Fire near Nord-Occidentale (ZM)

13.46°S, 23.52°E · first detected on 23 September at 13:13

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 13:13 to 22 October at 14:53, that is 29 days, through 4,459 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 47,910 ha.

Detected extent: 47,910 ha
Cumulative power: 111,616 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 669 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 4,459
Estimated emissions: 19.5 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
22 October at 16:33	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:23	44 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:16	125 MW	3	Aqua
22 October at 16:13	108 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:03	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:53	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:33	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:23	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:53	103 MW	7	N21
22 October at 14:53	63 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:43	55 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:34	67 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:33	39 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:23	80 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:19	42 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:19	56 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:13	104 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:10	102 MW	15	N20
22 October at 14:04	281 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:03	193 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:53	278 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:50	351 MW	16	N
22 October at 13:49	148 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:43	457 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:34	295 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:33	266 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:23	802 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:19	751 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 13:19	305 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:15	499 MW	6	N21
22 October at 13:13	430 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:04	187 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:04	281 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:03	105 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:53	28 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:49	374 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:49	88 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:34	117 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:34	125 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:19	207 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:49	118 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:49	108 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:34	113 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:34	263 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 11:19	109 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:19	281 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 11:04	463 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 11:04	105 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:49	313 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 10:49	101 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:34	274 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 10:23	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:13	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:34	41 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:19	53 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 23:50	32 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 23:49	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 23:35	32 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 22:23	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:19	19 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 21:43	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:35	69 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 21:33	73 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 21:23	90 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 21:20	158 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 21:20	137 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 21:13	50 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 19:13	55 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 19:05	31 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 19:04	83 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 19:03	139 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 18:53	57 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 18:50	155 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 18:49	147 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 18:43	185 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 18:35	222 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 18:34	189 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 18:33	95 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 18:23	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:20	60 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 18:19	61 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 18:05	29 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:04	29 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:03	48 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:53	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:50	71 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:49	90 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:43	44 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:33	24 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:23	56 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:13	133 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:03	59 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:53	87 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:43	27 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:33	331 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:29	278 MW	15	N20
