Fire near Mbeya (TZ)

9.32°S, 33.01°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 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
23 October at 06:23	18 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 06:13	22 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 06:04	68 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 06:03	45 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 05:53	54 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 05:43	11 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 05:35	33 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 05:34	34 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 05:33	24 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 05:23	11 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 04:53	18 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 04:43	27 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 01:16	1 MW	1	N20
23 October at 00:59	1 MW	1	N
23 October at 00:20	2 MW	1	N21
22 October at 19:23	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:20	20 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:13	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:05	17 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:35	23 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:53	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:50	24 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:43	61 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:35	25 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:33	39 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:23	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:03	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:53	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:50	19 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:43	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:35	32 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:33	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:23	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:13	38 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:05	35 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:05	35 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:03	86 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:53	75 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:50	40 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:50	68 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:43	102 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:35	39 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:35	88 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:33	72 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:23	76 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:20	107 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 15:13	72 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:05	22 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:03	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:33	50 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:23	51 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:20	143 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:20	35 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:13	99 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:12	149 MW	24	N20
22 October at 14:05	121 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:03	90 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:53	96 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:51	557 MW	47	N
22 October at 13:50	175 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:43	191 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:35	60 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:35	80 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:33	210 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:23	126 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:20	89 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:15	419 MW	27	N21
22 October at 13:13	68 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:05	222 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:05	185 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:03	115 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:53	177 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:50	135 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:50	372 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 12:43	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:35	127 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:33	85 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:30	259 MW	22	N20
22 October at 12:23	34 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:20	170 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:20	158 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:13	222 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:05	235 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:05	295 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:03	313 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 11:53	245 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 11:50	67 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:50	123 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:43	100 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:35	75 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:35	54 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:33	91 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:23	51 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:13	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:03	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:53	79 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:50	48 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:49	63 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:43	82 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:35	95 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:34	96 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:33	138 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:23	210 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 10:13	59 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 08:43	49 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 08:40	12 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 08:23	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:13	71 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 08:03	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:53	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:33	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 07:23	47 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 07:19	53 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 07:13	82 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 07:05	56 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 07:04	84 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 07:03	62 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 06:53	74 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 06:49	63 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 06:43	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 06:35	28 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 06:34	46 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 06:33	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 06:13	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 06:03	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 05:53	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 05:49	20 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 05:43	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 05:35	25 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 05:34	30 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 05:33	32 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 04:13	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:40	1 MW	1	N21
21 October at 20:17	6 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 18:35	16 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:23	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:20	24 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:20	40 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:53	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:50	23 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:50	68 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 17:43	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:50	25 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:43	36 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:35	23 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:33	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:23	39 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:20	57 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:20	25 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:13	78 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:05	139 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 16:05	98 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:03	77 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:53	74 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:50	129 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:50	83 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:43	89 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:40	224 MW	19	Aqua
21 October at 15:35	108 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:33	30 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:23	26 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:20	78 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:03	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:53	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:43	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:10	220 MW	39	N
