Fire near Nord-Occidentale (ZM)

13.24°S, 24.10°E · first detected on 23 September at 13:13

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 13:13 to 23 October at 02:03, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 3,694 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 55,747 ha.

Detected extent: 55,747 ha
Cumulative power: 50,759 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 282 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 3,694
Estimated emissions: 32.5 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 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
23 October at 02:03	8 MW	7	N21
23 October at 01:18	8 MW	8	N20
22 October at 16:43	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:34	30 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:33	61 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:23	67 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:20	63 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:19	37 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:16	242 MW	16	Aqua
22 October at 16:13	95 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 16:05	131 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:04	118 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 16:03	177 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:53	119 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 15:43	146 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:35	24 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:34	29 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:33	220 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:23	256 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 15:20	255 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:19	85 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:13	175 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:05	96 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:03	156 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:53	212 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:50	56 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:49	206 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:43	137 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:34	162 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:33	261 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:23	102 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:19	99 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:13	81 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:10	438 MW	41	N20
22 October at 14:04	115 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:04	40 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:03	327 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:53	89 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:50	474 MW	38	N
22 October at 13:49	116 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:43	76 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:33	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:23	127 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:15	663 MW	28	N21
22 October at 13:13	50 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:04	188 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:04	467 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:03	41 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:53	48 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:49	181 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:49	256 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:43	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:33	53 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:23	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:19	190 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:19	79 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:04	63 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:04	74 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:03	45 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:49	120 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:49	59 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:34	118 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:19	297 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 11:13	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:04	158 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:49	205 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 10:34	108 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:19	57 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:49	45 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:34	38 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:33	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:19	50 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:19	57 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 08:49	43 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 01:37	1 MW	1	N20
22 October at 01:18	2 MW	1	N
21 October at 18:53	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:49	20 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:35	24 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:34	52 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 18:33	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:20	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:19	27 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:05	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:04	25 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:53	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:50	85 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 17:49	72 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:43	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:33	29 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:23	46 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:20	64 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:19	40 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:13	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:04	30 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:03	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:53	40 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:50	81 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:49	57 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:33	51 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:23	45 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:13	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:53	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:43	165 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:40	45 MW	1	Aqua
