Fire near Moxico (AO)

14.29°S, 20.95°E · first detected on 22 September at 14:17

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 22 September at 14:17 to 22 October at 01:37, that is 29 days, through 1,220 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 17,697 ha.

Detected extent: 17,697 ha
Cumulative power: 35,444 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 308 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,220
Estimated emissions: 6.7 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 October 2026 to 20 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 20 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 16 October 2026

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

Before · 16 September 2026During · 16 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 02:22	9 MW	2	N21
22 October at 01:37	17 MW	5	N20
22 October at 01:18	7 MW	3	N
21 October at 17:43	22 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:23	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:20	26 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:19	49 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:05	55 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:04	51 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:03	73 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:53	86 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:49	38 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:43	121 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:35	207 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:34	183 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:33	189 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 16:23	172 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:20	475 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 16:19	376 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 16:13	169 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 16:05	156 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:04	107 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:03	392 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 15:53	167 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 15:50	37 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:49	54 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:43	319 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 15:35	41 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:34	132 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:34	421 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 15:33	310 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 15:23	347 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 15:20	62 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:19	109 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:19	36 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:13	148 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:04	84 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:04	224 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:03	318 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:53	262 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:49	530 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:49	99 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:43	1,093 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 14:34	196 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:34	103 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:33	542 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:29	970 MW	64	N20
21 October at 14:23	614 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 14:13	381 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 14:10	1,068 MW	37	N
21 October at 14:03	372 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 13:53	404 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:43	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:33	144 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:32	475 MW	35	N21
21 October at 13:23	136 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:13	191 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:03	181 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:53	180 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:49	48 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:43	172 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:34	150 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:34	191 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:33	169 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:23	152 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:19	257 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 12:19	171 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:13	177 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:04	303 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 12:04	122 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:03	123 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:53	101 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 11:49	126 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:49	80 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:43	26 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:34	80 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:34	186 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 11:33	106 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:23	58 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:13	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:04	53 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:04	85 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:03	99 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:53	77 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:49	56 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:49	153 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 10:43	138 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:34	45 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:33	35 MW	2	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	4 MW	7	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	90 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 18:53	81 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 18:43	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:33	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:23	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:13	99 MW	5	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	226 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 17:23	153 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 17:13	129 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 17:03	156 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 16:53	197 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 16:43	264 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 16:40	769 MW	32	Aqua
