Fire near Occidentale (ZM)

14.40°S, 23.53°E

What the satellites measured

This fire is not in the last thirty days of the fire list, but detections remain around this point: the curve below is rebuilt from the raw pixels, which are kept for a hundred days.

“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 18:13	39 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:05	25 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:03	43 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 17:53	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:50	25 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:43	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:35	23 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:34	26 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:33	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:13	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:03	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:53	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:50	39 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:49	41 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:43	66 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:35	58 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:34	203 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:33	71 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:23	112 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:16	190 MW	12	Aqua
22 October at 16:13	104 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 16:03	121 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:53	41 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:50	41 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:43	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:34	134 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:33	153 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 15:23	114 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:13	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:03	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:53	38 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:53	289 MW	20	N21
22 October at 14:49	79 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:43	135 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:33	51 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:23	48 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:13	41 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:10	405 MW	32	N20
22 October at 14:04	266 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:04	193 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:03	118 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:53	112 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:49	646 MW	52	N
22 October at 13:49	50 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:43	184 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:34	570 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:34	288 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:33	477 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 13:23	472 MW	21	Met12
22 October at 13:19	266 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:19	427 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:15	401 MW	33	N21
22 October at 13:13	217 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 13:04	94 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:03	137 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:53	117 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:49	198 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:49	384 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 12:43	474 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 12:34	117 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:34	127 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:33	201 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:23	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:13	75 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:04	37 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:04	82 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:03	100 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 11:53	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:43	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:03	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:53	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:33	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:23	50 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:19	29 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:13	113 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 10:04	94 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 10:03	145 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 09:53	58 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:03	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:42	7 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 01:37	1 MW	1	N20
22 October at 01:18	1 MW	1	N
21 October at 17:53	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:50	22 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:43	22 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:35	87 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 17:33	37 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:23	64 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:20	155 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 17:19	107 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 17:13	76 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:05	39 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:04	181 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 17:03	81 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:53	63 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:49	137 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:43	155 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 16:35	165 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:34	177 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:33	164 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 16:23	244 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 16:20	134 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:19	88 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:13	140 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 16:05	101 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:04	43 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:03	223 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 15:53	140 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:50	89 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:49	69 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:43	209 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 15:34	190 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 15:34	170 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:33	241 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 15:23	543 MW	21	Met12