21 October at 14:03	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:53	44 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:43	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:34	698 MW	38	N21
21 October at 13:23	49 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:20	77 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:13	110 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:03	88 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:53	81 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:50	42 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:49	297 MW	52	N20
21 October at 12:43	200 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 12:33	94 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:23	94 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:13	222 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 12:05	79 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:03	205 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:53	163 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:43	88 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:03	29 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:03	38 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:13	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 07:53	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 06:43	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 06:33	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 00:59	1 MW	2	N21
20 October at 19:13	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:03	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:13	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:13	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:03	35 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:53	62 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:43	23 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:33	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:13	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:23	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:03	54 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:53	39 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:43	41 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:33	26 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:29	23 MW	2	N
20 October at 14:13	49 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:03	152 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:53	158 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:51	235 MW	22	N21
20 October at 13:08	51 MW	7	N20
20 October at 12:48	91 MW	11	N
20 October at 12:23	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:03	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:53	63 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:43	67 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:33	84 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:23	24 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:23	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:13	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:03	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:53	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:43	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:23	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:13	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:03	63 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 07:53	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 07:43	75 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 07:23	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:19	24 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 07:13	36 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 07:04	23 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 07:03	61 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 06:53	80 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 06:49	96 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 06:43	102 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 06:34	138 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 06:33	105 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 06:23	78 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 06:19	233 MW	11	Met9
20 October at 06:13	95 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 06:04	287 MW	15	Met9
20 October at 06:03	61 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 05:53	76 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 05:50	246 MW	7	Met10
20 October at 05:49	452 MW	16	Met9
20 October at 05:43	144 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 05:35	114 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 05:34	180 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 05:33	57 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 05:23	41 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 05:20	19 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 05:19	21 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 05:13	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 20:36	63 MW	4	Terra
19 October at 14:11	83 MW	7	N21
19 October at 13:28	13 MW	3	N20
19 October at 08:22	46 MW	4	Terra
19 October at 03:49	70 MW	4	Aqua
18 October at 13:47	78 MW	11	N20
18 October at 13:25	97 MW	11	N
18 October at 12:49	99 MW	7	N21
18 October at 01:09	25 MW	2	N20
18 October at 00:50	4 MW	1	N
17 October at 14:04	67 MW	12	N20
17 October at 13:47	231 MW	27	N
17 October at 13:08	57 MW	7	N21
17 October at 00:31	1 MW	2	N21
16 October at 20:17	18 MW	1	Terra
16 October at 15:46	95 MW	7	Aqua
16 October at 14:04	41 MW	6	N
16 October at 13:28	175 MW	37	N21
16 October at 12:43	50 MW	9	N20
16 October at 08:03	29 MW	3	Terra
15 October at 14:21	68 MW	10	N
15 October at 13:47	374 MW	40	N21
15 October at 13:02	261 MW	49	N20
15 October at 12:41	129 MW	16	N
15 October at 01:48	1 MW	1	N
15 October at 01:09	3 MW	2	N21
15 October at 00:25	4 MW	3	N20
14 October at 20:38	15 MW	2	Terra
14 October at 14:04	96 MW	11	N21
14 October at 13:20	261 MW	42	N20
14 October at 13:02	212 MW	29	N
14 October at 12:24	57 MW	4	N21
14 October at 08:25	83 MW	5	Terra
14 October at 00:46	1 MW	2	N20
13 October at 15:31	112 MW	6	Aqua
13 October at 13:40	92 MW	17	N20
12 October at 21:00	27 MW	2	Terra
12 October at 13:02	276 MW	30	N21
12 October at 08:44	44 MW	2	Terra
12 October at 01:22	1 MW	1	N20
12 October at 01:03	2 MW	2	N
12 October at 00:27	5 MW	2	N21
11 October at 20:19	14 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 13:57	7 MW	2	N
11 October at 13:21	78 MW	18	N21
11 October at 08:05	6 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 01:22	2 MW	4	N
11 October at 00:46	1 MW	2	N21
10 October at 15:16	108 MW	7	Aqua
10 October at 14:17	63 MW	10	N
10 October at 13:40	504 MW	64	N21
10 October at 12:56	232 MW	38	N20
10 October at 12:36	62 MW	8	N
10 October at 01:03	0 MW	1	N21
9 October at 13:57	198 MW	31	N21
9 October at 13:13	474 MW	50	N20
9 October at 12:56	521 MW	65	N
9 October at 08:25	50 MW	7	Terra
8 October at 15:40	223 MW	19	Aqua
8 October at 13:34	643 MW	69	N20
8 October at 13:15	460 MW	56	N
8 October at 12:38	371 MW	47	N21
7 October at 14:59	116 MW	2	Aqua
7 October at 13:51	508 MW	66	N20
7 October at 13:32	528 MW	81	N
7 October at 12:56	448 MW	66	N21
7 October at 01:16	1 MW	2	N20
7 October at 00:59	2 MW	2	N
6 October at 15:59	38 MW	2	Aqua
6 October at 14:10	158 MW	28	N20
6 October at 13:51	731 MW	95	N
6 October at 13:15	707 MW	73	N21
6 October at 12:30	198 MW	26	N20
6 October at 08:08	81 MW	5	Terra
6 October at 01:35	0 MW	1	N20
5 October at 13:34	79 MW	9	N21
5 October at 12:49	2 MW	1	N20
4 October at 13:51	88 MW	19	N21
4 October at 13:08	133 MW	22	N20
4 October at 12:47	114 MW	22	N
4 October at 08:27	52 MW	5	Terra
3 October at 15:44	14 MW	2	Aqua
3 October at 14:12	35 MW	4	N21
3 October at 13:28	132 MW	16	N20
3 October at 13:08	141 MW	19	N
3 October at 12:30	80 MW	9	N21
2 October at 13:47	66 MW	8	N20
2 October at 13:25	99 MW	12	N
2 October at 12:49	99 MW	9	N21
2 October at 08:46	110 MW	4	Terra
1 October at 14:04	297 MW	22	N20
1 October at 13:47	283 MW	40	N
1 October at 13:08	194 MW	30	N21
1 October at 08:08	27 MW	3	Terra
1 October at 01:29	2 MW	1	N20
1 October at 01:09	4 MW	3	N
1 October at 00:31	4 MW	3	N21
30 September at 15:29	60 MW	9	Aqua
30 September at 14:04	112 MW	11	N
30 September at 13:28	289 MW	43	N21
30 September at 12:43	131 MW	25	N20
29 September at 20:41	6 MW	1	Terra
29 September at 14:21	73 MW	11	N
29 September at 13:47	422 MW	42	N21
29 September at 13:02	336 MW	59	N20
29 September at 12:41	218 MW	33	N
29 September at 08:27	21 MW	3	Terra
29 September at 01:09	1 MW	1	N21
28 September at 15:53	317 MW	16	Aqua
28 September at 14:04	1,204 MW	95	N21
28 September at 13:19	622 MW	59	N20
28 September at 12:24	390 MW	26	N21
28 September at 00:46	1 MW	1	N20
27 September at 15:14	102 MW	4	Aqua
27 September at 13:40	447 MW	47	N20
27 September at 13:19	220 MW	25	N
27 September at 12:43	228 MW	34	N21
26 September at 13:57	369 MW	54	N20
26 September at 13:38	595 MW	77	N
26 September at 13:02	376 MW	46	N21
26 September at 08:10	27 MW	3	Terra
26 September at 01:22	1 MW	1	N20
26 September at 01:03	1 MW	1	N
25 September at 15:38	42 MW	4	Aqua
25 September at 14:17	116 MW	13	N20
25 September at 13:57	164 MW	30	N
25 September at 13:21	285 MW	56	N21
25 September at 12:36	96 MW	9	N20
25 September at 01:22	1 MW	3	N
25 September at 00:46	2 MW	2	N21
24 September at 14:17	47 MW	6	N
24 September at 13:40	388 MW	39	N21
24 September at 12:56	402 MW	34	N20
24 September at 12:36	18 MW	3	N
23 September at 13:57	19 MW	4	N21
23 September at 13:13	112 MW	22	N20
23 September at 12:55	62 MW	15	N

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