Fire near Occidentale (ZM)

14.45°S, 23.98°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 16:16, that is 29 days, through 5,906 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 83,823 ha.

Detected extent: 83,823 ha
Cumulative power: 89,401 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 715 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 5,906
Estimated emissions: 18.6 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 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	450 MW	36	N20
22 October at 14:04	193 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:04	266 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:03	118 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:53	112 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:49	655 MW	53	N
22 October at 13:49	50 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:43	207 MW	9	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	483 MW	22	Met12
22 October at 13:19	266 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:19	427 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:15	418 MW	35	N21
22 October at 13:13	217 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 13:04	94 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 13:03	175 MW	8	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	25 MW	2	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	170 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:34	190 MW	4	Met10
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	251 MW	10	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	459 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 13:49	145 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:49	54 MW	1	Met9
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	584 MW	45	N21
21 October at 13:23	202 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:13	404 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 13:04	97 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:04	58 MW	1	Met10
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	326 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:34	356 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:33	359 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 12:23	238 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 12:19	169 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:19	156 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:13	191 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 12:04	172 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:04	192 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:03	358 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 11:53	276 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 11:49	88 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:49	88 MW	1	Met10
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	60 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:19	43 MW	1	Met10
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	171 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 16:40	431 MW	8	Aqua
20 October at 16:33	104 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:23	177 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 16:13	114 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:05	179 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 16:03	305 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 15:53	399 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 15:49	394 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:43	485 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 15:34	241 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 15:34	71 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:33	183 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 15:23	240 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 15:13	54 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:03	54 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:53	116 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:49	386 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:46	578 MW	32	N20
20 October at 14:43	266 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 14:34	54 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:34	46 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:33	43 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:27	643 MW	45	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	300 MW	26	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	200 MW	6	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	205 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 11:34	158 MW	2	Met9
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	591 MW	81	N
19 October at 14:10	737 MW	51	N21
19 October at 13:25	459 MW	51	N20
19 October at 02:13	3 MW	3	N
19 October at 01:37	6 MW	7	N21
18 October at 15:06	431 MW	41	N
18 October at 14:27	1,715 MW	75	N21
18 October at 13:47	1,169 MW	64	N20
18 October at 13:25	1,104 MW	80	N
18 October at 09:22	43 MW	2	Terra
18 October at 02:35	4 MW	5	N
18 October at 01:56	6 MW	6	N21
18 October at 01:12	6 MW	5	N20
17 October at 14:49	1,392 MW	92	N21
17 October at 14:04	1,657 MW	143	N20
17 October at 13:45	1,760 MW	114	N
17 October at 13:08	984 MW	62	N21
17 October at 08:44	65 MW	8	Terra
17 October at 02:16	18 MW	11	N21
17 October at 01:31	24 MW	19	N20
17 October at 01:12	12 MW	10	N
16 October at 15:46	187 MW	5	Aqua
16 October at 14:21	2,661 MW	165	N20
16 October at 14:04	1,779 MW	165	N
16 October at 13:25	1,596 MW	118	N21
16 October at 02:35	2 MW	1	N21
16 October at 01:50	17 MW	19	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	3,082 MW	270	N20
15 October at 14:21	3,947 MW	226	N
15 October at 13:47	2,955 MW	129	N21
15 October at 09:03	67 MW	7	Terra
15 October at 02:07	4 MW	6	N20
15 October at 01:50	7 MW	10	N
15 October at 01:12	10 MW	8	N21
14 October at 16:10	1,352 MW	40	Aqua
14 October at 14:59	968 MW	67	N20
14 October at 14:40	1,232 MW	70	N
14 October at 14:04	612 MW	47	N21
14 October at 13:19	413 MW	39	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	197 MW	23	N21
13 October at 13:38	527 MW	34	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	84 MW	14	N20
11 October at 13:55	112 MW	9	N
11 October at 13:19	312 MW	13	N21
10 October at 14:36	163 MW	19	N20
10 October at 14:17	247 MW	24	N
10 October at 13:38	209 MW	18	N21
9 October at 13:57	27 MW	5	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	29 MW	3	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	287 MW	24	N20
5 October at 14:10	514 MW	37	N
5 October at 13:32	724 MW	52	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	359 MW	24	Aqua
4 October at 14:48	766 MW	73	N20
4 October at 14:27	645 MW	42	N
4 October at 13:51	833 MW	32	N21
4 October at 13:08	13 MW	2	N20
4 October at 02:13	4 MW	4	N20
4 October at 01:56	5 MW	6	N
4 October at 01:18	4 MW	3	N21
3 October at 15:44	394 MW	6	Aqua
3 October at 14:46	489 MW	73	N
3 October at 14:10	460 MW	44	N21
3 October at 13:25	654 MW	77	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	133 MW	18	N
2 October at 14:28	464 MW	40	N21
2 October at 13:45	241 MW	29	N20
2 October at 13:25	277 MW	32	N
2 October at 08:48	9 MW	1	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	275 MW	28	N20
1 October at 13:45	211 MW	18	N
1 October at 13:08	115 MW	8	N21
30 September at 14:21	80 MW	14	N20
30 September at 14:03	177 MW	21	N
30 September at 13:25	78 MW	9	N21
29 September at 13:47	34 MW	3	N21
28 September at 14:04	480 MW	47	N21
28 September at 13:19	26 MW	4	N20
28 September at 02:28	1 MW	2	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	833 MW	66	N21
27 September at 13:38	1,057 MW	91	N20
27 September at 13:19	215 MW	20	N
27 September at 08:49	27 MW	4	Terra
27 September at 02:26	7 MW	6	N
27 September at 01:50	6 MW	6	N21
27 September at 01:05	5 MW	3	N20
26 September at 16:13	362 MW	34	Aqua
26 September at 14:42	1,302 MW	108	N21
26 September at 13:57	2,078 MW	180	N20
26 September at 13:38	2,959 MW	184	N
26 September at 13:02	546 MW	24	N21
26 September at 02:45	26 MW	13	N
26 September at 02:07	70 MW	40	N21
26 September at 01:24	51 MW	44	N20
26 September at 01:03	37 MW	23	N
25 September at 21:21	57 MW	4	Terra
25 September at 15:36	6,453 MW	38	Aqua
25 September at 14:17	8,054 MW	407	N20
25 September at 13:55	7,679 MW	362	N
25 September at 13:19	6,239 MW	358	N21
25 September at 09:09	112 MW	7	Terra
25 September at 02:28	65 MW	29	N21
25 September at 01:44	58 MW	60	N20
25 September at 01:24	65 MW	40	N
25 September at 00:48	57 MW	22	N21
24 September at 16:35	1,871 MW	53	Aqua
24 September at 14:34	2,606 MW	177	N20
24 September at 14:17	3,416 MW	217	N
24 September at 13:38	3,223 MW	162	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

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