Fire near Nil Supérieur (SS)

10.16°N, 32.13°E · first detected on 19 October at 12:36

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 19 October at 12:36 to 23 October at 01:56, that is 4 days, through 171 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,251 ha.

Detected extent: 2,251 ha
Cumulative power: 2,513 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 149 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 171
Estimated emissions: 259 t of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 19 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 6 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 05:22	33 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 05:07	54 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 05:05	18 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 03:52	30 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 03:25	10 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 03:22	23 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 03:22	26 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 03:07	21 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 03:05	15 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 02:37	15 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 02:37	45 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 02:35	73 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 02:33	62 MW	9	N
23 October at 02:22	15 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 02:15	46 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 02:07	80 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 02:07	65 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 02:05	95 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 01:56	88 MW	15	N21
23 October at 01:45	26 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 01:37	59 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 01:25	21 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 01:22	355 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 01:22	331 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 01:15	54 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 01:12	406 MW	52	N20
23 October at 01:07	83 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 01:07	140 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 01:05	25 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 00:55	54 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 00:52	375 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 00:52	186 MW	12	N
23 October at 00:52	170 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 00:45	101 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 00:37	380 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 00:37	194 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 00:35	43 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 00:22	35 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 23:07	22 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 22:52	102 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 22:37	197 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 22:37	36 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 22:35	39 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 22:25	65 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 22:22	215 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 22:22	80 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 22:15	83 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 22:08	164 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 22:07	492 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 22:05	137 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 21:55	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 21:53	42 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 21:52	128 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 21:45	51 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 21:38	104 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 21:37	311 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 21:35	69 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 21:25	84 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 21:22	82 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 21:22	232 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 21:15	43 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 21:07	64 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 21:07	20 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 20:55	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 20:23	55 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 20:15	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 20:08	64 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 20:07	54 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 20:05	55 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 19:55	70 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 19:53	20 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:52	154 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 19:45	163 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 19:38	102 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 19:37	253 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 19:35	170 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 19:25	215 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 19:23	250 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 19:22	352 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 19:15	50 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 19:08	97 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 19:07	91 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 19:05	39 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:55	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:53	266 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 18:52	481 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 18:45	115 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:38	116 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 18:37	203 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 18:35	70 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 18:25	36 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:23	101 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 18:22	126 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 18:15	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:08	128 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 18:07	79 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 18:05	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:55	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:53	114 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 17:52	166 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 17:45	85 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 17:38	134 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 17:37	204 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 17:35	98 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 17:25	88 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:23	134 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 17:22	300 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 17:15	250 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 17:08	213 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 17:07	733 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 17:05	458 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:55	418 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:53	251 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 16:45	863 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 16:38	444 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 16:35	473 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 16:25	837 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 16:23	547 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 16:15	627 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 16:07	592 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 16:05	638 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 15:55	1,090 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 15:52	566 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 15:45	172 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:37	222 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:35	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:25	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:22	552 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:15	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:07	68 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:05	55 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:55	124 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:45	42 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:25	220 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:15	153 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:05	189 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:57	310 MW	34	N
22 October at 13:55	213 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:45	254 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:37	86 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:35	393 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:25	854 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 13:22	165 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:19	936 MW	30	N21
22 October at 13:15	441 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:07	401 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:05	268 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:55	395 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:52	427 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:45	927 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:37	638 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:36	547 MW	24	N20
22 October at 12:35	320 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:25	343 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:22	914 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:15	638 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:07	444 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:05	422 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 11:55	323 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:52	672 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 11:45	835 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 11:37	447 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 11:35	229 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:25	39 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:22	146 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:07	168 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:05	80 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:55	107 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:52	381 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 10:45	68 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:37	234 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 10:35	77 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:25	91 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:22	327 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 10:15	118 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:07	108 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:52	104 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:37	67 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:22	72 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:07	75 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:52	70 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:37	71 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:22	68 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:07	70 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:52	68 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:22	58 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 13:32	37 MW	3	N20
19 October at 12:36	4 MW	1	N21

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