Fire near Santa Cruz (BO)

17.23°S, 60.22°W · first detected on 18 October at 18:50

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 18 October at 18:50 to 22 October at 20:36, that is 4 days, through 202 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 3,126 ha.

Detected extent: 3,126 ha
Cumulative power: 1,846 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 80 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 202
Estimated emissions: 2.5 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 18 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 7 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 05:36	183 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 05:30	393 MW	2	G19
23 October at 05:26	281 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 05:20	191 MW	1	G19
23 October at 05:16	268 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 05:10	515 MW	2	G19
23 October at 05:06	460 MW	3	G19FRP
23 October at 05:00	439 MW	2	G19
23 October at 04:56	223 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 04:50	486 MW	2	G19
23 October at 04:46	252 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 04:40	470 MW	2	G19
23 October at 04:36	121 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 04:30	508 MW	3	G19
23 October at 04:26	180 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 04:16	388 MW	3	G19FRP
23 October at 04:06	376 MW	5	G19FRP
23 October at 03:56	352 MW	4	G19FRP
23 October at 03:50	323 MW	2	G19
23 October at 03:46	350 MW	4	G19FRP
23 October at 03:40	217 MW	1	G19
23 October at 03:36	355 MW	5	G19FRP
23 October at 03:30	292 MW	2	G19
23 October at 03:26	360 MW	4	G19FRP
23 October at 03:26	449 MW	4	Terra
23 October at 03:20	244 MW	1	G19
23 October at 03:16	339 MW	5	G19FRP
23 October at 03:10	191 MW	1	G19
23 October at 03:06	322 MW	5	G19FRP
23 October at 03:00	278 MW	2	G19
23 October at 02:56	315 MW	4	G19FRP
23 October at 02:50	297 MW	2	G19
23 October at 02:46	269 MW	3	G19FRP
23 October at 02:40	168 MW	1	G19
23 October at 02:36	262 MW	3	G19FRP
23 October at 02:30	98 MW	1	G19
23 October at 02:26	165 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 02:16	112 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 02:06	89 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 01:26	158 MW	3	G19FRP
23 October at 01:16	78 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 01:06	94 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 23:16	34 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 22:36	56 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 22:30	60 MW	1	G19
22 October at 22:26	124 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 22:20	100 MW	2	G19
22 October at 22:16	139 MW	4	G19FRP
22 October at 22:06	143 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 22:00	103 MW	2	G19
22 October at 21:56	38 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 21:50	49 MW	1	G19
22 October at 21:46	103 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 21:40	70 MW	1	G19
22 October at 21:36	49 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 21:30	83 MW	1	G19
22 October at 21:06	187 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 21:00	96 MW	1	G19
22 October at 20:56	308 MW	6	G19FRP
22 October at 20:50	122 MW	2	G19
22 October at 20:46	115 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 20:40	36 MW	1	G19
22 October at 20:36	89 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 20:34	130 MW	12	N
22 October at 20:30	53 MW	1	G19
22 October at 20:26	87 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 20:20	56 MW	1	G19
22 October at 20:16	99 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 20:12	53 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 20:10	119 MW	2	G19
22 October at 20:06	94 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 20:02	69 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 20:00	108 MW	2	G19
22 October at 19:58	162 MW	11	N21
22 October at 19:56	106 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 19:52	74 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 19:50	116 MW	2	G19
22 October at 19:46	85 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 19:42	63 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 19:40	95 MW	2	G19
22 October at 19:36	84 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 19:32	30 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:30	53 MW	1	G19
22 October at 19:26	103 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 19:20	53 MW	1	G19
22 October at 19:16	80 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 19:13	184 MW	10	N20
22 October at 19:06	100 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 19:00	57 MW	1	G19
22 October at 18:56	83 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 18:54	37 MW	4	N
22 October at 18:50	52 MW	1	G19
22 October at 18:46	52 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 18:40	62 MW	1	G19
22 October at 18:36	87 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 18:30	107 MW	2	G19
22 October at 18:26	47 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 18:20	50 MW	1	G19
22 October at 18:16	37 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 09:56	15 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 09:06	15 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 09:03	36 MW	2	Aqua
22 October at 08:56	15 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 08:26	20 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 08:20	22 MW	1	G19
22 October at 08:03	42 MW	17	N
22 October at 07:25	87 MW	21	N21
22 October at 06:46	16 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 06:44	78 MW	20	N20