21 October at 14:23	162 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:13	445 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:10	551 MW	25	N
21 October at 14:04	262 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:03	188 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:53	1,033 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 13:49	223 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:49	266 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:43	426 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 13:34	331 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:34	439 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:33	271 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:32	319 MW	9	N21
21 October at 13:23	195 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:19	275 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:19	418 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:13	249 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:04	659 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 13:04	494 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 13:03	281 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 12:53	605 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 12:49	1,124 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 12:49	1,138 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 12:43	313 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 12:34	733 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 12:34	630 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 12:33	296 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 12:23	304 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 12:19	583 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 12:19	516 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 12:13	145 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:04	204 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:04	264 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:03	50 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:53	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:49	134 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:49	307 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 11:43	26 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:34	394 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 11:34	173 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:33	116 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:23	154 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 11:19	166 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:13	151 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:04	74 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:19	62 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 09:34	61 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:19	55 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 01:56	5 MW	4	N20
21 October at 01:35	1 MW	1	N
21 October at 01:01	2 MW	1	N21
20 October at 18:53	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:43	26 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:33	33 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:23	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:13	32 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:03	33 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:53	43 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:43	56 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:33	92 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 17:23	169 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 17:13	189 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 17:03	56 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:53	51 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:43	24 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:40	691 MW	6	Aqua
20 October at 16:33	53 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:23	77 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:13	119 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:05	538 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 16:03	278 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 15:53	348 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 15:43	107 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:35	899 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:33	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:23	77 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:20	51 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:13	58 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:03	200 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:53	155 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:46	223 MW	20	N20
20 October at 14:43	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:27	327 MW	21	N
20 October at 14:23	148 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:13	26 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:03	87 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:53	62 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:51	828 MW	23	N21
20 October at 13:43	432 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 13:33	334 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:23	311 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 13:13	224 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:04	92 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:04	95 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:03	152 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:53	167 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:49	314 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:49	210 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:43	90 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:34	145 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:34	145 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:33	151 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:23	114 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:19	204 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:19	142 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:13	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:03	28 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:53	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:49	100 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:19	94 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:04	44 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:49	71 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:33	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:23	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 01:18	6 MW	5	N21
