Fire near Muchinga (ZM)

9.71°S, 31.72°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 20:23	12 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 20:05	59 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 20:05	66 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 20:03	38 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 19:53	11 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 19:43	26 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 18:33	14 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 18:23	10 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:33	10 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:23	10 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:13	11 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:05	23 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 17:03	14 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 16:53	90 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 16:50	63 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 16:50	77 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 16:43	82 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 16:35	120 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 16:35	185 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 16:33	148 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 16:23	195 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 16:20	153 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 16:20	129 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 16:13	149 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 16:05	230 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 16:05	230 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 16:03	256 MW	11	Met12
7 September at 15:53	236 MW	11	Met12
7 September at 15:50	248 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 15:50	340 MW	9	Met9
7 September at 15:43	148 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 15:40	252 MW	16	Aqua
7 September at 15:35	266 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 15:35	197 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 15:33	322 MW	10	Met12
7 September at 15:23	340 MW	14	Met12
7 September at 15:20	204 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 15:20	374 MW	8	Met9
7 September at 15:13	285 MW	10	Met12
7 September at 15:05	297 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 15:05	450 MW	8	Met9
7 September at 15:03	373 MW	15	Met12
7 September at 14:53	333 MW	16	Met12
7 September at 14:50	240 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 14:50	100 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 14:43	287 MW	11	Met12
7 September at 14:35	448 MW	10	Met9
7 September at 14:35	348 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 14:33	396 MW	15	Met12
7 September at 14:23	340 MW	15	Met12
7 September at 14:20	214 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 14:20	77 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 14:13	312 MW	12	Met12
7 September at 14:05	78 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 14:05	40 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 14:03	145 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 13:57	347 MW	44	N21
7 September at 13:50	144 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 13:50	251 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 13:35	248 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 13:35	190 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 13:20	77 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 13:19	79 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 13:13	351 MW	39	N20
7 September at 13:05	416 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 13:05	47 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 13:04	361 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 12:53	265 MW	33	N
7 September at 12:49	173 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 12:49	154 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 12:35	44 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 12:34	39 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 12:20	66 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 12:19	94 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 12:05	167 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 12:04	231 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 12:03	218 MW	9	Met12
7 September at 11:53	178 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 11:50	159 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 11:49	170 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 11:35	29 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 11:34	81 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 11:19	46 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 10:35	56 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 10:34	105 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 10:04	28 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 08:34	21 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 19:23	13 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 16:13	14 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 16:05	23 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 16:05	30 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 16:03	17 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 15:53	75 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 15:50	87 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:50	151 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 15:43	114 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 15:35	25 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 15:33	100 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 15:23	83 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 15:20	136 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 15:20	87 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 15:13	133 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 15:05	98 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 15:05	148 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 15:03	305 MW	12	Met12
6 September at 15:01	115 MW	3	Aqua
6 September at 14:53	134 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 14:50	249 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 14:50	298 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 14:43	231 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 14:35	67 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 14:35	213 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 14:33	139 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 14:23	113 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 14:20	237 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 14:19	236 MW	14	N21
6 September at 14:13	72 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 14:05	50 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 14:05	125 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 14:03	108 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 13:53	169 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 13:50	107 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:50	211 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 13:43	72 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 13:35	137 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 13:34	50 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 13:33	163 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 13:32	289 MW	36	N20
6 September at 13:23	137 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 13:20	90 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 13:19	49 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 13:15	238 MW	31	N
6 September at 13:13	29 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 13:05	259 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 13:04	149 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 13:03	178 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:53	182 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 12:50	113 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 12:49	97 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 12:49	202 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 12:43	130 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:38	219 MW	17	N21
6 September at 12:34	28 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:34	120 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 12:33	179 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 12:23	160 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:20	74 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 12:19	93 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:13	113 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 12:05	97 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 12:04	138 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 12:03	146 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 11:53	207 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 11:50	255 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 11:49	276 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 11:43	133 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 11:35	83 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 11:34	161 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 11:33	149 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 11:23	157 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 11:20	49 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 11:19	45 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 11:13	66 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 11:03	10 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 10:53	97 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 10:50	31 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 08:14	6 MW	1	Terra
6 September at 01:41	2 MW	1	N21
6 September at 00:59	2 MW	1	N20
6 September at 00:37	27 MW	3	N

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