Fire near Oudalan (BF)

14.16°N, 0.49°W · first detected on 14 October at 14:49

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 14 October at 14:49 to 22 October at 18:03, that is 8 days, through 481 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 8,103 ha.

Detected extent: 8,103 ha
Cumulative power: 3,771 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 113 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 481
Estimated emissions: 18.9 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 14 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 11 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 22:40	20 MW	2	Terra
22 October at 18:06	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:03	21 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 17:56	21 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:53	30 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:36	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:26	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:23	34 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:16	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:08	45 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:06	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:56	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:53	41 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:46	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:38	38 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:36	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:26	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:23	83 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:16	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:08	92 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:06	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:59	95 MW	15	N20
22 October at 15:56	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:53	51 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:46	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:40	71 MW	8	N
22 October at 15:38	53 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:36	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:26	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:23	61 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:16	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:08	57 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:06	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:04	42 MW	4	N21
22 October at 14:53	51 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:46	39 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:26	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:23	52 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:16	45 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:06	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:56	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:46	22 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:38	50 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:36	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:26	83 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:23	54 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:16	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:08	50 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:06	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:56	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:52	109 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:46	71 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:37	42 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:36	80 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:22	121 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:16	267 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 12:07	425 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 12:06	126 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:56	56 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:52	52 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 04:32	12 MW	5	N
22 October at 03:54	15 MW	6	N21
22 October at 03:09	7 MW	5	N20
21 October at 18:46	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:36	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:26	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:23	27 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:16	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:08	33 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:06	29 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:56	53 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:53	46 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:46	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:38	39 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:36	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:26	28 MW	2	Aqua
21 October at 17:16	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:56	40 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:53	40 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:46	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:26	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:23	51 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:18	108 MW	15	N20
21 October at 16:16	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:08	103 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:06	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:57	215 MW	21	N
21 October at 15:56	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:53	55 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:53	100 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:38	163 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:36	53 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:26	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:23	164 MW	18	N21
21 October at 15:23	50 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:16	50 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:08	47 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:06	68 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:56	127 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:46	309 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 14:38	192 MW	21	N20
21 October at 14:38	77 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:36	80 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:26	112 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:16	88 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:08	187 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:08	198 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:06	428 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 13:56	171 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 13:46	124 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:36	35 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:26	92 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 13:23	59 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:16	40 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:06	150 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:56	56 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:53	38 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:46	87 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:38	45 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:36	70 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:26	40 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:56	22 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:52	40 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:46	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:26	63 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:22	144 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:16	45 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:11	116 MW	3	Terra
21 October at 11:07	168 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 10:52	34 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:37	64 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:37	71 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 04:13	43 MW	25	N21
21 October at 03:30	107 MW	53	N20
21 October at 03:26	52 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 03:16	124 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 03:09	113 MW	39	N
21 October at 03:06	55 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 02:56	44 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 02:46	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 02:26	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 02:16	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 02:06	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:36	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:26	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:06	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 00:36	33 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 00:26	45 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 00:06	29 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 23:56	102 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 23:46	243 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 23:36	70 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 23:16	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 23:06	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 22:59	367 MW	9	Terra
20 October at 22:56	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 22:46	33 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 22:36	71 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 22:26	379 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 22:16	176 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 22:06	115 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 21:56	309 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 21:46	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 21:36	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 21:16	110 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 20:46	34 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 20:16	77 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:46	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:36	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:26	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:16	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:06	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:56	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:46	16 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 04:06	2 MW	1	N
17 October at 22:42	6 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 15:55	43 MW	5	N20
17 October at 15:33	30 MW	5	N
17 October at 14:55	54 MW	7	N21
17 October at 10:16	53 MW	2	Terra
17 October at 04:26	6 MW	3	N
17 October at 03:47	12 MW	5	N21
17 October at 03:05	2 MW	2	N20
16 October at 22:04	21 MW	1	Terra
16 October at 17:31	58 MW	3	Aqua
16 October at 14:32	59 MW	5	N20
16 October at 11:13	406 MW	6	Terra
16 October at 04:09	2 MW	2	N21
16 October at 03:24	1 MW	1	N20
16 October at 03:05	1 MW	1	N
15 October at 15:33	172 MW	15	N21
15 October at 14:51	135 MW	19	N20
15 October at 10:35	258 MW	10	Terra
15 October at 06:06	43 MW	4	Aqua
15 October at 04:26	81 MW	15	N21
15 October at 03:41	68 MW	33	N20
15 October at 03:22	76 MW	27	N
15 October at 02:45	71 MW	21	N21
14 October at 22:23	32 MW	4	Terra
14 October at 17:54	65 MW	3	Aqua
14 October at 15:55	194 MW	16	N21
14 October at 15:10	18 MW	2	N20
14 October at 14:49	87 MW	12	N

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