Fire near Niassa (MZ)

12.27°S, 35.76°E · first detected on 22 October at 13:03

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 22 October at 13:03 to 24 October at 01:41, that is 2 days, through 155 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,565 ha.

Detected extent: 2,565 ha
Cumulative power: 2,837 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 199 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 155
Estimated emissions: 5.3 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 22 October 2026 to 23 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 4 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
24 October at 09:53	276 MW	9	Met12
24 October at 09:49	113 MW	2	Met9
24 October at 09:49	144 MW	2	Met10
24 October at 09:43	76 MW	3	Met12
24 October at 09:34	88 MW	2	Met9
24 October at 09:33	275 MW	9	Met12
24 October at 09:23	161 MW	6	Met12
24 October at 09:19	50 MW	1	Met10
24 October at 09:19	91 MW	2	Met9
24 October at 09:13	53 MW	3	Met12
24 October at 09:04	256 MW	5	Met9
24 October at 09:04	179 MW	3	Met10
24 October at 09:03	144 MW	7	Met12
24 October at 08:53	112 MW	7	Met12
24 October at 08:49	48 MW	1	Met10
24 October at 08:49	51 MW	1	Met9
24 October at 08:43	44 MW	3	Met12
24 October at 08:34	43 MW	1	Met9
24 October at 08:33	41 MW	3	Met12
24 October at 08:23	10 MW	1	Met12
24 October at 08:22	152 MW	9	Terra
24 October at 08:19	63 MW	2	Met9
24 October at 08:13	46 MW	3	Met12
24 October at 08:04	209 MW	6	Met9
24 October at 08:03	61 MW	3	Met12
24 October at 07:53	13 MW	1	Met12
24 October at 07:49	192 MW	4	Met9
24 October at 07:43	97 MW	4	Met12
24 October at 07:34	155 MW	4	Met9
24 October at 07:33	60 MW	3	Met12
24 October at 07:23	51 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 07:19	54 MW	2	Met9
24 October at 07:13	10 MW	1	Met12
24 October at 07:04	80 MW	3	Met9
24 October at 07:03	22 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 06:53	26 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 01:41	108 MW	38	N21
24 October at 00:59	123 MW	86	N20
24 October at 00:40	112 MW	53	N
24 October at 00:01	49 MW	14	N21
23 October at 22:50	18 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 22:20	18 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 22:05	20 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 21:50	19 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 21:20	18 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 21:05	15 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 20:50	36 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 20:35	28 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 20:35	41 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 20:33	20 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 20:20	56 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 20:05	29 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 20:05	121 MW	7	Met9
23 October at 20:03	10 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 19:54	147 MW	7	Terra
23 October at 19:53	13 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 19:50	83 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 19:50	48 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 19:43	61 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 19:35	269 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 19:35	276 MW	7	Met9
23 October at 19:33	137 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 19:23	92 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 19:20	202 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 19:20	330 MW	9	Met9
23 October at 19:05	80 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 19:05	154 MW	7	Met9
23 October at 19:03	42 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 18:53	32 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 18:50	86 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 18:50	173 MW	7	Met9
23 October at 18:35	173 MW	7	Met9
23 October at 18:35	104 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 18:33	39 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 18:20	89 MW	5	Met9
23 October at 18:05	88 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 18:05	139 MW	6	Met9
23 October at 17:53	12 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 17:50	184 MW	9	Met9
23 October at 17:50	59 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 17:35	349 MW	11	Met9
23 October at 17:35	292 MW	8	Met10
23 October at 17:33	53 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 17:23	17 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 17:20	320 MW	12	Met9
23 October at 17:20	208 MW	6	Met10
23 October at 17:13	34 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 17:05	373 MW	13	Met9
23 October at 17:05	260 MW	6	Met10
23 October at 16:50	332 MW	6	Met10
23 October at 16:50	526 MW	16	Met9
23 October at 16:43	44 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 16:35	754 MW	20	Met9
23 October at 16:35	650 MW	13	Met10
23 October at 16:33	123 MW	8	Met12
23 October at 16:23	219 MW	9	Met12
23 October at 16:20	767 MW	15	Met10
23 October at 16:20	739 MW	15	Met9
23 October at 16:13	135 MW	9	Met12
23 October at 16:05	662 MW	10	Met10
23 October at 16:05	794 MW	15	Met9
23 October at 16:03	304 MW	11	Met12
23 October at 15:53	457 MW	11	Met12
23 October at 15:50	1,047 MW	17	Met9
23 October at 15:50	675 MW	9	Met10
23 October at 15:43	252 MW	9	Met12
23 October at 15:35	853 MW	9	Met10
23 October at 15:35	1,992 MW	22	Met9
23 October at 15:33	258 MW	9	Met12
23 October at 15:23	954 MW	18	Met12
23 October at 15:20	2,355 MW	23	Met9
23 October at 15:20	187 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 15:19	1,217 MW	6	Met10
23 October at 15:16	2,523 MW	39	Aqua
23 October at 15:13	777 MW	20	Met12
23 October at 15:05	1,204 MW	13	Met9
23 October at 15:04	578 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 15:03	340 MW	12	Met12
23 October at 14:53	551 MW	15	Met12
23 October at 14:50	1,557 MW	17	Met9
23 October at 14:49	1,212 MW	10	Met10
23 October at 14:43	648 MW	17	Met12
23 October at 14:35	1,665 MW	16	Met9
23 October at 14:34	1,201 MW	11	Met10
23 October at 14:33	811 MW	26	Met12
23 October at 14:23	1,949 MW	36	Met12
23 October at 14:20	2,720 MW	20	Met9
23 October at 14:19	2,385 MW	15	Met10
23 October at 14:13	2,702 MW	44	Met12
23 October at 14:05	2,153 MW	17	Met9
23 October at 14:04	722 MW	6	Met9
23 October at 14:04	2,095 MW	14	Met10
23 October at 14:03	1,400 MW	31	Met12
23 October at 13:53	1,458 MW	27	Met12
23 October at 13:51	2,467 MW	206	N20
23 October at 13:50	279 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 13:49	1,966 MW	14	Met10
23 October at 13:49	2,556 MW	20	Met9
23 October at 13:43	2,262 MW	35	Met12
23 October at 13:34	1,300 MW	9	Met10
23 October at 13:34	2,101 MW	18	Met9
23 October at 13:33	1,363 MW	27	Met12
23 October at 13:32	2,689 MW	199	N
23 October at 13:23	1,903 MW	37	Met12
