Fire near Moxico (AO)

15.66°S, 21.78°E · first detected on 19 October at 13:25

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 19 October at 13:25 to 22 October at 16:16, that is 3 days, through 163 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,030 ha.

Detected extent: 2,030 ha
Cumulative power: 2,877 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 142 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 163
Estimated emissions: 6.4 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 19 October 2026 to 22 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).

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 6 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 17:35	29 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:34	48 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:32	21 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:22	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:20	39 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:19	76 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:12	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:05	37 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:04	68 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:02	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:52	84 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:50	85 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:49	111 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:42	46 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:34	105 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:34	53 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:22	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:19	134 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:19	68 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:16	51 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 16:12	170 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:04	258 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 16:04	289 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 16:02	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:52	46 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:49	266 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:49	263 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:42	104 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:34	287 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:34	253 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:32	118 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:22	78 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:19	358 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 15:19	393 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:12	283 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:04	406 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:04	409 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 15:02	366 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 14:53	435 MW	42	N21
22 October at 14:52	268 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 14:49	339 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:49	402 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:42	376 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 14:34	376 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:34	567 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:32	514 MW	17	Met12
22 October at 14:22	418 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 14:19	355 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:19	411 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:12	516 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 14:10	470 MW	25	N20
22 October at 14:04	315 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:04	373 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:02	408 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 13:52	362 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 13:49	253 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:49	290 MW	23	N
22 October at 13:49	330 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:42	374 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 13:34	279 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:34	225 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:32	275 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:22	144 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:19	140 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:19	152 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:15	165 MW	11	N21
22 October at 13:12	229 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:04	540 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 13:04	1,056 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:02	668 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:52	204 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:49	45 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:49	68 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:42	159 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:32	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:49	63 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:42	22 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:34	61 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:32	43 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:34	36 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:32	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 02:22	1 MW	1	N21
21 October at 17:52	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:49	30 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:42	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:35	69 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:34	66 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:32	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:22	45 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:20	121 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 17:19	84 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:12	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:05	90 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:04	67 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:02	68 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:53	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:52	213 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:50	556 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:49	81 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:43	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:42	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:34	217 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:32	48 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:22	30 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:19	64 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:12	139 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:04	165 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:04	82 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:02	124 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 15:53	62 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:52	89 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:49	281 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 15:49	226 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:43	75 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:42	114 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:34	187 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:34	41 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:33	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:32	267 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 15:23	99 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:22	217 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 15:19	99 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:19	139 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:13	204 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:12	156 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:04	448 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 15:04	540 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 15:03	149 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:02	245 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:53	283 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:52	164 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:49	427 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:49	506 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 14:43	320 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:42	333 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 14:34	278 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:34	425 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:33	257 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:32	188 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:27	684 MW	23	N20
21 October at 14:23	123 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:22	525 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:19	424 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 14:19	455 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 14:13	196 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:12	203 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:10	260 MW	12	N
21 October at 14:04	229 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:04	222 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:03	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:02	354 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 13:53	50 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:52	162 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 13:43	134 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:42	175 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:33	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:32	100 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:32	93 MW	9	N21
21 October at 13:22	69 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:12	189 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 13:02	25 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:52	24 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:42	23 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:33	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:32	15 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 15:06	41 MW	5	N20
19 October at 14:46	150 MW	4	N
19 October at 14:10	159 MW	3	N21
19 October at 13:25	80 MW	4	N20

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