20 October at 16:33	500 MW	23	Met12
20 October at 16:23	493 MW	19	Met12
20 October at 16:13	400 MW	21	Met12
20 October at 16:05	436 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 16:03	324 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 15:53	796 MW	25	Met12
20 October at 15:50	265 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:49	131 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:43	459 MW	18	Met12
20 October at 15:35	638 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:33	224 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 15:23	694 MW	21	Met12
20 October at 15:19	337 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:19	56 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:13	493 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 15:04	55 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:03	565 MW	15	Met12
20 October at 14:53	406 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 14:49	70 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:46	1,031 MW	80	N20
20 October at 14:43	349 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 14:34	94 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:33	473 MW	16	Met12
20 October at 14:27	1,255 MW	80	N
20 October at 14:23	308 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 14:19	227 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:13	113 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:04	311 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:04	101 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:03	242 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:53	121 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:51	815 MW	47	N21
20 October at 13:49	360 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:43	853 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 13:34	49 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:33	358 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 13:23	113 MW	4	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 12:33	121 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:23	277 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:19	75 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:13	173 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 12:04	236 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:04	434 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 12:03	220 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 11:53	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:49	124 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:49	176 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 11:43	87 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:34	260 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:34	222 MW	3	Met10
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 11:04	56 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:04	52 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:49	114 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:49	79 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:43	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:34	57 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:34	50 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:19	41 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:49	41 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 02:16	1 MW	1	N20
20 October at 01:56	2 MW	3	N
20 October at 01:18	1 MW	1	N21
19 October at 18:50	26 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 18:49	31 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 18:43	38 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 18:35	21 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 18:34	20 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 18:23	22 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 18:20	25 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 18:19	26 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 18:13	39 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 18:05	166 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 18:04	157 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 18:03	106 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 17:53	94 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 17:50	116 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 17:49	110 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 17:43	138 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 17:35	250 MW	7	Met9
19 October at 17:34	246 MW	6	Met10
19 October at 17:33	262 MW	10	Met12
19 October at 17:23	361 MW	12	Met12
19 October at 17:20	768 MW	11	Met9
19 October at 17:19	687 MW	8	Met10
19 October at 17:13	403 MW	11	Met12
19 October at 17:05	246 MW	6	Met9
19 October at 17:04	309 MW	7	Met10
19 October at 17:03	298 MW	12	Met12
19 October at 16:53	523 MW	19	Met12
19 October at 16:50	603 MW	7	Met9
19 October at 16:49	951 MW	13	Met10
19 October at 16:43	597 MW	16	Met12
19 October at 16:35	545 MW	9	Met9
19 October at 16:34	789 MW	14	Met10
19 October at 16:33	573 MW	16	Met12
19 October at 16:23	527 MW	18	Met12
19 October at 16:20	863 MW	13	Met9
19 October at 16:19	991 MW	15	Met10
19 October at 16:13	757 MW	24	Met12
19 October at 16:05	1,135 MW	17	Met9
19 October at 16:04	1,135 MW	17	Met10
19 October at 16:03	868 MW	25	Met12
19 October at 16:01	882 MW	9	Aqua
19 October at 15:53	625 MW	24	Met12
19 October at 15:50	827 MW	13	Met9
19 October at 15:49	543 MW	11	Met10
19 October at 15:43	541 MW	23	Met12
19 October at 15:34	636 MW	9	Met10
19 October at 15:34	533 MW	8	Met9
19 October at 15:33	684 MW	23	Met12
19 October at 15:23	1,277 MW	29	Met12
19 October at 15:19	813 MW	8	Met9
19 October at 15:19	1,389 MW	12	Met10
19 October at 15:13	435 MW	14	Met12
19 October at 15:08	606 MW	38	N20
19 October at 15:04	258 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 15:04	245 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 15:03	481 MW	19	Met12
19 October at 14:53	584 MW	23	Met12
19 October at 14:49	170 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 14:49	98 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 14:49	1,130 MW	70	N