19 October at 16:01	274 MW	6	Aqua
19 October at 14:49	742 MW	52	N
19 October at 14:10	476 MW	25	N21
19 October at 13:25	811 MW	39	N20
18 October at 15:06	175 MW	11	N
18 October at 14:29	430 MW	32	N21
18 October at 13:47	464 MW	29	N20
18 October at 13:25	310 MW	23	N
18 October at 01:56	9 MW	5	N21
18 October at 01:12	28 MW	9	N20
17 October at 20:58	16 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 14:49	2,193 MW	53	N21
17 October at 14:04	3,914 MW	72	N20
17 October at 13:45	3,056 MW	84	N
17 October at 13:08	2,739 MW	44	N21
17 October at 02:13	8 MW	6	N21
17 October at 01:29	10 MW	11	N20
17 October at 01:12	6 MW	6	N
16 October at 15:46	78 MW	2	Aqua
16 October at 14:22	1,927 MW	77	N20
16 October at 14:04	1,013 MW	65	N
16 October at 13:25	3,382 MW	72	N21
16 October at 02:35	1 MW	1	N21
16 October at 01:50	12 MW	15	N20
16 October at 01:29	13 MW	9	N
16 October at 00:54	10 MW	7	N21
15 October at 21:17	6 MW	1	Terra
15 October at 16:46	120 MW	3	Aqua
15 October at 14:42	685 MW	63	N20
15 October at 14:21	1,138 MW	69	N
15 October at 13:47	1,335 MW	51	N21
15 October at 09:03	8 MW	1	Terra
15 October at 02:07	4 MW	4	N20
15 October at 01:50	2 MW	4	N
15 October at 01:12	6 MW	2	N21
14 October at 16:10	147 MW	6	Aqua
14 October at 14:59	309 MW	19	N20
14 October at 14:41	542 MW	41	N
14 October at 14:04	726 MW	25	N21
14 October at 13:19	1,000 MW	34	N20
13 October at 14:59	57 MW	3	N
13 October at 14:21	145 MW	14	N21
13 October at 13:40	210 MW	13	N20
12 October at 16:31	21 MW	2	Aqua
12 October at 14:42	81 MW	6	N21
11 October at 14:17	9 MW	2	N20
11 October at 13:57	29 MW	4	N
11 October at 13:19	56 MW	3	N21
10 October at 14:17	9 MW	1	N
10 October at 13:40	225 MW	4	N21
10 October at 02:01	1 MW	2	N20
9 October at 14:53	89 MW	6	N20
9 October at 14:34	359 MW	29	N
9 October at 13:57	1,274 MW	35	N21
9 October at 13:13	1,011 MW	20	N20
8 October at 14:53	762 MW	22	N
8 October at 14:17	98 MW	4	N21
8 October at 02:39	2 MW	2	N20
8 October at 01:44	3 MW	3	N21
8 October at 01:01	3 MW	2	N20
7 October at 14:36	4 MW	1	N21
7 October at 13:51	53 MW	4	N20
7 October at 13:32	530 MW	19	N
7 October at 08:46	6 MW	1	Terra
6 October at 02:22	1 MW	2	N21
6 October at 01:37	4 MW	6	N20
6 October at 01:18	2 MW	3	N
5 October at 14:29	571 MW	40	N20
5 October at 14:10	918 MW	50	N
5 October at 13:32	1,138 MW	42	N21
5 October at 09:07	110 MW	7	Terra
5 October at 01:56	39 MW	30	N20
5 October at 01:35	29 MW	17	N
4 October at 20:41	187 MW	6	Terra
4 October at 16:22	1,579 MW	30	Aqua
4 October at 14:46	3,285 MW	89	N20
4 October at 14:27	3,097 MW	81	N
4 October at 13:51	3,180 MW	65	N21
4 October at 08:29	76 MW	3	Terra
4 October at 02:13	33 MW	21	N20
4 October at 01:56	39 MW	30	N
4 October at 01:18	52 MW	25	N21
3 October at 21:38	115 MW	3	Terra
3 October at 15:44	807 MW	14	Aqua
3 October at 14:49	764 MW	85	N
3 October at 14:10	1,144 MW	44	N21
3 October at 13:25	2,126 MW	60	N20
3 October at 02:35	19 MW	11	N20
3 October at 02:13	30 MW	19	N
3 October at 01:37	31 MW	22	N21
3 October at 00:52	29 MW	14	N20
2 October at 21:00	14 MW	2	Terra
2 October at 16:44	157 MW	4	Aqua
2 October at 15:06	892 MW	24	N
2 October at 14:29	1,663 MW	30	N21
2 October at 13:47	584 MW	18	N20
2 October at 13:25	375 MW	14	N
2 October at 08:48	8 MW	1	Terra
2 October at 02:33	3 MW	5	N
2 October at 01:56	7 MW	6	N21
2 October at 01:12	10 MW	11	N20
1 October at 16:08	202 MW	10	Aqua
1 October at 14:49	117 MW	5	N21
1 October at 14:04	1,010 MW	31	N20
1 October at 13:45	1,196 MW	44	N
1 October at 13:08	1,284 MW	26	N21
30 September at 14:21	485 MW	25	N20
30 September at 14:04	740 MW	28	N
30 September at 13:25	585 MW	22	N21
30 September at 01:29	4 MW	2	N
29 September at 13:47	12 MW	1	N21
29 September at 08:29	20 MW	1	Terra
29 September at 04:17	285 MW	4	Aqua
29 September at 02:07	98 MW	27	N20
29 September at 01:48	48 MW	17	N
29 September at 01:12	36 MW	10	N21
28 September at 15:53	34 MW	1	Aqua
28 September at 14:59	367 MW	8	N20
28 September at 14:04	569 MW	29	N21
28 September at 13:19	310 MW	16	N20
28 September at 02:28	4 MW	5	N20
28 September at 02:07	8 MW	10	N
28 September at 01:29	31 MW	26	N21
27 September at 21:02	61 MW	7	Terra
27 September at 16:52	337 MW	4	Aqua
27 September at 14:59	103 MW	7	N
27 September at 14:22	919 MW	52	N21
27 September at 13:38	1,345 MW	40	N20
27 September at 13:19	968 MW	27	N
27 September at 08:48	36 MW	2	Terra
27 September at 02:26	77 MW	36	N
27 September at 01:50	84 MW	51	N21
27 September at 01:05	57 MW	26	N20
26 September at 16:14	786 MW	30	Aqua
26 September at 14:42	919 MW	59	N21
26 September at 13:57	1,105 MW	63	N20
26 September at 13:38	975 MW	80	N
26 September at 04:02	16 MW	2	Aqua
26 September at 02:45	91 MW	45	N
26 September at 02:07	123 MW	65	N21
26 September at 01:24	115 MW	79	N20
26 September at 01:03	112 MW	54	N
25 September at 21:21	293 MW	18	Terra
25 September at 15:36	5,588 MW	26	Aqua
25 September at 14:17	4,856 MW	133	N20
25 September at 13:56	4,206 MW	119	N
25 September at 13:19	5,406 MW	135	N21
25 September at 09:09	103 MW	8	Terra
25 September at 02:28	144 MW	70	N21
25 September at 01:44	117 MW	105	N20
25 September at 01:24	109 MW	49	N
25 September at 00:46	181 MW	48	N21
24 September at 20:45	378 MW	13	Terra
24 September at 16:35	3,044 MW	49	Aqua
24 September at 14:36	4,914 MW	140	N20
24 September at 14:17	5,425 MW	158	N
24 September at 13:40	6,181 MW	155	N21
24 September at 02:01	22 MW	15	N20
24 September at 01:41	42 MW	18	N
24 September at 01:05	40 MW	20	N21

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