23 October at 13:19	1,865 MW	11	Met10
23 October at 13:19	2,943 MW	21	Met9
23 October at 13:13	1,422 MW	30	Met12
23 October at 13:04	2,854 MW	19	Met9
23 October at 13:04	2,005 MW	13	Met10
23 October at 13:03	1,634 MW	34	Met12
23 October at 12:56	3,541 MW	152	N21
23 October at 12:53	2,194 MW	41	Met12
23 October at 12:49	2,128 MW	15	Met10
23 October at 12:49	2,736 MW	20	Met9
23 October at 12:43	1,044 MW	31	Met12
23 October at 12:34	1,851 MW	17	Met9
23 October at 12:34	1,266 MW	12	Met10
23 October at 12:33	1,403 MW	35	Met12
23 October at 12:23	990 MW	26	Met12
23 October at 12:19	1,611 MW	14	Met10
23 October at 12:19	1,826 MW	15	Met9
23 October at 12:13	748 MW	20	Met12
23 October at 12:04	1,511 MW	13	Met10
23 October at 12:04	1,612 MW	14	Met9
23 October at 12:03	777 MW	21	Met12
23 October at 11:53	632 MW	21	Met12
23 October at 11:49	926 MW	9	Met10
23 October at 11:49	1,137 MW	12	Met9
23 October at 11:43	790 MW	22	Met12
23 October at 11:34	870 MW	9	Met10
23 October at 11:34	1,170 MW	11	Met9
23 October at 11:33	437 MW	15	Met12
23 October at 11:23	720 MW	15	Met12
23 October at 11:19	1,198 MW	9	Met9
23 October at 11:19	1,158 MW	10	Met10
23 October at 11:13	959 MW	22	Met12
23 October at 11:04	2,050 MW	15	Met9
23 October at 11:04	1,880 MW	14	Met10
23 October at 11:03	1,075 MW	22	Met12
23 October at 10:53	1,023 MW	27	Met12
23 October at 10:49	1,145 MW	9	Met10
23 October at 10:49	1,368 MW	12	Met9
23 October at 10:43	1,003 MW	22	Met12
23 October at 10:34	1,453 MW	13	Met9
23 October at 10:34	1,453 MW	11	Met10
23 October at 10:33	878 MW	24	Met12
23 October at 10:23	840 MW	20	Met12
23 October at 10:19	1,688 MW	11	Met9
23 October at 10:19	1,585 MW	11	Met10
23 October at 10:13	799 MW	22	Met12
23 October at 10:04	1,639 MW	11	Met9
23 October at 10:04	1,347 MW	10	Met10
23 October at 10:03	874 MW	20	Met12
23 October at 09:53	301 MW	10	Met12
23 October at 09:49	1,033 MW	12	Met10
23 October at 09:49	1,044 MW	10	Met9
23 October at 09:43	1,016 MW	19	Met12
23 October at 09:34	917 MW	9	Met10
23 October at 09:34	1,070 MW	12	Met9
23 October at 09:33	443 MW	12	Met12
23 October at 09:23	277 MW	12	Met12
23 October at 09:19	792 MW	11	Met9
23 October at 09:19	671 MW	8	Met10
23 October at 09:13	419 MW	12	Met12
23 October at 09:04	486 MW	7	Met10
23 October at 09:04	501 MW	7	Met9
23 October at 09:03	146 MW	8	Met12
23 October at 08:53	702 MW	12	Met12
23 October at 08:49	500 MW	8	Met9
23 October at 08:49	646 MW	10	Met10
23 October at 08:43	92 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 08:34	222 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 08:34	207 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 08:33	144 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 08:23	68 MW	4	Met12
23 October at 08:19	41 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 08:13	62 MW	4	Met12
23 October at 08:04	28 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 08:03	10 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 01:18	36 MW	22	N20
23 October at 00:59	29 MW	19	N
23 October at 00:20	32 MW	23	N21
22 October at 22:13	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 20:53	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:50	16 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:13	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:03	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:53	38 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:50	72 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:50	86 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:43	45 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:35	283 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 16:35	284 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:33	246 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 16:23	118 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:20	194 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 16:20	194 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:13	132 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 16:05	264 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 16:04	185 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:03	163 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:53	418 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:50	540 MW	13	Met9
22 October at 15:49	432 MW	8	Met10
22 October at 15:43	191 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:35	474 MW	10	Met9
22 October at 15:34	356 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 15:33	423 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 15:23	401 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 15:20	862 MW	13	Met9
22 October at 15:19	215 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:13	305 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:05	517 MW	10	Met9
22 October at 15:04	152 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:03	226 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 14:53	271 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 14:50	568 MW	11	Met9
22 October at 14:49	346 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 14:43	166 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:35	381 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 14:34	129 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:33	73 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:23	330 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 14:20	994 MW	12	Met9
22 October at 14:19	766 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 14:19	184 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:13	250 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 14:10	228 MW	29	N20
22 October at 14:05	112 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:04	330 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:04	598 MW	11	Met9
22 October at 14:03	200 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:53	354 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 13:49	261 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 13:49	627 MW	65	N
22 October at 13:49	516 MW	11	Met9
22 October at 13:43	210 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:34	318 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:34	163 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:33	70 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:23	310 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:19	482 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 13:19	878 MW	14	Met9
22 October at 13:15	1,102 MW	64	N21
22 October at 13:13	577 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 13:04	887 MW	10	Met9
22 October at 13:04	862 MW	9	Met10
