Fire near Muchinga (ZM)

11.61°S, 31.15°E

What the satellites measured

This fire is not in the last thirty days of the fire list, but detections remain around this point: the curve below is rebuilt from the raw pixels, which are kept for a hundred days.

“Detected extent” is not “burned area”: it is the union of the ground footprints of the satellite pixels, and a 375 m pixel counts in full 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 and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the whole known life of the fire, from the first trace, satellite or report, to the last announcement from emergency services, and the ticks on the bar mark those announcements. Detections often stop before containment: a fire stops radiating once it stops spreading, which is exactly when it is declared contained. “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. “12 h” stacks twelve hours , as the home map does, where stacking avoids an empty screen between two satellite passes. 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
7 September at 17:13	12 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:05	15 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 17:03	12 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 16:53	34 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 16:50	34 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 16:43	86 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 16:35	187 MW	8	Met9
7 September at 16:34	98 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 16:33	63 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 16:23	128 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 16:20	238 MW	9	Met9
7 September at 16:19	122 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 16:13	142 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 16:05	83 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 16:04	126 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 16:04	93 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 16:03	136 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 15:53	171 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 15:49	367 MW	12	Met9
7 September at 15:49	125 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 15:43	283 MW	16	Met12
7 September at 15:40	498 MW	41	Aqua
7 September at 15:34	379 MW	9	Met9
7 September at 15:34	169 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 15:33	286 MW	17	Met12
7 September at 15:23	367 MW	19	Met12
7 September at 15:19	338 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 15:19	676 MW	15	Met9
7 September at 15:13	543 MW	25	Met12
7 September at 15:04	764 MW	16	Met9
7 September at 15:04	472 MW	7	Met10
7 September at 15:03	399 MW	20	Met12
7 September at 14:53	460 MW	17	Met12
7 September at 14:49	780 MW	15	Met9
7 September at 14:49	558 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 14:43	523 MW	15	Met12
7 September at 14:34	541 MW	14	Met9
7 September at 14:34	62 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 14:34	308 MW	32	N
7 September at 14:33	393 MW	18	Met12
7 September at 14:23	381 MW	15	Met12
7 September at 14:19	344 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 14:19	85 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 14:13	285 MW	11	Met12
7 September at 14:04	263 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 14:04	588 MW	10	Met9
7 September at 14:03	476 MW	17	Met12
7 September at 13:57	1,141 MW	96	N21
7 September at 13:49	940 MW	11	Met9
7 September at 13:49	773 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 13:34	139 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 13:34	400 MW	8	Met9
7 September at 13:19	362 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 13:19	159 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 13:13	773 MW	124	N20
7 September at 13:04	192 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 13:04	384 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 12:53	398 MW	48	N
7 September at 12:49	394 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 12:49	247 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 12:34	311 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 12:34	640 MW	8	Met9
7 September at 12:19	466 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 12:19	201 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 12:04	274 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 12:04	406 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 12:03	175 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 11:53	157 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 11:49	353 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 11:49	237 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 11:34	210 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 11:19	67 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 11:19	85 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 11:04	143 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 11:04	127 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 10:49	50 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 10:19	79 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 02:01	0 MW	1	N
7 September at 01:24	1 MW	1	N21
6 September at 18:03	10 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 17:33	12 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 17:20	16 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:20	22 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 17:13	11 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 17:05	84 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 17:04	50 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 17:03	38 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 16:53	33 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 16:50	54 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 16:49	24 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:43	13 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 16:35	67 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 16:34	35 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:33	22 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 16:23	14 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 16:20	95 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 16:19	38 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:13	32 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 16:04	117 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 16:04	172 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 16:03	26 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 15:53	15 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 15:49	103 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:49	229 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 15:43	45 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:34	352 MW	11	Met9
6 September at 15:34	127 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:33	47 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 15:23	76 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 15:19	126 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:19	285 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 15:13	97 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 15:04	465 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 15:04	139 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:03	200 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 15:01	435 MW	9	Aqua
6 September at 14:53	255 MW	14	Met12
6 September at 14:49	506 MW	15	Met9
6 September at 14:49	139 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 14:43	189 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 14:34	397 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 14:34	156 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 14:33	85 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 14:23	235 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 14:19	745 MW	18	Met9
6 September at 14:19	289 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 14:17	769 MW	48	N21
6 September at 14:13	203 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 14:04	85 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 14:04	311 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 14:03	216 MW	14	Met12
6 September at 13:53	259 MW	14	Met12
6 September at 13:49	366 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 13:49	167 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:43	295 MW	16	Met12
6 September at 13:34	485 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 13:34	251 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 13:33	238 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 13:32	1,232 MW	228	N20
6 September at 13:23	290 MW	17	Met12
6 September at 13:19	368 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 13:19	690 MW	11	Met9
6 September at 13:15	1,196 MW	158	N
6 September at 13:13	188 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 13:04	335 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 13:04	635 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 13:03	257 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 12:53	596 MW	20	Met12
6 September at 12:49	460 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 12:49	1,011 MW	15	Met9
6 September at 12:43	828 MW	26	Met12
6 September at 12:36	1,604 MW	83	N21
6 September at 12:34	813 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 12:34	448 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 12:33	493 MW	18	Met12
6 September at 12:23	397 MW	14	Met12
6 September at 12:19	342 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 12:19	612 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 12:13	328 MW	16	Met12
6 September at 12:04	571 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 12:04	384 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 12:03	295 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 11:53	181 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 11:49	420 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 11:49	382 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 11:43	337 MW	15	Met12
6 September at 11:34	398 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 11:34	415 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 11:33	311 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 11:23	69 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 11:13	140 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 11:03	130 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 10:53	133 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 10:43	58 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 10:33	125 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 10:23	35 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 00:59	4 MW	4	N20
6 September at 00:37	4 MW	3	N

8 other fires near Muchinga (ZM)

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