Fire near Pará (BR)

1.46°S, 54.65°W · first detected on 23 September at 06:25

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 06:25 to 22 October at 19:17, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 1,801 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 21,129 ha.

Detected extent: 21,129 ha
Cumulative power: 21,246 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 383 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,801
Estimated emissions: 60.0 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 23:44	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:17	45 MW	2	Aqua
22 October at 19:34	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:17	20 MW	2	N20
22 October at 18:58	21 MW	2	N
22 October at 18:22	6 MW	1	N21
22 October at 07:23	4 MW	3	N21
22 October at 06:38	3 MW	2	N20
22 October at 03:14	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 03:05	18 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:04	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 02:55	19 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:54	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:52	34 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 02:44	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:34	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:24	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:14	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:04	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 02:00	19 MW	1	G19
22 October at 01:24	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 01:14	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 01:04	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:55	18 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 00:50	19 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:50	48 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:45	43 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 23:44	33 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 23:40	50 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:35	97 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 23:34	56 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 23:30	82 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:25	166 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 23:24	109 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 23:20	134 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:15	297 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 23:14	147 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 23:10	289 MW	2	G19
21 October at 23:05	157 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 23:04	55 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 23:00	103 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:55	159 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 22:54	28 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:50	125 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:45	351 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 22:44	216 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 22:40	318 MW	2	G19
21 October at 22:35	507 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 22:30	489 MW	2	G19
21 October at 22:25	486 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 22:20	641 MW	4	G19
21 October at 22:15	22 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 22:10	44 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:05	41 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 21:45	55 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 21:44	32 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:40	68 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:35	137 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 21:34	163 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 21:30	92 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:25	186 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:14	285 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 21:05	107 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 20:55	103 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 20:50	63 MW	1	G19