21 October at 15:33	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:23	59 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:20	138 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:13	160 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 15:03	87 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:53	51 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:43	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:33	51 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:29	430 MW	29	N20
21 October at 14:23	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:13	78 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:10	320 MW	51	N
21 October at 14:03	368 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:53	59 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:43	53 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:33	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:32	388 MW	40	N21
21 October at 13:23	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:13	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:53	55 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:43	73 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:34	84 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:33	49 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:23	88 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:13	128 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:04	119 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:03	40 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:53	49 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:49	66 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:43	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:34	107 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:33	40 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:23	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:19	94 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:13	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:04	174 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:03	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:53	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:49	91 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 09:53	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:43	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:34	60 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:19	51 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:04	48 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 08:53	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:49	41 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 01:56	11 MW	9	N20
21 October at 01:35	8 MW	5	N
21 October at 01:01	10 MW	4	N21
20 October at 21:15	25 MW	3	Terra
20 October at 20:13	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:03	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:53	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:53	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:43	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:33	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:23	46 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:13	60 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:03	64 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:53	64 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:43	35 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:40	97 MW	4	Aqua
20 October at 16:33	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:23	71 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:13	273 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:05	185 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 16:03	185 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:53	223 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 15:50	141 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:49	49 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:43	261 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 15:35	92 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:33	102 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:23	151 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 15:13	42 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:03	114 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:53	100 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:46	168 MW	20	N20
20 October at 14:43	89 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:33	300 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:27	558 MW	43	N
20 October at 14:23	69 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:13	97 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:04	47 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:03	100 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:53	209 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 13:51	674 MW	55	N21
20 October at 13:49	84 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:43	196 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 13:34	85 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:34	83 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:33	128 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:23	113 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:19	144 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:13	125 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:08	116 MW	7	N20