21 October at 15:19	727 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 15:19	857 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 15:13	687 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 15:04	91 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:03	221 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:53	261 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 14:43	452 MW	18	Met12
21 October at 14:34	45 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:33	389 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 14:28	913 MW	72	N20
21 October at 14:23	236 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:13	309 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 14:10	824 MW	71	N
21 October at 14:03	504 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:53	444 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 13:49	54 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:49	145 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:43	393 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 13:34	61 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:34	116 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:33	236 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 13:32	580 MW	44	N21
21 October at 13:23	188 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:13	404 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 13:04	58 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:04	97 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:03	164 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 12:53	493 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 12:49	582 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 12:49	498 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 12:43	262 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 12:34	356 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:34	326 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:33	359 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 12:23	214 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 12:19	156 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:19	169 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:13	191 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 12:04	192 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:04	172 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:03	358 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 11:53	266 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:49	88 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:49	88 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:43	105 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:33	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:23	63 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:19	43 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:19	60 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:13	69 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:04	67 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:03	148 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 10:53	42 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:49	41 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:43	40 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:33	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:23	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:19	92 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:19	56 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:13	61 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:03	49 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 09:43	22 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 01:56	1 MW	1	N20
21 October at 01:01	6 MW	2	N21
20 October at 18:03	37 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:53	99 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 17:43	208 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 17:33	236 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 17:23	144 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 17:13	351 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 17:03	136 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:53	75 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:43	155 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 16:40	400 MW	7	Aqua
20 October at 16:33	82 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:23	140 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 16:13	65 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:05	179 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 16:03	269 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:53	359 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 15:49	394 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:43	459 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:34	127 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:33	103 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 15:23	86 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:13	54 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:03	30 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:53	116 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:49	386 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:46	540 MW	25	N20
20 October at 14:43	266 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 14:33	43 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:27	472 MW	32	N
20 October at 14:23	206 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 14:19	78 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:19	67 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:13	144 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:03	80 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:53	69 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:51	226 MW	19	N21
20 October at 13:43	181 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 13:33	114 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:23	95 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:19	75 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:13	187 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:08	18 MW	1	N20
