Fire near Nil Bleu (SD)

10.10°N, 34.17°E · first detected on 28 September at 12:30

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 28 September at 12:30 to 23 October at 01:56, that is 25 days, through 1,867 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 33,888 ha.

Detected extent: 33,888 ha
Cumulative power: 19,476 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 263 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,867
Estimated emissions: 7.9 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.

Before, after: the burn scar seen from space

Sentinel-2 satellite image of the same area near Nil Bleu (SD) during the fire, on 5 October 2026

Sentinel-2 satellite image of the area near Nil Bleu (SD) before the fire, on 5 September 2026

Before · 5 September 2026During · 5 October 2026

Sentinel-2, 10 m resolution. No sufficiently clear pass has followed the fire going out yet: the second image was taken DURING the fire, so the burn scar had not finished spreading. It will be replaced automatically at the first clear sky. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data (2026).

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 27 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 01:56	4 MW	2	N21
23 October at 01:12	11 MW	6	N20
23 October at 00:52	1 MW	1	N
22 October at 18:45	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:38	31 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:37	34 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 18:35	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:25	50 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 18:23	78 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 18:22	53 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 18:15	56 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:08	123 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 18:07	92 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 18:05	62 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:55	20 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:53	18 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:38	115 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 17:37	72 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 17:35	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:08	20 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:05	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:55	99 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:53	139 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:52	138 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:45	63 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:38	37 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:23	26 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:22	32 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:15	141 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:07	201 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:07	135 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:05	81 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:55	66 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:52	239 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 15:52	280 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:45	43 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:37	77 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:35	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:25	67 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:22	208 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:22	124 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:15	84 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:07	243 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:07	512 MW	10	Met9
22 October at 15:05	86 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:55	138 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:52	126 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:52	181 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:46	204 MW	4	Aqua
22 October at 14:45	43 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:37	220 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:37	58 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:35	131 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:25	89 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:22	175 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:22	146 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:15	101 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:07	220 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:07	185 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:05	118 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:57	510 MW	42	N
22 October at 13:55	164 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:52	242 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:45	54 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:37	109 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:37	305 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:35	68 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:25	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:22	171 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:19	468 MW	58	N21
22 October at 13:15	134 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:07	321 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:07	57 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:05	53 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:52	184 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:37	170 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:36	199 MW	31	N20
22 October at 12:35	38 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:25	101 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:22	352 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 12:22	431 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 12:15	56 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:07	86 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:05	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:55	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:52	62 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:52	71 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:45	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:37	390 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 11:37	68 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:35	21 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:22	61 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:22	84 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:15	64 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:07	89 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:05	53 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:55	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:52	130 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:52	97 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:37	53 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:35	35 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:25	34 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:22	54 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:15	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:07	71 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:05	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:52	68 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 09:37	61 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 09:37	57 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:22	107 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:07	50 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 09:05	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:37	38 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:38	43 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:35	51 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:45	39 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:45	125 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:38	301 MW	28	N21
21 October at 13:37	62 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:35	72 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:25	148 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:15	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:05	67 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:56	319 MW	45	N20
21 October at 12:55	85 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:45	30 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:36	231 MW	19	N
21 October at 12:35	428 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 12:25	31 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:15	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:05	33 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:55	248 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:52	49 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:45	102 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:37	67 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:35	21 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:25	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:22	74 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:15	111 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:05	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:55	36 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:52	106 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:45	78 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 10:37	58 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:37	72 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:25	91 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:22	42 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:15	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:07	89 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:07	41 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:05	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:55	83 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:52	37 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:15	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:05	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:15	23 MW	4	N20
20 October at 12:55	40 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:53	6 MW	1	N
20 October at 12:45	48 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:17	68 MW	3	N21
20 October at 11:55	43 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:45	28 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:37	74 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:35	125 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 11:25	106 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:05	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:52	65 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:52	50 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:45	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:37	174 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 10:37	63 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:35	34 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:22	170 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 10:22	105 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 09:45	110 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 07:22	19 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 13:32	137 MW	8	N20
19 October at 13:13	64 MW	6	N
19 October at 12:36	3 MW	1	N21
17 October at 13:49	65 MW	4	N
17 October at 13:13	31 MW	5	N21
15 October at 15:14	41 MW	5	Aqua
15 October at 13:51	8 MW	1	N21
15 October at 13:08	14 MW	6	N20
13 October at 13:47	3 MW	1	N20
12 October at 13:08	14 MW	3	N21
11 October at 14:04	70 MW	9	N
11 October at 13:25	111 MW	12	N21
11 October at 12:41	140 MW	15	N20
11 October at 12:21	33 MW	3	N
10 October at 13:47	24 MW	4	N21
10 October at 13:02	72 MW	13	N20
10 October at 12:43	52 MW	10	N
9 October at 13:19	39 MW	5	N20
9 October at 13:00	37 MW	2	N
9 October at 12:24	66 MW	9	N21
8 October at 13:38	62 MW	2	N20
8 October at 13:19	36 MW	7	N
8 October at 12:41	33 MW	5	N21
7 October at 13:38	40 MW	6	N
7 October at 13:02	22 MW	4	N21
6 October at 12:36	38 MW	4	N20
6 October at 01:29	3 MW	3	N20
6 October at 01:09	6 MW	3	N
5 October at 13:39	1,069 MW	88	N21
5 October at 12:54	1,130 MW	92	N20
5 October at 12:36	1,027 MW	86	N
5 October at 01:48	4 MW	1	N20
5 October at 01:31	2 MW	1	N
5 October at 00:52	2 MW	1	N21
4 October at 14:49	665 MW	5	Aqua
4 October at 13:57	15 MW	2	N21
4 October at 13:15	552 MW	64	N20
4 October at 12:53	903 MW	80	N
4 October at 12:17	1,018 MW	72	N21
3 October at 13:32	428 MW	43	N20
3 October at 13:13	471 MW	59	N
3 October at 12:36	869 MW	44	N21
2 October at 15:12	295 MW	17	Aqua
2 October at 13:51	61 MW	8	N20
2 October at 13:32	438 MW	40	N
2 October at 12:56	234 MW	35	N21
30 September at 13:32	21 MW	3	N21
30 September at 12:47	74 MW	12	N20
30 September at 00:46	2 MW	1	N21
29 September at 13:08	384 MW	10	N20
29 September at 12:47	56 MW	6	N
29 September at 12:13	19 MW	2	N21
28 September at 12:30	19 MW	2	N21

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