)

14.37°S, 21.48°E · first detected on 23 September at 02:03

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 02:03 to 22 October at 02:22, that is 29 days, through 1,065 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 13,997 ha.

Detected extent: 13,997 ha
Cumulative power: 24,394 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 300 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,065
Estimated emissions: 25.0 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.

Before, after: the burn scar seen from space

Sentinel-2 satellite image of the same area near Moxico (AO) during the fire, on 19 October 2026

Sentinel-2 satellite image of the area near Moxico (AO) before the fire, on 16 September 2026

Before · 16 September 2026During · 19 October 2026

Sentinel-2, 10 m resolution. No sufficiently clear pass has followed the fire going out yet: the second image was taken DURING the fire, so the burn scar had not finished spreading. It will be replaced automatically at the first clear sky. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data (2026).

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 17:13	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:03	34 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:53	39 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:43	67 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:35	118 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:34	108 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:33	161 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:23	99 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 16:20	36 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:19	70 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:16	105 MW	6	Aqua
22 October at 16:13	52 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:05	158 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:04	41 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:03	64 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:53	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:50	194 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:49	107 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:43	184 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 15:34	196 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:34	94 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:33	74 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:23	78 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:19	38 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:53	1,153 MW	27	N21
22 October at 14:43	70 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:23	28 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:10	103 MW	10	N20
22 October at 14:03	70 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:53	186 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:49	37 MW	1	N
22 October at 13:43	45 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:33	233 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:23	369 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:19	775 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 13:19	744 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:15	280 MW	8	N21
22 October at 13:13	483 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:04	307 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 13:04	265 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:03	133 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:53	121 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:49	137 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:49	171 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:43	138 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:34	44 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:34	136 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:33	132 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:23	105 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:53	82 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:13	120 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:04	156 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:03	324 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:53	372 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:49	287 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:43	130 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:33	91 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:23	218 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:13	34 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:03	73 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:53	38 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 02:22	2 MW	1	N21
22 October at 01:37	2 MW	2	N20
22 October at 01:18	1 MW	1	N
21 October at 18:13	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:03	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:53	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:43	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:34	27 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:33	70 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:23	52 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:20	57 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:19	35 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:13	69 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:05	88 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 17:04	99 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 17:03	71 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:53	120 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 16:50	97 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:49	173 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 16:43	40 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:23	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:13	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:50	197 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:49	108 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:43	126 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:33	29 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:23	51 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:19	140 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:19	136 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:13	45 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:03	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:53	92 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:43	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:34	91 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:33	186 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:29	288 MW	13	N20
21 October at 14:23	166 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:19	112 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:10	353 MW	14	N
21 October at 14:03	77 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:43	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:33	24 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:32	216 MW	14	N21
21 October at 13:03	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:53	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:43	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:33	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:23	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:19	110 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:13	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:03	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:43	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:33	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:23	85 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:19	64 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:19	75 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:13	43 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:04	72 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:04	70 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:03	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:53	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:34	69 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:19	61 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 19:13	52 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:33	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:23	46 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:13	77 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 17:03	220 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 16:53	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:43	81 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:40	117 MW	7	Aqua
20 October at 16:33	66 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:23	93 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:13	113 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:05	109 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 16:03	123 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:53	117 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 15:49	45 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:43	188 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:34	49 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:34	129 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:33	519 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 15:23	376 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 15:19	317 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 15:19	220 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:13	716 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 15:04	97 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:04	218 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:03	486 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 14:53	351 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 14:49	169 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:49	212 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:46	350 MW	29	N20