20 October at 13:04	63 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:04	55 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:03	75 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:53	37 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:43	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:33	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:23	73 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:19	60 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:19	65 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:13	100 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:04	113 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:03	65 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:53	86 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:49	40 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:43	150 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:34	158 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:34	205 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 11:33	258 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:23	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:13	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:03	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:53	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 02:16	4 MW	3	N20
20 October at 01:56	7 MW	8	N
20 October at 01:18	4 MW	5	N21
19 October at 16:01	127 MW	3	Aqua
19 October at 14:48	571 MW	76	N
19 October at 14:10	694 MW	48	N21
19 October at 13:25	440 MW	48	N20
19 October at 02:13	3 MW	3	N
19 October at 01:37	6 MW	7	N21
18 October at 15:06	444 MW	41	N
18 October at 14:27	1,575 MW	66	N21
18 October at 13:47	1,084 MW	59	N20
18 October at 13:25	1,044 MW	68	N
18 October at 09:22	43 MW	2	Terra
18 October at 02:35	6 MW	7	N
18 October at 01:56	11 MW	9	N21
18 October at 01:12	8 MW	7	N20
17 October at 14:49	1,415 MW	93	N21
17 October at 14:04	1,559 MW	119	N20
17 October at 13:45	1,418 MW	93	N
17 October at 13:08	782 MW	52	N21
17 October at 08:44	49 MW	7	Terra
17 October at 02:16	13 MW	8	N21
17 October at 01:31	19 MW	15	N20
17 October at 01:12	9 MW	8	N
16 October at 15:46	161 MW	4	Aqua
16 October at 14:21	2,422 MW	142	N20
16 October at 14:04	1,458 MW	143	N
16 October at 13:25	1,341 MW	101	N21
16 October at 02:35	2 MW	1	N21
16 October at 01:50	16 MW	17	N20
16 October at 01:29	11 MW	11	N
16 October at 00:54	6 MW	4	N21
15 October at 21:15	33 MW	5	Terra
15 October at 16:46	485 MW	11	Aqua
15 October at 14:42	3,003 MW	258	N20
15 October at 14:21	3,776 MW	207	N
15 October at 13:47	2,818 MW	117	N21
15 October at 09:03	62 MW	6	Terra
15 October at 02:07	4 MW	6	N20
15 October at 01:50	6 MW	9	N
15 October at 01:12	10 MW	8	N21
14 October at 16:10	1,283 MW	35	Aqua
14 October at 14:59	912 MW	62	N20
14 October at 14:40	1,153 MW	67	N
14 October at 14:04	573 MW	41	N21
14 October at 13:19	411 MW	38	N20
14 October at 02:07	3 MW	1	N
14 October at 01:31	4 MW	6	N21
13 October at 14:59	268 MW	19	N
13 October at 14:21	193 MW	22	N21
13 October at 13:38	476 MW	31	N20
12 October at 16:29	12 MW	1	Aqua
12 October at 14:42	74 MW	8	N21
12 October at 02:07	2 MW	1	N21
11 October at 15:55	139 MW	3	Aqua
11 October at 14:17	80 MW	13	N20
11 October at 13:55	100 MW	7	N
11 October at 13:19	312 MW	13	N21
10 October at 14:36	154 MW	17	N20
10 October at 14:17	192 MW	23	N
10 October at 13:38	209 MW	18	N21
9 October at 13:57	25 MW	4	N21
9 October at 13:13	12 MW	1	N20
8 October at 14:53	6 MW	1	N
8 October at 14:17	15 MW	2	N21
7 October at 14:36	35 MW	3	N21
7 October at 13:51	19 MW	2	N20
7 October at 13:32	30 MW	4	N
6 October at 14:53	12 MW	1	N21
6 October at 14:10	208 MW	17	N20
6 October at 13:49	35 MW	5	N
6 October at 13:15	23 MW	3	N21
6 October at 01:37	2 MW	3	N20
6 October at 01:18	1 MW	2	N
5 October at 14:27	273 MW	22	N20
5 October at 14:10	493 MW	35	N
5 October at 13:32	689 MW	47	N21
5 October at 09:07	17 MW	2	Terra
5 October at 01:56	2 MW	2	N20
5 October at 01:35	1 MW	1	N
5 October at 01:01	2 MW	3	N21
4 October at 16:22	346 MW	22	Aqua
4 October at 14:48	724 MW	66	N20
4 October at 14:27	559 MW	31	N
4 October at 13:51	779 MW	27	N21
4 October at 13:08	6 MW	1	N20
4 October at 02:13	4 MW	4	N20
4 October at 01:56	5 MW	5	N
4 October at 01:18	4 MW	3	N21
3 October at 15:44	394 MW	6	Aqua
3 October at 14:46	476 MW	69	N
3 October at 14:10	426 MW	40	N21
3 October at 13:25	622 MW	71	N20
3 October at 02:13	1 MW	1	N
3 October at 01:37	2 MW	2	N21
2 October at 16:44	86 MW	2	Aqua
2 October at 15:06	125 MW	18	N
2 October at 14:28	437 MW	37	N21
2 October at 13:45	226 MW	27	N20
2 October at 13:25	190 MW	28	N
2 October at 08:48	17 MW	2	Terra
2 October at 01:12	1 MW	1	N20
1 October at 16:08	28 MW	2	Aqua
1 October at 14:49	65 MW	6	N21
1 October at 14:04	272 MW	27	N20
1 October at 13:45	211 MW	18	N
1 October at 13:08	103 MW	7	N21
30 September at 14:21	79 MW	16	N20
30 September at 14:03	179 MW	22	N
30 September at 13:25	60 MW	8	N21
29 September at 13:47	26 MW	2	N21
28 September at 14:04	443 MW	41	N21
28 September at 13:19	22 MW	3	N20
28 September at 02:28	1 MW	3	N20
28 September at 02:07	3 MW	4	N
28 September at 01:31	4 MW	4	N21
27 September at 16:50	106 MW	3	Aqua
27 September at 14:59	131 MW	18	N
27 September at 14:21	687 MW	50	N21
27 September at 13:38	987 MW	86	N20
27 September at 13:19	207 MW	19	N
27 September at 08:49	27 MW	4	Terra
27 September at 02:26	7 MW	6	N
27 September at 01:50	5 MW	5	N21
27 September at 01:05	5 MW	3	N20
26 September at 16:13	324 MW	29	Aqua
26 September at 14:42	1,179 MW	97	N21
26 September at 13:57	1,651 MW	148	N20
26 September at 13:38	2,585 MW	150	N
26 September at 13:02	132 MW	6	N21
26 September at 02:45	26 MW	13	N
26 September at 02:07	65 MW	37	N21
26 September at 01:24	40 MW	35	N20
26 September at 01:03	31 MW	18	N
25 September at 21:21	7 MW	1	Terra
25 September at 15:36	4,862 MW	28	Aqua
25 September at 14:17	6,112 MW	307	N20
25 September at 13:55	6,168 MW	273	N
25 September at 13:19	4,656 MW	271	N21
25 September at 09:09	112 MW	7	Terra
25 September at 02:28	52 MW	22	N21
25 September at 01:44	53 MW	53	N20
25 September at 01:24	55 MW	32	N
25 September at 00:48	49 MW	19	N21
24 September at 16:35	1,598 MW	47	Aqua
24 September at 14:34	1,905 MW	146	N20
24 September at 14:17	2,552 MW	175	N
24 September at 13:38	2,440 MW	127	N21
24 September at 02:01	8 MW	10	N20
24 September at 01:41	9 MW	7	N
24 September at 01:05	9 MW	7	N21
23 September at 14:55	84 MW	9	N20
23 September at 14:34	314 MW	33	N
23 September at 13:57	592 MW	46	N21
23 September at 13:13	320 MW	17	N20

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