Fire near orientale (ZM)

13.50°S, 31.46°E · first detected on 22 October at 08:03

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 22 October at 08:03 to 23 October at 02:03, through 218 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,309 ha.

Detected extent: 2,309 ha
Cumulative power: 2,301 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 111 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 218

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 3 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 09:19	52 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 09:04	103 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 09:04	194 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 08:49	179 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 08:49	165 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 08:34	137 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 08:34	100 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 08:19	80 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 08:19	84 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 08:04	82 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 08:04	120 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 07:49	169 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 07:34	112 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 07:34	93 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 07:33	19 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 07:23	23 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 07:19	72 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 07:19	70 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 07:13	12 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 07:04	69 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 07:04	62 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 07:03	12 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 06:53	13 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 06:49	41 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 06:49	84 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 06:43	11 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 06:03	11 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 05:43	11 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 05:13	10 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 04:43	20 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 04:34	74 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 04:34	34 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 04:33	18 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 04:23	11 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 04:19	32 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 03:34	35 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 03:19	32 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 03:19	41 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 03:05	18 MW	1	Aqua
23 October at 03:04	33 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 03:03	11 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 02:49	70 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 02:43	11 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 02:34	65 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 02:19	97 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 02:19	158 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 02:04	82 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 02:04	84 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 02:03	15 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 02:03	73 MW	14	N21
23 October at 01:43	34 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 01:34	132 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 01:33	47 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 01:23	50 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 01:19	189 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 01:19	155 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 01:18	163 MW	53	N20
23 October at 01:13	19 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 01:04	201 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 01:04	202 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 00:59	170 MW	39	N
23 October at 00:49	187 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 00:49	159 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 00:43	46 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 00:35	186 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 00:34	204 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 00:23	26 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 00:22	214 MW	29	N21
23 October at 00:20	145 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 00:19	163 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 00:13	31 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 00:05	145 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 00:04	153 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 00:03	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 23:53	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 23:50	115 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 23:49	123 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 23:43	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 23:35	56 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 23:34	55 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 23:20	63 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 23:19	55 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 23:05	69 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 23:04	82 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 22:50	100 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 22:49	90 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 22:35	74 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 22:34	113 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 22:20	93 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 22:19	130 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 22:05	159 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 22:04	181 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 22:03	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:53	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:50	186 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 21:50	148 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 21:49	68 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 21:35	196 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 21:35	156 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 21:33	24 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:23	35 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 21:20	172 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 21:20	80 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 21:13	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:05	99 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 21:05	81 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 21:03	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 20:53	25 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 20:53	70 MW	2	Terra
22 October at 20:50	58 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 20:43	60 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 20:35	150 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 20:20	143 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 20:20	270 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 20:13	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 20:05	402 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 20:05	303 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 20:03	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:53	32 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:50	59 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:50	69 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 19:35	27 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:20	36 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 19:20	112 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 18:04	47 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:53	45 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:49	257 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 17:43	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:35	388 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 17:34	322 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:33	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:23	144 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 17:20	601 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 17:19	588 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:13	300 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 17:05	648 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 17:04	83 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:03	192 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:53	342 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:50	151 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:49	376 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:23	98 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:20	356 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:19	61 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:16	209 MW	2	Aqua
22 October at 16:13	387 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 16:05	347 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:04	342 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:03	259 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:53	318 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:50	662 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:49	446 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:43	104 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:35	1,172 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 15:34	558 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:33	349 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 15:23	550 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:20	837 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 15:19	455 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:13	217 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:04	103 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:04	290 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:03	245 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:53	410 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:49	567 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:49	802 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:43	412 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 14:34	308 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:34	426 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:33	240 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:23	118 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:19	329 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:19	134 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:13	158 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:10	226 MW	34	N20
22 October at 14:04	343 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:04	151 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:03	198 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 13:53	332 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 13:49	624 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:49	383 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:49	556 MW	23	N
22 October at 13:43	906 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:34	663 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 13:34	787 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:33	474 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:23	391 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 13:19	458 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:19	590 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:15	620 MW	22	N21
22 October at 13:13	549 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 13:04	808 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:04	761 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 13:03	811 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 12:53	482 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 12:49	813 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 12:49	713 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 12:43	506 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:34	493 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:34	396 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:33	344 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:23	222 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:19	92 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:19	73 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:13	283 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:04	72 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:04	139 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:03	119 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 11:53	146 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:43	163 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 11:34	590 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 11:34	572 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 11:33	380 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 11:23	138 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:19	240 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:19	367 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 10:53	47 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:49	137 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:49	72 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:43	43 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:34	274 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 10:34	317 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 10:33	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:23	117 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 10:19	523 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 10:19	447 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 10:13	31 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:04	58 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:04	72 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:03	67 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:53	229 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 09:49	135 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 09:49	117 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:43	335 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 09:34	210 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 09:34	209 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 09:33	117 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:23	58 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:19	62 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:19	99 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:13	90 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:03	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:53	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:43	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:33	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:23	125 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 08:19	42 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 08:13	73 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 08:03	24 MW	2	Met12

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