Fire near Nord-Occidentale (ZM)

13.13°S, 23.04°E · first detected on 23 September at 13:57

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 13:57 to 22 October at 16:16, that is 29 days, through 922 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 12,729 ha.

Detected extent: 12,729 ha
Cumulative power: 20,042 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 368 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 922
Estimated emissions: 24.1 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
22 October at 16:53	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:43	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:33	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:16	6 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 15:43	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:33	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:23	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:13	51 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:33	59 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:23	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:13	24 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:10	86 MW	9	N20
22 October at 14:04	41 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:04	76 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:03	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:49	67 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:34	61 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:33	25 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:19	66 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:15	10 MW	2	N21
22 October at 13:04	72 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:34	64 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:04	58 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:34	57 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:23	45 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:19	83 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:04	42 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:03	22 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:53	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:33	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:33	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:29	36 MW	3	N20
21 October at 14:10	36 MW	6	N
21 October at 13:33	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:32	114 MW	6	N21
21 October at 13:23	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:19	38 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:13	44 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:04	53 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:49	63 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:49	42 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:43	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:19	74 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:13	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:03	48 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:53	33 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:43	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:46	6 MW	2	N20
20 October at 14:27	25 MW	4	N
20 October at 13:51	55 MW	8	N21
20 October at 13:19	64 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:49	77 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:33	48 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:23	42 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:19	48 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:03	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:53	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:43	24 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:19	51 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 01:56	1 MW	1	N
20 October at 01:18	4 MW	2	N21
19 October at 16:01	102 MW	6	Aqua
19 October at 14:49	276 MW	20	N
19 October at 14:10	292 MW	18	N21
19 October at 13:25	493 MW	18	N20
19 October at 02:35	1 MW	1	N20
19 October at 02:13	1 MW	2	N
19 October at 01:37	6 MW	4	N21
18 October at 15:06	367 MW	22	N
18 October at 14:29	835 MW	29	N21
18 October at 13:47	849 MW	20	N20
18 October at 13:25	678 MW	15	N
18 October at 02:33	5 MW	4	N
18 October at 01:56	3 MW	1	N21
18 October at 01:12	11 MW	4	N20
17 October at 20:58	21 MW	2	Terra
17 October at 14:49	1,240 MW	42	N21
17 October at 14:04	1,751 MW	42	N20
17 October at 13:45	3,293 MW	57	N
17 October at 13:08	1,119 MW	35	N21
17 October at 02:13	1 MW	1	N21
17 October at 01:29	2 MW	2	N20
17 October at 01:12	1 MW	1	N
16 October at 15:46	128 MW	3	Aqua
16 October at 14:23	344 MW	23	N20
16 October at 14:04	381 MW	24	N
16 October at 13:25	833 MW	41	N21
16 October at 01:50	1 MW	2	N20
16 October at 01:29	1 MW	1	N
16 October at 00:54	1 MW	1	N21
15 October at 16:46	31 MW	1	Aqua
15 October at 14:42	71 MW	17	N20
15 October at 14:21	145 MW	16	N
15 October at 13:47	249 MW	15	N21
15 October at 02:07	1 MW	1	N20
15 October at 01:48	1 MW	1	N
14 October at 16:10	86 MW	4	Aqua
14 October at 14:59	176 MW	11	N20
14 October at 14:42	307 MW	18	N
14 October at 14:04	63 MW	8	N21
14 October at 13:19	88 MW	7	N20
13 October at 14:59	55 MW	4	N
13 October at 14:23	26 MW	8	N21
13 October at 13:40	86 MW	9	N20
11 October at 14:17	25 MW	2	N20
11 October at 13:57	9 MW	2	N
11 October at 13:19	16 MW	3	N21
10 October at 14:36	67 MW	4	N20
10 October at 14:17	42 MW	5	N
10 October at 13:40	53 MW	4	N21
9 October at 14:34	31 MW	5	N
9 October at 13:57	48 MW	8	N21
9 October at 13:13	50 MW	5	N20
7 October at 16:37	188 MW	6	Aqua
7 October at 13:51	82 MW	5	N20
7 October at 13:32	124 MW	5	N
6 October at 02:22	4 MW	4	N21
6 October at 01:37	4 MW	4	N20
6 October at 01:18	3 MW	3	N
5 October at 21:19	7 MW	1	Terra
5 October at 14:29	723 MW	22	N20
5 October at 14:10	491 MW	21	N
5 October at 13:34	593 MW	16	N21
4 October at 16:22	41 MW	4	Aqua
4 October at 14:46	155 MW	20	N20
4 October at 14:27	279 MW	13	N
4 October at 13:51	101 MW	9	N21
4 October at 02:13	1 MW	1	N20
4 October at 01:56	2 MW	2	N
4 October at 01:18	2 MW	2	N21
3 October at 15:44	488 MW	6	Aqua
3 October at 14:49	319 MW	23	N
3 October at 14:10	263 MW	10	N21
3 October at 13:25	30 MW	4	N20
1 October at 16:08	23 MW	1	Aqua
1 October at 14:49	3 MW	1	N21
29 September at 14:42	7 MW	3	N20
29 September at 14:21	92 MW	12	N
29 September at 13:47	104 MW	7	N21
28 September at 14:04	39 MW	7	N21
28 September at 13:19	8 MW	1	N20
28 September at 02:26	1 MW	1	N20
28 September at 02:07	1 MW	1	N
28 September at 01:29	3 MW	2	N21
27 September at 14:59	11 MW	1	N
27 September at 13:40	7 MW	1	N20
27 September at 01:50	1 MW	1	N21
26 September at 16:14	164 MW	5	Aqua
26 September at 14:42	251 MW	17	N21
26 September at 13:57	524 MW	38	N20
26 September at 13:38	168 MW	23	N
26 September at 04:02	7 MW	1	Aqua
26 September at 02:45	3 MW	2	N
26 September at 02:07	10 MW	5	N21
26 September at 01:24	7 MW	4	N20
26 September at 01:03	3 MW	2	N
25 September at 15:36	130 MW	2	Aqua
25 September at 14:17	384 MW	37	N20
25 September at 13:57	642 MW	45	N
25 September at 13:19	270 MW	24	N21
25 September at 09:09	20 MW	3	Terra
25 September at 01:44	2 MW	3	N20
24 September at 16:35	64 MW	4	Aqua
24 September at 14:36	107 MW	15	N20
24 September at 14:17	614 MW	50	N
24 September at 13:40	414 MW	37	N21

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