20 October at 14:43	216 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:34	396 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:34	155 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:33	544 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 14:27	908 MW	34	N
20 October at 14:23	143 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:19	718 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 14:13	1,445 MW	16	Met12
20 October at 14:04	634 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:04	201 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:03	363 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 13:53	811 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:51	716 MW	17	N21
20 October at 13:49	78 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:49	309 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:43	232 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:34	148 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:34	565 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:33	578 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 13:23	417 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 13:19	566 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 13:13	408 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:04	312 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 13:04	599 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 13:03	306 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:53	297 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:49	57 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:43	262 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:33	142 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:23	146 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:13	186 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:04	68 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:04	98 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:03	269 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:53	28 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:49	154 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:49	60 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:43	25 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:33	59 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:23	26 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:19	96 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:13	43 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:04	155 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:04	307 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 11:03	233 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:53	137 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:49	62 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:43	99 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 10:33	50 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:23	36 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:13	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:03	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:53	151 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 09:49	64 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 09:49	235 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 09:43	58 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:33	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:23	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 02:16	3 MW	3	N20
20 October at 01:56	3 MW	2	N
20 October at 01:18	5 MW	2	N21
19 October at 17:35	19 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 17:34	20 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 17:33	26 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 17:23	14 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 17:20	44 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 17:19	28 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 17:13	19 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 17:05	55 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 17:04	61 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 17:03	71 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:53	84 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:50	90 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 16:49	94 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 16:43	92 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:35	181 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 16:34	187 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 16:33	152 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 16:23	193 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 16:20	269 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 16:19	360 MW	7	Met10
19 October at 16:13	483 MW	11	Met12
19 October at 16:05	255 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 16:04	192 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 16:03	97 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 16:01	115 MW	3	Aqua
19 October at 15:53	191 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 15:49	84 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 15:49	149 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 15:43	202 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 15:34	201 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 15:34	323 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 15:33	181 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 15:23	216 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 15:19	1,070 MW	8	Met9
19 October at 15:19	574 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 15:13	332 MW	9	Met12
19 October at 15:07	346 MW	18	N20
19 October at 15:03	95 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 14:53	220 MW	9	Met12
19 October at 14:49	546 MW	30	N
19 October at 14:43	191 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 14:33	198 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 14:23	63 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 14:10	224 MW	14	N21
19 October at 13:53	30 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:43	395 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 13:33	256 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 13:25	194 MW	11	N20
19 October at 13:23	28 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:13	37 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:03	259 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 12:53	66 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:43	391 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 12:33	252 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 12:23	91 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 12:13	56 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 11:23	29 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 11:13	264 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 11:04	318 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 11:04	183 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 11:03	96 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 10:53	87 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 10:49	168 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 10:19	75 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 14:29	62 MW	7	N21
18 October at 13:47	19 MW	1	N20
17 October at 14:49	349 MW	32	N21
17 October at 14:04	345 MW	28	N20
17 October at 13:45	252 MW	21	N
17 October at 02:16	2 MW	2	N21
17 October at 01:31	6 MW	3	N20
17 October at 01:12	2 MW	1	N
16 October at 15:46	1,297 MW	10	Aqua
16 October at 14:21	2,880 MW	56	N20
16 October at 14:04	1,637 MW	42	N
16 October at 13:25	2,285 MW	50	N21
15 October at 16:46	110 MW	5	Aqua
15 October at 14:42	304 MW	25	N20
15 October at 14:21	336 MW	22	N
15 October at 13:47	166 MW	12	N21
15 October at 09:03	39 MW	3	Terra
14 October at 16:10	112 MW	3	Aqua
14 October at 14:59	59 MW	5	N20
14 October at 14:40	209 MW	21	N
14 October at 14:04	317 MW	14	N21
14 October at 13:19	240 MW	10	N20
14 October at 02:28	2 MW	1	N20
12 October at 01:26	1 MW	1	N20
11 October at 14:59	20 MW	2	N21
11 October at 14:17	26 MW	6	N20
11 October at 13:56	31 MW	5	N
11 October at 13:19	48 MW	4	N21
10 October at 14:36	47 MW	9	N20
10 October at 14:17	145 MW	10	N
10 October at 13:38	50 MW	3	N21
10 October at 02:01	2 MW	2	N20
9 October at 13:57	46 MW	3	N21
8 October at 14:53	104 MW	8	N
8 October at 14:17	114 MW	9	N21
8 October at 13:32	43 MW	9	N20
7 October at 16:37	13 MW	1	Aqua
7 October at 14:36	139 MW	11	N21
7 October at 13:51	13 MW	2	N20
6 October at 14:53	55 MW	4	N21
6 October at 14:10	61 MW	6	N20
6 October at 13:49	54 MW	5	N
6 October at 13:15	10 MW	1	N21
5 October at 14:27	305 MW	17	N20
5 October at 14:10	432 MW	23	N
5 October at 13:32	150 MW	17	N21
4 October at 16:22	19 MW	3	Aqua
4 October at 14:46	78 MW	8	N20
4 October at 14:27	130 MW	8	N
4 October at 13:51	214 MW	8	N21
3 October at 15:44	356 MW	3	Aqua
3 October at 15:06	64 MW	6	N20
3 October at 14:47	75 MW	8	N
3 October at 14:10	80 MW	5	N21
3 October at 13:25	24 MW	1	N20
2 October at 15:06	5 MW	1	N
2 October at 14:29	14 MW	2	N21
1 October at 16:08	33 MW	1	Aqua
1 October at 14:49	59 MW	7	N21
1 October at 14:04	56 MW	6	N20
1 October at 13:45	621 MW	31	N
29 September at 16:29	7 MW	1	Aqua
29 September at 14:42	66 MW	3	N20
28 September at 14:59	20 MW	2	N20
28 September at 14:04	246 MW	26	N21
28 September at 13:19	21 MW	2	N20
27 September at 16:50	97 MW	4	Aqua
27 September at 14:59	68 MW	13	N
27 September at 14:21	195 MW	9	N21
27 September at 13:38	293 MW	12	N20
27 September at 02:26	1 MW	1	N
27 September at 01:50	1 MW	1	N21
26 September at 16:14	54 MW	3	Aqua
26 September at 15:18	45 MW	3	N
26 September at 14:42	747 MW	27	N21
26 September at 13:57	214 MW	11	N20
26 September at 13:38	437 MW	13	N
26 September at 02:07	2 MW	1	N21
26 September at 01:24	2 MW	2	N20
25 September at 14:59	1,105 MW	43	N21
25 September at 14:17	845 MW	48	N20
25 September at 13:55	795 MW	48	N
25 September at 13:19	2,075 MW	42	N21
25 September at 09:09	13 MW	1	Terra
24 September at 16:35	257 MW	8	Aqua
24 September at 14:34	348 MW	12	N20
24 September at 14:17	16 MW	1	N
23 September at 14:53	17 MW	2	N20
23 September at 13:57	121 MW	3	N21

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