Fire near orientale (ZM)

12.81°S, 32.68°E · first detected on 4 October at 13:08

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 4 October at 13:08 to 22 October at 14:10, that is 18 days, through 1,936 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 35,207 ha.

Detected extent: 35,207 ha
Cumulative power: 16,040 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 102 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,936
Estimated emissions: 4.5 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 21 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 01:18	12 MW	9	N20
23 October at 00:59	9 MW	6	N
23 October at 00:22	7 MW	3	N21
22 October at 17:13	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:53	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:43	23 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:33	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:23	38 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:20	62 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:19	41 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:13	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:05	28 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:03	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:53	74 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:50	35 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:43	89 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 15:35	78 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:34	42 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:33	199 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:23	146 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:13	137 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 15:05	269 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:04	136 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 15:03	236 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 14:53	236 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 14:50	335 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 14:49	193 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:43	254 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 14:35	32 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:34	67 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:33	179 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 14:23	278 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 14:19	131 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:19	343 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 14:13	398 MW	22	Met12
22 October at 14:10	454 MW	57	N20
22 October at 14:04	261 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 14:04	265 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:03	384 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 13:53	331 MW	18	Met12
22 October at 13:49	845 MW	69	N
22 October at 13:49	311 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:49	268 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 13:43	193 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 13:34	59 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:34	63 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:33	276 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 13:23	266 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 13:19	136 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:19	56 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:15	549 MW	48	N21
22 October at 13:13	258 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 13:04	58 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:04	151 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:03	245 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 12:53	277 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 12:49	62 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:49	121 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:43	256 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 12:34	58 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:33	332 MW	20	Met12
22 October at 12:23	304 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 12:19	164 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:19	60 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:13	376 MW	19	Met12
22 October at 12:04	40 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:03	303 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 11:53	377 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 11:49	137 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:49	95 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:43	474 MW	24	Met12
22 October at 11:34	68 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:34	138 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 11:33	269 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 11:23	287 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 11:13	160 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 11:04	171 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 11:04	111 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:03	188 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 10:53	162 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 10:43	103 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 10:33	156 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 10:23	64 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:13	50 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:03	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:53	39 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:43	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:23	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:03	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 01:35	4 MW	3	N20
22 October at 01:16	6 MW	5	N
22 October at 00:40	10 MW	4	N21
21 October at 20:15	10 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 18:20	29 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:13	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:05	28 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:03	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:33	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:13	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:05	111 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 17:04	34 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:03	35 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:53	51 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:50	59 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:49	66 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:43	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:35	149 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 16:34	71 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:33	100 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 16:23	128 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 16:20	176 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 16:19	86 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:13	113 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 16:05	200 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 16:04	48 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:03	165 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 15:53	51 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:50	296 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 15:43	77 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:40	270 MW	19	Aqua
21 October at 15:35	61 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:34	34 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:33	77 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:23	110 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 15:20	32 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:13	155 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:05	93 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 15:03	128 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:53	224 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 14:50	118 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:43	217 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:35	139 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:33	169 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:23	183 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:19	39 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:13	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:10	599 MW	78	N
21 October at 14:04	53 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:04	235 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 14:03	199 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 13:53	53 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:49	80 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:43	308 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 13:34	179 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:34	64 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:33	181 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 13:32	838 MW	70	N21
21 October at 13:23	404 MW	21	Met12
21 October at 13:19	389 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 13:13	291 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 13:04	609 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 13:04	194 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:03	540 MW	18	Met12
21 October at 12:53	456 MW	26	Met12
21 October at 12:49	532 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 12:49	297 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 12:47	798 MW	102	N20
21 October at 12:43	517 MW	28	Met12
21 October at 12:34	192 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:34	292 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 12:33	402 MW	21	Met12
21 October at 12:23	519 MW	25	Met12
21 October at 12:19	562 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 12:19	275 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:13	701 MW	27	Met12