21 October at 20:44	58 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 19:17	8 MW	2	N21
18 October at 14:14	6 MW	1	Terra
18 October at 06:57	9 MW	6	N21
17 October at 21:23	26 MW	2	Aqua
17 October at 19:11	241 MW	32	N20
17 October at 18:52	4 MW	1	N
17 October at 18:16	112 MW	6	N21
17 October at 09:05	26 MW	2	Aqua
17 October at 07:53	57 MW	18	N
17 October at 07:16	181 MW	49	N21
17 October at 06:32	75 MW	19	N20
17 October at 02:54	267 MW	2	Terra
16 October at 19:32	135 MW	14	N20
16 October at 19:11	68 MW	4	N
16 October at 18:35	380 MW	14	N21
16 October at 07:33	8 MW	7	N21
16 October at 06:51	18 MW	12	N20
16 October at 06:32	7 MW	3	N
16 October at 02:16	142 MW	13	Terra
15 October at 19:30	243 MW	20	N
15 October at 18:54	37 MW	5	N21
15 October at 13:57	58 MW	1	Terra
15 October at 09:26	8 MW	1	Aqua
15 October at 07:55	4 MW	1	N21
15 October at 07:10	55 MW	32	N20
15 October at 06:49	30 MW	8	N
15 October at 06:14	26 MW	8	N21
14 October at 19:49	206 MW	14	N
14 October at 19:11	248 MW	19	N21
14 October at 18:28	119 MW	12	N20
14 October at 07:27	6 MW	5	N20
14 October at 07:08	5 MW	2	N
13 October at 19:32	54 MW	2	N21
13 October at 18:45	31 MW	4	N20
13 October at 18:28	55 MW	5	N
13 October at 14:17	9 MW	1	Terra
13 October at 01:56	35 MW	4	Terra
12 October at 21:30	91 MW	6	Aqua
12 October at 19:05	163 MW	18	N20
12 October at 07:10	12 MW	7	N21
11 October at 19:24	406 MW	29	N20
11 October at 19:05	208 MW	10	N
11 October at 18:28	201 MW	12	N21
11 October at 14:36	52 MW	2	Terra
11 October at 07:27	11 MW	5	N21
11 October at 06:44	31 MW	11	N20
11 October at 06:25	9 MW	3	N
11 October at 02:18	196 MW	13	Terra
10 October at 19:43	46 MW	4	N20
10 October at 19:24	354 MW	29	N
10 October at 18:45	499 MW	6	N21
10 October at 07:04	15 MW	8	N20
9 October at 21:15	12 MW	1	Aqua
9 October at 19:41	19 MW	4	N
9 October at 19:05	414 MW	38	N21
9 October at 18:22	172 MW	14	N20
9 October at 07:23	22 MW	13	N20
9 October at 07:01	26 MW	13	N
9 October at 06:25	18 MW	8	N21
9 October at 02:37	20 MW	2	Terra
8 October at 20:02	83 MW	11	N
8 October at 19:24	562 MW	51	N21
8 October at 18:39	526 MW	28	N20
8 October at 14:19	35 MW	4	Terra
8 October at 07:40	27 MW	11	N20
8 October at 07:23	68 MW	40	N
8 October at 06:44	82 MW	23	N21
8 October at 01:58	289 MW	10	Terra
7 October at 19:43	29 MW	4	N21
7 October at 19:00	575 MW	39	N20
7 October at 18:39	143 MW	13	N
7 October at 07:40	7 MW	4	N
7 October at 07:04	34 MW	22	N21
7 October at 06:19	5 MW	2	N20
6 October at 21:00	154 MW	4	Aqua
6 October at 19:17	183 MW	15	N20
6 October at 18:58	47 MW	5	N
6 October at 18:22	6 MW	1	N21
6 October at 07:23	2 MW	2	N21
6 October at 06:38	2 MW	1	N20
5 October at 19:17	81 MW	8	N
5 October at 18:39	368 MW	12	N21
5 October at 14:00	68 MW	2	Terra
5 October at 07:42	17 MW	6	N21
5 October at 06:57	26 MW	11	N20
5 October at 06:38	10 MW	7	N
5 October at 01:39	112 MW	3	Terra
4 October at 19:37	343 MW	14	N
4 October at 19:00	126 MW	3	N21
4 October at 07:16	9 MW	4	N20
4 October at 06:55	3 MW	1	N
3 October at 19:56	7 MW	1	N
3 October at 19:17	30 MW	5	N21
3 October at 18:35	6 MW	1	N20
3 October at 07:33	3 MW	3	N20
3 October at 07:16	6 MW	4	N
3 October at 06:38	4 MW	2	N21
2 October at 21:45	10 MW	1	Aqua
2 October at 19:39	47 MW	3	N21
2 October at 18:52	47 MW	3	N20
2 October at 18:35	83 MW	4	N
2 October at 07:33	2 MW	2	N
2 October at 06:57	4 MW	2	N21
1 October at 21:04	27 MW	1	Aqua
1 October at 19:11	6 MW	2	N20
1 October at 07:16	3 MW	2	N21
29 September at 19:30	11 MW	2	N
29 September at 18:54	10 MW	1	N21
28 September at 07:27	3 MW	1	N20
28 September at 07:08	1 MW	1	N
27 September at 20:09	7 MW	1	N
27 September at 19:32	6 MW	1	N21
27 September at 06:49	6 MW	1	N21
26 September at 21:13	11 MW	1	Aqua
26 September at 19:07	4 MW	1	N20
26 September at 07:10	3 MW	2	N21
25 September at 19:24	4 MW	1	N20
25 September at 19:05	10 MW	1	N
24 September at 21:34	33 MW	2	Aqua
24 September at 19:43	38 MW	4	N20
24 September at 19:24	57 MW	7	N
24 September at 18:46	33 MW	2	N21
24 September at 07:04	4 MW	2	N20
23 September at 20:02	4 MW	1	N20
23 September at 19:41	29 MW	3	N

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