22 October at 06:36	16 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 06:26	15 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 05:56	18 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 05:36	18 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 04:56	20 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 04:50	22 MW	1	G19
22 October at 04:36	21 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 04:20	24 MW	1	G19
22 October at 04:06	26 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:56	23 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:46	23 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:32	41 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 03:30	34 MW	1	G19
22 October at 03:26	66 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 03:20	22 MW	1	G19
22 October at 03:16	19 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:12	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 03:10	29 MW	1	G19
22 October at 03:06	68 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 03:02	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:56	76 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 02:50	227 MW	15	Terra
22 October at 02:36	57 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 02:30	38 MW	1	G19
22 October at 02:26	85 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 02:20	101 MW	3	G19
22 October at 02:16	40 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:10	44 MW	1	G19
22 October at 02:06	80 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 02:00	43 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:56	48 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 00:50	79 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:46	194 MW	4	G19FRP
22 October at 00:40	62 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:36	215 MW	4	G19FRP
22 October at 00:26	206 MW	4	G19FRP
22 October at 00:22	29 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:20	59 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:19	100 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 00:16	135 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 00:12	174 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 00:10	122 MW	2	G19
22 October at 00:06	153 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 00:02	134 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 00:00	127 MW	2	G19
21 October at 23:56	144 MW	3	G19FRP
21 October at 23:52	172 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 23:50	62 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:46	181 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 23:42	87 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 23:40	133 MW	2	G19
21 October at 23:36	218 MW	6	G19FRP
21 October at 23:30	100 MW	2	G19
21 October at 23:26	227 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 23:20	209 MW	3	G19
21 October at 23:16	251 MW	5	G19FRP
21 October at 23:10	134 MW	2	G19
21 October at 23:06	204 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 23:00	189 MW	3	G19
21 October at 22:56	193 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 22:50	176 MW	3	G19
21 October at 22:46	160 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 22:40	63 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:36	139 MW	4	G19FRP
21 October at 22:30	55 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:26	96 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 22:20	57 MW	1	G19
21 October at 22:16	96 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 22:10	106 MW	2	G19
21 October at 22:06	63 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:56	92 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:50	56 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:46	88 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:40	53 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:36	92 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:30	102 MW	2	G19
21 October at 21:26	95 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:20	106 MW	2	G19
21 October at 21:16	88 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 21:12	61 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 21:10	95 MW	2	G19
21 October at 21:02	55 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:52	24 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 20:42	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 20:40	40 MW	1	G19
21 October at 20:15	34 MW	4	N21
21 October at 19:52	28 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:13	5 MW	1	N
21 October at 19:10	50 MW	1	G19
21 October at 18:52	34 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:36	103 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 18:32	64 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:30	124 MW	2	G19
21 October at 18:26	46 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 18:20	117 MW	2	G19
21 October at 17:42	40 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:32	35 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:40	44 MW	1	G19
21 October at 16:36	34 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 16:30	44 MW	1	G19
21 October at 16:12	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 07:46	3 MW	1	N21
21 October at 07:01	5 MW	3	N20
20 October at 21:34	21 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 06:23	4 MW	2	N21
20 October at 03:09	9 MW	1	Terra
19 October at 20:11	8 MW	1	N20
19 October at 19:52	14 MW	3	N
19 October at 19:13	66 MW	3	N21
19 October at 07:40	1 MW	1	N20
19 October at 07:21	1 MW	1	N
19 October at 06:44	3 MW	2	N21
18 October at 21:57	13 MW	2	Aqua
18 October at 20:11	18 MW	3	N
18 October at 19:34	9 MW	1	N21

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