21 October at 12:04	403 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 12:04	685 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 12:03	581 MW	28	Met12
21 October at 11:53	615 MW	27	Met12
21 October at 11:49	215 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 11:49	307 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 11:43	416 MW	20	Met12
21 October at 11:34	521 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 11:34	375 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 11:33	407 MW	21	Met12
21 October at 11:23	337 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 11:19	255 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:19	136 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:13	310 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 11:04	365 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 11:04	499 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 11:03	374 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 10:53	318 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 10:49	72 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:49	73 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:43	57 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:34	100 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:33	138 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 10:23	152 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 10:19	53 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:13	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:03	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:53	45 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 09:33	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:23	38 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 08:23	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 08:01	19 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 07:43	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 01:56	2 MW	2	N20
21 October at 01:35	3 MW	2	N
21 October at 00:59	7 MW	8	N21
20 October at 17:03	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:53	131 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:43	72 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:33	77 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:23	271 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 16:13	114 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 16:05	135 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 16:03	203 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 15:53	77 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:50	71 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:49	36 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:43	263 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 15:35	263 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 15:34	176 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 15:33	278 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 15:23	139 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 15:20	325 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 15:19	242 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 15:13	443 MW	16	Met12
20 October at 15:05	55 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:03	135 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 14:53	58 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 14:50	253 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:49	215 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 14:43	370 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 14:34	111 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:34	53 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:33	329 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 14:27	109 MW	17	N
20 October at 14:23	94 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 14:19	35 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:13	63 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 14:03	53 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:53	163 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:51	432 MW	37	N21
20 October at 13:49	41 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:43	255 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 13:34	49 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:33	218 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 13:23	213 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 13:19	254 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:19	162 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 13:13	99 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:08	361 MW	50	N20
20 October at 13:04	57 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 13:04	53 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:03	187 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 12:53	38 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:49	87 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:47	137 MW	20	N
20 October at 12:43	66 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:34	72 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:34	93 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:33	117 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:23	41 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:19	135 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:19	140 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:13	200 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:04	382 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:04	376 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 12:03	404 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 11:53	343 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 11:49	293 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:49	309 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 11:43	126 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 11:34	142 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:34	203 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 11:33	276 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 11:23	287 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 11:19	294 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 11:19	242 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 11:13	313 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 11:04	120 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:04	122 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:03	154 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:53	157 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 10:49	49 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:49	35 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:43	52 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 10:34	35 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:33	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:23	55 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:19	88 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:13	20 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:03	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:53	33 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:43	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:33	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 01:54	2 MW	2	N
20 October at 01:18	6 MW	5	N21
20 October at 00:33	1 MW	1	N20
19 October at 16:01	24 MW	1	Aqua
19 October at 14:10	90 MW	10	N21
19 October at 13:25	317 MW	35	N20
19 October at 13:06	254 MW	31	N
19 October at 12:30	245 MW	21	N21
19 October at 08:25	21 MW	2	Terra
19 October at 01:35	2 MW	2	N21
19 October at 00:52	3 MW	2	N20
18 October at 13:47	76 MW	8	N20
18 October at 13:25	95 MW	12	N
18 October at 12:47	50 MW	7	N21
18 October at 01:12	4 MW	5	N20
18 October at 00:16	2 MW	1	N21
17 October at 14:04	130 MW	20	N20
17 October at 13:45	144 MW	14	N
17 October at 13:08	90 MW	6	N21
17 October at 01:29	1 MW	2	N20
17 October at 01:09	1 MW	1	N
16 October at 20:17	9 MW	1	Terra
16 October at 15:46	14 MW	1	Aqua
16 October at 14:21	12 MW	2	N20
16 October at 14:04	21 MW	3	N
16 October at 13:25	114 MW	12	N21
16 October at 12:41	34 MW	3	N20
15 October at 14:21	33 MW	4	N
15 October at 13:47	414 MW	37	N21
15 October at 13:02	199 MW	26	N20
15 October at 12:43	35 MW	3	N
15 October at 01:12	1 MW	1	N21
14 October at 16:10	50 MW	2	Aqua
14 October at 14:04	115 MW	16	N21
14 October at 13:19	170 MW	28	N20
14 October at 13:00	111 MW	30	N
14 October at 01:29	2 MW	1	N21
14 October at 00:46	1 MW	1	N20
13 October at 15:31	187 MW	9	Aqua
13 October at 13:38	1,168 MW	98	N20
12 October at 13:02	454 MW	52	N21
12 October at 01:24	4 MW	2	N20
12 October at 01:03	1 MW	1	N
12 October at 00:29	1 MW	1	N21
11 October at 20:19	9 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 15:55	49 MW	4	Aqua
11 October at 14:17	104 MW	7	N20
11 October at 13:55	176 MW	28	N
11 October at 13:19	144 MW	12	N21
11 October at 12:36	4 MW	1	N20
11 October at 01:41	5 MW	2	N20
11 October at 01:22	4 MW	4	N
11 October at 00:46	4 MW	4	N21
10 October at 15:14	175 MW	4	Aqua
10 October at 14:17	271 MW	34	N
10 October at 13:39	572 MW	54	N21
10 October at 12:56	309 MW	49	N20
10 October at 02:01	2 MW	1	N20
10 October at 01:03	1 MW	1	N21
9 October at 13:57	182 MW	26	N21
9 October at 13:13	144 MW	26	N20
9 October at 12:53	72 MW	16	N
9 October at 08:27	11 MW	2	Terra
9 October at 01:24	2 MW	2	N21
8 October at 15:38	158 MW	16	Aqua
8 October at 14:17	116 MW	9	N21
8 October at 13:32	402 MW	65	N20
8 October at 13:15	400 MW	70	N
8 October at 12:36	128 MW	14	N21
8 October at 01:41	1 MW	1	N21
8 October at 00:59	1 MW	1	N20
7 October at 13:51	376 MW	49	N20
7 October at 13:32	395 MW	66	N
7 October at 12:56	402 MW	63	N21
7 October at 01:18	2 MW	1	N20
6 October at 15:59	21 MW	1	Aqua
6 October at 14:10	40 MW	6	N20
6 October at 13:49	91 MW	10	N
6 October at 13:15	28 MW	5	N21
6 October at 01:35	4 MW	2	N20
6 October at 01:16	0 MW	1	N
6 October at 00:40	2 MW	2	N21
5 October at 14:10	17 MW	5	N
5 October at 13:32	108 MW	15	N21
5 October at 12:47	30 MW	4	N20
4 October at 13:08	8 MW	2	N20

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