Fire near Nampula (MZ)

14.60°S, 37.54°E · first detected on 5 October at 12:28

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 5 October at 12:28 to 22 October at 13:49, that is 17 days, through 1,301 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 23,787 ha.

Detected extent: 23,787 ha
Cumulative power: 12,529 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 132 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,301
Estimated emissions: 10.4 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 October 2026 to 21 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 21 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.

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 20 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 01:18	3 MW	2	N20
23 October at 00:59	2 MW	3	N
23 October at 00:22	2 MW	1	N21
22 October at 17:13	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:53	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:43	22 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:10	7 MW	2	N20
22 October at 14:03	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:53	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:49	136 MW	17	N
22 October at 13:43	67 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:34	167 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:34	69 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:33	115 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:15	40 MW	5	N21
22 October at 12:43	48 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:33	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:30	103 MW	14	N20
22 October at 12:23	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:13	114 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:04	166 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:04	153 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:03	177 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:53	43 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:49	48 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:43	101 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:34	148 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:34	230 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 11:33	196 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:23	124 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:19	56 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:13	97 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:04	67 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:04	214 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 11:03	199 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:53	56 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:43	86 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:33	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:40	1 MW	1	N21
21 October at 20:15	5 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 16:53	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:05	24 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:03	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:40	24 MW	1	Aqua
21 October at 14:08	34 MW	8	N
21 October at 13:33	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:32	220 MW	23	N21
21 October at 13:19	101 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:13	32 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:03	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:47	282 MW	28	N20
21 October at 12:28	64 MW	15	N
21 October at 01:35	1 MW	2	N
21 October at 01:01	5 MW	3	N21
21 October at 00:16	2 MW	3	N20
20 October at 16:03	59 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:43	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:23	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:01	65 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 14:33	61 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:03	29 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:53	23 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:49	44 MW	6	N21
20 October at 13:08	121 MW	13	N20
20 October at 13:03	29 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:53	51 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:47	69 MW	8	N
20 October at 12:33	27 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:11	37 MW	6	N21
20 October at 00:33	3 MW	3	N20
20 October at 00:14	2 MW	2	N
19 October at 13:25	19 MW	2	N20
19 October at 13:06	48 MW	4	N
19 October at 12:30	27 MW	5	N21
19 October at 00:52	4 MW	5	N20
19 October at 00:33	4 MW	2	N
18 October at 23:55	5 MW	1	N21
18 October at 15:25	33 MW	2	Aqua
18 October at 13:45	24 MW	6	N20
18 October at 13:25	61 MW	6	N
18 October at 12:47	39 MW	3	N21
18 October at 03:11	7 MW	1	Aqua
18 October at 01:12	10 MW	5	N20
18 October at 00:52	31 MW	9	N
18 October at 00:16	39 MW	5	N21
17 October at 13:45	106 MW	10	N
17 October at 13:08	39 MW	3	N21
17 October at 12:21	36 MW	2	N20
17 October at 00:33	2 MW	1	N21
16 October at 08:03	20 MW	1	Terra
16 October at 00:52	2 MW	1	N21
16 October at 00:10	2 MW	3	N20
15 October at 13:45	185 MW	17	N21
15 October at 13:00	114 MW	9	N20
15 October at 12:41	74 MW	12	N
14 October at 13:19	278 MW	28	N20
14 October at 13:00	407 MW	33	N
14 October at 12:21	434 MW	31	N21
14 October at 01:29	1 MW	1	N21
14 October at 00:46	5 MW	5	N20
14 October at 00:29	4 MW	5	N
13 October at 23:50	3 MW	2	N21
13 October at 13:38	76 MW	7	N20
12 October at 13:00	92 MW	9	N21
12 October at 01:24	1 MW	1	N20
12 October at 01:03	2 MW	2	N
12 October at 00:29	1 MW	1	N21
11 October at 20:17	20 MW	2	Terra
11 October at 13:55	198 MW	42	N
11 October at 13:19	487 MW	32	N21
11 October at 12:36	222 MW	56	N20
11 October at 01:24	1 MW	1	N
11 October at 00:46	5 MW	7	N21
11 October at 00:01	3 MW	3	N20
10 October at 15:14	60 MW	5	Aqua
10 October at 13:38	173 MW	21	N21
10 October at 12:53	178 MW	15	N20
10 October at 12:34	165 MW	21	N
9 October at 13:56	94 MW	14	N21
9 October at 13:13	216 MW	28	N20
9 October at 12:53	262 MW	35	N
9 October at 12:15	82 MW	16	N21
8 October at 13:32	483 MW	61	N20
8 October at 13:13	594 MW	58	N
8 October at 12:36	791 MW	67	N21
8 October at 00:59	10 MW	10	N20
8 October at 00:40	11 MW	8	N
8 October at 00:01	18 MW	10	N21
7 October at 14:59	81 MW	2	Aqua
7 October at 13:49	256 MW	37	N20
7 October at 13:32	409 MW	29	N
7 October at 12:53	496 MW	34	N21
7 October at 01:18	1 MW	1	N20
7 October at 00:59	1 MW	1	N
6 October at 13:49	126 MW	10	N
6 October at 13:15	407 MW	37	N21
6 October at 12:28	223 MW	44	N20
6 October at 08:08	11 MW	2	Terra
6 October at 00:40	3 MW	4	N21
5 October at 15:21	129 MW	15	Aqua
5 October at 14:08	155 MW	19	N
5 October at 13:32	707 MW	77	N21
5 October at 12:47	1,324 MW	130	N20
5 October at 12:28	707 MW	66	N
4 October at 12:47	7 MW	1	N

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