Fire near Ruvuma (TZ)

9.79°S, 36.45°E · first detected on 15 October at 13:47

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 15 October at 13:47 to 23 October at 07:42, that is 8 days, through 939 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 11,444 ha.

Detected extent: 11,444 ha
Cumulative power: 5,454 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 98 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 939
Estimated emissions: 10.0 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 15 October 2026 to 22 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 22 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 10 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 11:03	158 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 10:53	252 MW	4	Met12
23 October at 10:50	269 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 10:43	85 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 10:35	354 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 10:35	311 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 10:33	46 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 10:23	43 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 10:20	156 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 10:19	122 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 10:13	29 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 10:05	180 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 10:04	90 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 09:53	12 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 09:49	101 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 09:49	183 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 09:33	36 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 07:42	39 MW	1	Terra
23 October at 07:33	17 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 07:13	38 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 03:05	7 MW	1	Aqua
23 October at 01:16	47 MW	25	N20
23 October at 00:59	44 MW	23	N
23 October at 00:35	28 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 00:20	20 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 00:20	76 MW	35	N21
22 October at 23:13	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:20	19 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 21:05	20 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 20:53	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 20:50	40 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 20:43	21 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 20:35	20 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 20:20	21 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:50	19 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:35	23 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:20	23 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 19:05	19 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:53	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:50	21 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:43	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:35	44 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 18:20	24 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:13	23 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:05	28 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:03	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:53	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:50	25 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:35	50 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 17:23	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:20	29 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:13	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:05	51 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 17:03	35 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:53	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:50	81 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:50	41 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:43	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:35	69 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:35	95 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:33	44 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:23	57 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:20	177 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 16:20	92 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:13	65 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:05	298 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 16:05	187 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:03	82 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:53	138 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:50	386 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 15:50	224 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:43	60 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:35	333 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 15:35	401 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 15:33	216 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:23	94 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:20	296 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 15:20	231 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:13	157 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:05	527 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 15:05	440 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 15:03	120 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:53	307 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:50	344 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 14:50	225 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:43	149 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:35	523 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 14:35	606 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 14:33	263 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:23	121 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 14:20	441 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 14:20	216 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:13	101 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:05	335 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 14:05	147 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:03	66 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:53	85 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:51	422 MW	44	N
22 October at 13:50	415 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 13:43	70 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:35	171 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 13:35	277 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:33	83 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:23	42 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:20	207 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:20	304 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:15	391 MW	41	N21
22 October at 13:13	53 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:05	188 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:05	77 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:03	37 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:53	232 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:50	176 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:50	72 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:43	45 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:35	262 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:35	425 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 12:33	62 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:30	177 MW	22	N20
22 October at 12:23	172 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:20	417 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:20	536 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 12:13	435 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 12:05	179 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:05	197 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 12:03	42 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:53	51 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:50	268 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 11:50	195 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 11:35	132 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:35	125 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:23	42 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:20	107 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 11:20	53 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:03	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:53	32 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:49	44 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:34	68 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:33	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:23	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:20	68 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:13	50 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:05	58 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:03	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:53	40 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:43	41 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:33	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:23	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:13	41 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:03	30 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:53	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:43	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:33	23 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:03	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:53	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:33	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:23	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:13	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:04	47 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 07:03	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 03:35	22 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 03:34	35 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 02:35	14 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 02:05	14 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 01:35	18 MW	13	N20
22 October at 01:16	31 MW	20	N
22 October at 00:40	42 MW	18	N21
22 October at 00:35	12 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 00:23	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:20	23 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 00:20	38 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 00:13	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:43	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:20	17 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 20:20	17 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 20:17	52 MW	6	Terra
21 October at 19:53	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:23	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:53	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:43	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:35	17 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:33	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:23	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:20	18 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:05	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:50	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:43	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:35	23 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:33	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:23	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:20	28 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:13	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:03	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:53	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:50	47 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:43	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:35	25 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:13	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:40	60 MW	4	Aqua
21 October at 15:33	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:23	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:10	26 MW	2	N
21 October at 13:43	45 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:34	180 MW	18	N21
21 October at 12:49	181 MW	26	N20
21 October at 12:43	27 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:33	65 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:30	156 MW	15	N
21 October at 12:13	37 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:53	57 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:43	35 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:33	55 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:23	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:13	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:03	38 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:53	28 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:43	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:33	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:23	52 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:13	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:54	13 MW	7	N20
21 October at 01:33	29 MW	19	N
21 October at 00:59	58 MW	36	N21
21 October at 00:14	16 MW	10	N20
20 October at 22:53	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 22:43	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 22:33	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 22:13	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:03	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:33	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:13	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:05	22 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 16:03	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:53	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:43	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:35	35 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:35	90 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:33	39 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:23	47 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:20	112 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 15:13	63 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:05	172 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 15:03	98 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 15:01	134 MW	5	Aqua
20 October at 13:51	263 MW	11	N21
20 October at 13:13	84 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:08	350 MW	52	N20
20 October at 13:03	60 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:53	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:47	183 MW	21	N
20 October at 12:43	29 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:13	27 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:13	145 MW	10	N21
20 October at 12:03	56 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:53	68 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:43	99 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:33	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:23	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:13	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:03	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:53	55 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 01:54	8 MW	5	N
20 October at 01:16	38 MW	21	N21
20 October at 00:31	34 MW	22	N20
20 October at 00:14	7 MW	4	N
19 October at 20:36	19 MW	2	Terra
19 October at 13:28	282 MW	35	N20
19 October at 13:08	423 MW	42	N
19 October at 12:30	288 MW	34	N21
19 October at 00:52	43 MW	31	N20
19 October at 00:31	22 MW	28	N
18 October at 19:56	57 MW	6	Terra
18 October at 15:25	82 MW	7	Aqua
18 October at 13:25	4 MW	1	N
18 October at 12:49	16 MW	1	N21
18 October at 03:11	5 MW	1	Aqua
18 October at 01:09	31 MW	24	N20
18 October at 00:50	46 MW	29	N
18 October at 00:14	45 MW	23	N21
17 October at 14:04	101 MW	9	N20
17 October at 13:47	54 MW	6	N
17 October at 12:24	26 MW	3	N20
17 October at 01:09	51 MW	43	N
17 October at 00:31	35 MW	25	N21
16 October at 20:17	15 MW	3	Terra
16 October at 13:28	322 MW	26	N21
16 October at 12:43	14 MW	1	N20
16 October at 12:24	156 MW	8	N
16 October at 01:48	7 MW	4	N20
16 October at 01:29	8 MW	4	N
16 October at 00:52	6 MW	2	N21
15 October at 13:47	68 MW	4	N21

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