Fire near Santa Cruz (BO)

17.35°S, 60.42°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 20:34, that is 4 days, through 390 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 5,753 ha.

Detected extent: 5,753 ha
Cumulative power: 4,002 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 245 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 390
Estimated emissions: 16.3 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 05:00	33 MW	1	G19
23 October at 04:50	31 MW	1	G19
23 October at 04:46	49 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 04:40	30 MW	1	G19
23 October at 04:30	38 MW	1	G19
23 October at 04:26	61 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 04:16	36 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 04:10	41 MW	1	G19
23 October at 04:06	37 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 04:00	81 MW	2	G19
23 October at 03:56	36 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 03:50	42 MW	1	G19
23 October at 03:46	36 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 03:36	94 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 03:26	60 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 03:20	32 MW	1	G19
23 October at 03:16	63 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 03:06	69 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 02:56	37 MW	1	G19FRP
23 October at 02:46	132 MW	3	G19FRP
23 October at 02:36	94 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 02:26	83 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 02:16	89 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 02:10	168 MW	3	G19
23 October at 02:06	94 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 02:00	51 MW	1	G19
23 October at 01:26	143 MW	4	G19FRP
23 October at 01:16	123 MW	3	G19FRP
23 October at 01:06	138 MW	4	G19FRP
23 October at 00:56	124 MW	3	G19FRP
23 October at 00:46	87 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 00:36	84 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 00:26	76 MW	2	G19FRP
23 October at 00:16	135 MW	3	G19FRP
23 October at 00:06	99 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 23:56	79 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 23:46	38 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 23:36	110 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 22:46	152 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 22:36	180 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 22:26	197 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 22:20	114 MW	1	G19
22 October at 22:16	185 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 22:06	243 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 22:00	161 MW	2	G19
22 October at 21:56	165 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 21:50	66 MW	1	G19
22 October at 21:46	330 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 21:40	312 MW	2	G19
22 October at 21:36	229 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 21:30	42 MW	1	G19
22 October at 21:26	182 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 21:20	195 MW	2	G19
22 October at 21:16	128 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 21:10	138 MW	1	G19
22 October at 21:06	125 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 21:00	135 MW	1	G19
22 October at 20:50	47 MW	1	G19
22 October at 20:46	98 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 20:40	108 MW	1	G19
22 October at 20:36	240 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 20:34	115 MW	9	N
22 October at 20:30	267 MW	2	G19
22 October at 20:26	275 MW	4	G19FRP
22 October at 20:20	322 MW	4	G19
22 October at 20:16	292 MW	4	G19FRP
22 October at 20:10	334 MW	4	G19
22 October at 20:06	215 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 20:02	243 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 20:00	298 MW	3	G19
22 October at 19:58	481 MW	19	N21
22 October at 19:56	256 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 19:52	62 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 19:50	406 MW	5	G19
22 October at 19:46	267 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 19:42	71 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:40	368 MW	3	G19
22 October at 19:36	300 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 19:30	460 MW	5	G19
22 October at 19:26	299 MW	3	G19FRP
22 October at 19:22	333 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 19:20	465 MW	5	G19
22 October at 19:16	330 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 19:13	288 MW	8	N20
22 October at 19:10	506 MW	4	G19
22 October at 19:06	321 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 19:00	507 MW	5	G19
22 October at 18:56	366 MW	4	G19FRP
22 October at 18:54	332 MW	9	N
22 October at 18:50	358 MW	3	G19
22 October at 18:46	144 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 18:36	141 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 18:30	208 MW	2	G19
22 October at 18:26	116 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 18:20	133 MW	1	G19
22 October at 18:16	68 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 08:03	21 MW	16	N
22 October at 07:25	58 MW	23	N21
22 October at 06:44	39 MW	23	N20
22 October at 05:06	16 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 04:36	16 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 04:26	17 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 04:16	19 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 04:06	21 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 04:00	24 MW	1	G19
22 October at 03:56	25 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:46	21 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:40	25 MW	1	G19
22 October at 03:36	19 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:26	34 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:20	39 MW	1	G19
22 October at 03:16	30 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 03:12	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 03:06	27 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:56	38 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:52	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 02:50	150 MW	15	Terra
22 October at 02:50	41 MW	1	G19
22 October at 02:46	42 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:40	48 MW	1	G19