22 October at 13:03	303 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 12:53	267 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:49	720 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 12:49	591 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 12:43	207 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:34	525 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 12:34	636 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 12:33	351 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 12:30	329 MW	39	N20
22 October at 12:23	392 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 12:19	994 MW	10	Met9
22 October at 12:19	910 MW	8	Met10
22 October at 12:13	303 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:04	761 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 12:04	1,016 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 12:03	638 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 11:53	217 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 11:49	1,078 MW	11	Met9
22 October at 11:49	955 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 11:43	977 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 11:34	1,021 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 11:34	1,083 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 11:33	730 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 11:23	571 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 11:19	756 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 11:19	824 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 11:13	383 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 11:04	466 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 11:04	288 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 11:03	210 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:53	86 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:49	443 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 10:49	217 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:43	65 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:34	102 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:34	264 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 10:33	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:13	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:04	133 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:04	86 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:03	32 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:49	32 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 07:49	65 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 01:35	9 MW	8	N20
22 October at 01:16	9 MW	8	N
22 October at 00:40	17 MW	8	N21
21 October at 20:15	19 MW	2	Terra
21 October at 20:05	24 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 20:05	21 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 20:03	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:50	19 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:35	18 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:05	22 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:50	22 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:43	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:35	29 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:35	56 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:33	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:20	18 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:05	16 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:03	36 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:53	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:50	64 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:50	27 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:43	36 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:35	113 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:35	194 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 16:34	33 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:33	88 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:23	43 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:20	79 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:20	88 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:13	43 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:05	68 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:05	107 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:03	66 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:53	62 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:50	133 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:49	126 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:43	23 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:40	277 MW	16	Aqua
21 October at 15:35	169 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:34	174 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:33	193 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 15:23	207 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:20	364 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 15:19	190 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:13	74 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:05	132 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:03	49 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:53	113 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:50	547 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 14:43	40 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:35	108 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:23	193 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:13	120 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:10	135 MW	10	N
21 October at 13:53	31 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:43	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:33	141 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:32	257 MW	29	N21
21 October at 13:23	91 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:13	43 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:03	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:49	217 MW	22	N20
21 October at 12:43	58 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:30	16 MW	1	N
21 October at 12:23	36 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:03	48 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:43	84 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:33	304 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:23	23 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:13	41 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:03	52 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:53	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:33	66 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:53	64 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:49	46 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:49	58 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 08:01	6 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 01:56	8 MW	2	N20

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