20 October at 13:04	75 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:03	123 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:53	155 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:49	96 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:49	172 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:43	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:34	338 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 12:34	334 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:33	476 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 12:23	79 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 12:19	293 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:13	156 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:04	203 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:04	381 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:03	318 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 11:53	53 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:49	88 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:49	78 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:43	107 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:34	119 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:34	123 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:33	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:23	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:19	40 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:19	172 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:04	97 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:03	26 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:53	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:49	146 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:34	83 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:19	72 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:04	65 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:49	70 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 09:34	55 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:34	66 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 09:01	10 MW	1	Terra
20 October at 02:13	1 MW	1	N20
20 October at 01:56	8 MW	10	N
20 October at 01:18	5 MW	7	N21
19 October at 16:01	330 MW	19	Aqua
19 October at 14:49	374 MW	52	N
19 October at 14:10	726 MW	45	N21
19 October at 13:25	823 MW	57	N20
19 October at 02:35	1 MW	1	N20
19 October at 02:13	2 MW	3	N
19 October at 01:37	5 MW	3	N21
18 October at 15:06	61 MW	7	N
18 October at 14:29	300 MW	31	N21
18 October at 13:47	365 MW	31	N20
18 October at 13:25	237 MW	19	N
18 October at 02:33	5 MW	4	N
18 October at 01:56	11 MW	7	N21
18 October at 01:12	6 MW	5	N20
17 October at 20:58	6 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 14:49	358 MW	31	N21
17 October at 14:04	1,258 MW	156	N20
17 October at 13:45	1,265 MW	140	N
17 October at 13:08	966 MW	65	N21
17 October at 08:44	6 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 02:13	9 MW	9	N21
17 October at 01:29	15 MW	7	N20
17 October at 01:12	9 MW	6	N
16 October at 15:46	144 MW	5	Aqua
16 October at 14:22	1,445 MW	143	N20
16 October at 14:04	1,518 MW	157	N
16 October at 13:25	1,644 MW	96	N21
16 October at 01:50	2 MW	3	N20
16 October at 01:29	2 MW	2	N
16 October at 00:54	3 MW	2	N21
15 October at 14:42	428 MW	63	N20
15 October at 14:21	746 MW	75	N
15 October at 13:47	700 MW	55	N21
15 October at 09:03	25 MW	3	Terra
15 October at 02:07	1 MW	1	N20
15 October at 01:48	1 MW	1	N
15 October at 01:12	1 MW	1	N21
14 October at 16:10	295 MW	11	Aqua
14 October at 14:59	38 MW	4	N20
14 October at 14:41	444 MW	35	N
14 October at 14:04	485 MW	45	N21
14 October at 13:19	467 MW	35	N20
13 October at 14:21	208 MW	15	N21
13 October at 13:40	110 MW	14	N20
12 October at 14:42	282 MW	9	N21
12 October at 13:02	19 MW	1	N21
11 October at 15:55	62 MW	2	Aqua
11 October at 14:17	58 MW	8	N20
11 October at 13:57	81 MW	9	N
11 October at 13:19	123 MW	12	N21
11 October at 01:44	1 MW	1	N20
11 October at 01:24	2 MW	1	N
10 October at 14:36	103 MW	12	N20
10 October at 14:17	535 MW	51	N
10 October at 13:40	709 MW	40	N21
10 October at 02:01	4 MW	3	N20
10 October at 01:05	6 MW	6	N21
9 October at 16:14	11 MW	1	Aqua
9 October at 14:34	5 MW	1	N
9 October at 13:57	16 MW	3	N21
9 October at 13:13	78 MW	5	N20
8 October at 14:53	255 MW	12	N
8 October at 14:17	78 MW	11	N21
8 October at 13:32	8 MW	1	N20
8 October at 13:15	62 MW	2	N
8 October at 01:44	2 MW	3	N21
7 October at 16:37	239 MW	6	Aqua
7 October at 14:36	75 MW	7	N21
7 October at 13:51	70 MW	10	N20
7 October at 13:32	207 MW	7	N
7 October at 08:46	8 MW	1	Terra
6 October at 03:49	7 MW	1	Aqua
6 October at 02:20	19 MW	12	N21
6 October at 01:35	27 MW	24	N20
6 October at 01:18	16 MW	13	N
5 October at 21:19	45 MW	5	Terra
5 October at 14:29	1,149 MW	54	N20
5 October at 14:10	889 MW	78	N
5 October at 13:32	1,003 MW	46	N21
5 October at 01:56	1 MW	1	N20
4 October at 20:41	38 MW	2	Terra
4 October at 16:22	557 MW	19	Aqua
4 October at 14:46	1,698 MW	68	N20
4 October at 14:27	1,671 MW	78	N
4 October at 13:51	1,503 MW	71	N21
4 October at 13:08	197 MW	7	N20
4 October at 02:13	13 MW	10	N20
4 October at 01:56	14 MW	18	N
4 October at 01:18	18 MW	17	N21
3 October at 15:44	351 MW	7	Aqua
3 October at 14:49	435 MW	66	N
3 October at 14:10	540 MW	42	N21
3 October at 13:25	506 MW	44	N20
3 October at 02:35	4 MW	3	N20
3 October at 02:13	6 MW	7	N
3 October at 01:37	6 MW	7	N21
3 October at 00:52	1 MW	1	N20
2 October at 15:06	83 MW	7	N
2 October at 14:29	122 MW	13	N21
2 October at 13:47	203 MW	15	N20
2 October at 13:25	167 MW	11	N
2 October at 02:33	8 MW	8	N
2 October at 01:56	14 MW	7	N21
2 October at 01:12	12 MW	11	N20
1 October at 16:08	39 MW	3	Aqua
1 October at 14:49	745 MW	20	N21
1 October at 14:04	1,468 MW	78	N20
1 October at 13:45	1,369 MW	45	N
1 October at 13:08	1,995 MW	32	N21
1 October at 02:13	18 MW	15	N21
1 October at 01:29	20 MW	14	N20
1 October at 01:09	14 MW	11	N
30 September at 14:21	81 MW	11	N20
30 September at 14:04	177 MW	28	N
30 September at 13:25	601 MW	27	N21
30 September at 09:09	14 MW	1	Terra
29 September at 14:21	25 MW	2	N
29 September at 13:47	136 MW	10	N21
29 September at 02:07	12 MW	12	N20
29 September at 01:48	14 MW	15	N
28 September at 14:04	219 MW	19	N21
28 September at 13:19	1,470 MW	20	N20
28 September at 02:07	1 MW	1	N
28 September at 01:29	2 MW	1	N21
27 September at 14:59	196 MW	11	N
27 September at 14:23	365 MW	28	N21
27 September at 13:38	918 MW	51	N20
27 September at 13:19	694 MW	33	N
27 September at 02:26	3 MW	2	N
27 September at 01:50	5 MW	6	N21
27 September at 01:05	3 MW	3	N20
26 September at 16:14	75 MW	5	Aqua
26 September at 14:42	36 MW	4	N21
26 September at 13:57	308 MW	41	N20
26 September at 13:38	399 MW	19	N
26 September at 13:02	326 MW	7	N21
26 September at 02:45	3 MW	3	N
26 September at 02:07	11 MW	5	N21
26 September at 01:24	7 MW	7	N20
26 September at 01:03	7 MW	4	N
25 September at 21:21	29 MW	4	Terra
25 September at 15:36	184 MW	2	Aqua
25 September at 14:17	1,015 MW	79	N20
25 September at 13:56	923 MW	95	N
25 September at 13:19	1,028 MW	92	N21
25 September at 02:28	5 MW	3	N21
25 September at 01:44	13 MW	14	N20
25 September at 01:24	9 MW	6	N
25 September at 00:46	1 MW	1	N21
24 September at 16:35	416 MW	16	Aqua
24 September at 14:36	1,144 MW	83	N20
24 September at 14:17	1,203 MW	103	N
24 September at 13:40	777 MW	58	N21

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