19 October at 14:43	957 MW	21	Met12
19 October at 14:34	94 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 14:33	679 MW	15	Met12
19 October at 14:23	516 MW	12	Met12
19 October at 14:19	67 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 14:13	360 MW	10	Met12
19 October at 14:10	844 MW	41	N21
19 October at 14:03	78 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 13:53	23 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:43	16 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:33	383 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 13:25	322 MW	17	N20
19 October at 13:23	231 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 13:13	26 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:03	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 12:33	46 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 12:13	48 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:03	107 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 11:33	39 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 11:13	587 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 11:04	1,327 MW	6	Met9
19 October at 11:04	907 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 11:03	684 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 10:53	348 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 10:49	219 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 10:49	308 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 10:43	43 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 10:34	209 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 10:34	140 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 10:33	56 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 10:23	28 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 09:53	30 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 02:35	1 MW	1	N20
19 October at 02:13	3 MW	3	N
19 October at 01:37	5 MW	2	N21
18 October at 21:34	8 MW	1	Terra
18 October at 15:06	411 MW	31	N
18 October at 14:29	773 MW	60	N21
18 October at 13:47	1,256 MW	46	N20
18 October at 13:25	26 MW	3	N
18 October at 02:35	2 MW	3	N
18 October at 01:56	8 MW	7	N21
18 October at 01:12	7 MW	4	N20
17 October at 14:49	1,820 MW	127	N21
17 October at 14:04	4,190 MW	106	N20
17 October at 13:45	2,881 MW	137	N
17 October at 02:14	3 MW	4	N21
17 October at 01:31	1 MW	1	N20
16 October at 15:46	2,160 MW	20	Aqua
16 October at 15:06	674 MW	12	N21
16 October at 14:21	2,741 MW	150	N20
16 October at 14:04	2,564 MW	107	N
16 October at 13:25	2,794 MW	106	N21
16 October at 01:50	17 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	1,176 MW	24	Aqua
15 October at 14:42	2,504 MW	78	N20
15 October at 14:21	2,057 MW	107	N
15 October at 13:47	2,449 MW	76	N21
15 October at 09:03	5 MW	1	Terra
15 October at 02:07	2 MW	1	N20
14 October at 16:10	386 MW	7	Aqua
14 October at 14:59	40 MW	7	N20
14 October at 14:40	143 MW	22	N
14 October at 14:04	180 MW	17	N21
13 October at 14:59	8 MW	2	N
13 October at 14:21	34 MW	2	N21
13 October at 13:40	79 MW	14	N20
12 October at 16:31	65 MW	6	Aqua
12 October at 02:45	0 MW	1	N
11 October at 14:17	59 MW	9	N20
11 October at 13:57	44 MW	6	N
11 October at 13:19	24 MW	2	N21
11 October at 09:44	39 MW	1	Terra
10 October at 14:17	19 MW	2	N
10 October at 13:40	35 MW	4	N21
9 October at 16:14	20 MW	1	Aqua
9 October at 14:53	6 MW	1	N20
9 October at 14:34	18 MW	3	N
9 October at 13:57	96 MW	5	N21
8 October at 14:53	134 MW	6	N
8 October at 14:17	257 MW	25	N21
8 October at 13:32	338 MW	20	N20
8 October at 01:44	1 MW	1	N21
7 October at 16:37	71 MW	4	Aqua
7 October at 15:12	71 MW	4	N
7 October at 14:36	384 MW	23	N21
7 October at 13:51	141 MW	18	N20
7 October at 13:32	126 MW	8	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	5	N20
6 October at 15:59	417 MW	15	Aqua
6 October at 14:53	2,638 MW	93	N21
6 October at 14:10	1,455 MW	97	N20
6 October at 13:49	982 MW	55	N
6 October at 13:15	399 MW	15	N21
6 October at 01:37	5 MW	2	N20
5 October at 16:59	30 MW	1	Aqua
5 October at 14:28	1,060 MW	68	N20
5 October at 14:10	1,117 MW	59	N
5 October at 13:32	1,214 MW	45	N21
4 October at 16:22	292 MW	16	Aqua
4 October at 14:46	429 MW	41	N20
4 October at 14:27	369 MW	26	N
4 October at 13:51	810 MW	27	N21
4 October at 01:56	2 MW	3	N
3 October at 15:44	726 MW	6	Aqua
3 October at 15:06	120 MW	13	N20
3 October at 14:49	355 MW	17	N
3 October at 14:10	381 MW	23	N21
3 October at 13:25	182 MW	12	N20
2 October at 16:44	9 MW	1	Aqua
2 October at 15:06	12 MW	3	N
2 October at 14:29	11 MW	3	N21
2 October at 13:47	23 MW	3	N20
2 October at 01:56	1 MW	2	N21
2 October at 01:12	0 MW	1	N20
1 October at 16:08	48 MW	2	Aqua
1 October at 14:49	158 MW	13	N21
1 October at 14:04	114 MW	10	N20
1 October at 13:45	161 MW	16	N
1 October at 02:16	1 MW	2	N21
30 September at 14:21	208 MW	20	N20
30 September at 14:04	371 MW	24	N
30 September at 13:25	165 MW	14	N21
30 September at 09:09	8 MW	1	Terra
30 September at 02:35	3 MW	1	N21
29 September at 16:29	171 MW	10	Aqua
29 September at 14:42	142 MW	12	N20
29 September at 14:21	40 MW	7	N
29 September at 13:47	8 MW	1	N21
29 September at 02:07	3 MW	2	N20
29 September at 01:50	1 MW	1	N
29 September at 01:12	1 MW	2	N21
28 September at 15:53	78 MW	1	Aqua
28 September at 14:59	18 MW	2	N20
28 September at 14:04	263 MW	27	N21
28 September at 13:19	16 MW	2	N20
28 September at 02:28	29 MW	6	N20
28 September at 02:07	9 MW	5	N
28 September at 01:31	9 MW	4	N21
27 September at 21:02	23 MW	1	Terra
27 September at 16:52	107 MW	4	Aqua
27 September at 14:59	432 MW	51	N
27 September at 14:21	1,036 MW	67	N21
27 September at 13:38	1,681 MW	97	N20
27 September at 02:45	3 MW	2	N20
27 September at 01:50	8 MW	7	N21
26 September at 16:14	1,668 MW	56	Aqua
26 September at 15:18	530 MW	35	N
26 September at 14:42	2,352 MW	154	N21
26 September at 13:57	1,575 MW	115	N20
26 September at 13:38	2,126 MW	120	N
26 September at 02:45	4 MW	3	N
26 September at 02:07	8 MW	7	N21
26 September at 01:24	7 MW	4	N20
26 September at 01:03	6 MW	4	N
25 September at 14:59	3,958 MW	164	N21
25 September at 14:17	4,187 MW	240	N20
25 September at 13:55	4,056 MW	208	N
25 September at 13:19	4,130 MW	148	N21
25 September at 09:09	22 MW	3	Terra
24 September at 16:35	550 MW	21	Aqua
24 September at 14:36	1,610 MW	48	N20
24 September at 14:17	602 MW	32	N
24 September at 13:40	1,361 MW	27	N21
23 September at 14:53	7 MW	1	N20
23 September at 14:34	66 MW	8	N
23 September at 13:57	16 MW	2	N21

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