22 October at 02:36	51 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 02:32	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 02:30	38 MW	1	G19
22 October at 02:26	19 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 02:22	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:20	44 MW	1	G19
22 October at 02:16	69 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 02:12	51 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 02:10	54 MW	1	G19
22 October at 02:06	65 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 02:02	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:00	51 MW	1	G19
22 October at 01:30	68 MW	1	G19
22 October at 01:26	53 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 01:22	51 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 01:10	46 MW	1	G19
22 October at 01:06	73 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 01:00	83 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:56	99 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 00:50	91 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:46	56 MW	2	G19FRP
22 October at 00:40	73 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:26	51 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 00:22	61 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 00:20	61 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:19	91 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 00:16	48 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 00:12	24 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:10	60 MW	1	G19
22 October at 00:06	42 MW	1	G19FRP
22 October at 00:04	98 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 00:02	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:00	48 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:40	25 MW	1	G19
21 October at 23:36	65 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 23:30	74 MW	2	G19
21 October at 23:26	48 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 23:20	69 MW	2	G19
21 October at 23:06	35 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 22:26	34 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 22:12	70 MW	3	Aqua
21 October at 21:50	59 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:40	43 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:30	62 MW	1	G19
21 October at 21:00	59 MW	1	G19
21 October at 20:15	161 MW	12	N21
21 October at 20:00	45 MW	1	G19
21 October at 19:34	12 MW	1	N20
21 October at 19:20	40 MW	1	G19
21 October at 19:13	160 MW	16	N
21 October at 14:38	45 MW	3	Terra
21 October at 12:50	26 MW	1	G19
21 October at 10:26	24 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 10:16	19 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 10:12	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:10	39 MW	1	G19
21 October at 10:06	37 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 10:02	24 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:01	68 MW	2	Aqua
21 October at 10:00	37 MW	1	G19
21 October at 09:56	18 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 09:52	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:46	18 MW	1	G19FRP
21 October at 09:42	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:40	34 MW	1	G19
21 October at 09:36	40 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 09:30	33 MW	1	G19
21 October at 09:26	51 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 09:22	36 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:20	30 MW	1	G19
21 October at 09:16	42 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 09:12	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:06	39 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 09:02	27 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:56	49 MW	2	G19FRP
21 October at 08:52	49 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 08:50	36 MW	1	G19
21 October at 08:42	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:32	24 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:22	23 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:22	85 MW	17	N
21 October at 08:12	27 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:10	35 MW	1	G19
21 October at 08:00	37 MW	1	G19
21 October at 07:52	37 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 07:46	158 MW	26	N21
21 October at 07:42	23 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 07:32	26 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 07:30	40 MW	1	G19
21 October at 07:22	45 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 07:20	38 MW	1	G19
21 October at 07:12	48 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 07:10	42 MW	1	G19
21 October at 07:02	47 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 07:01	134 MW	27	N20
21 October at 07:00	47 MW	1	G19
21 October at 06:52	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 06:50	40 MW	1	G19
21 October at 06:42	148 MW	28	N
21 October at 06:40	82 MW	2	G19
21 October at 06:32	24 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 06:22	61 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 05:42	26 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 05:32	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 05:12	71 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 05:02	43 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 05:00	66 MW	1	G19
21 October at 04:52	59 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 04:50	53 MW	1	G19
21 October at 04:42	35 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 04:40	61 MW	1	G19
21 October at 04:22	67 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 04:20	61 MW	1	G19
21 October at 04:12	47 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 04:02	35 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 04:00	72 MW	1	G19
21 October at 03:52	88 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 03:50	75 MW	1	G19
21 October at 03:42	64 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 03:40	67 MW	1	G19
21 October at 03:32	93 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 03:22	31 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 03:20	78 MW	1	G19
21 October at 03:12	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 03:10	82 MW	1	G19
21 October at 03:02	60 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 02:52	69 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 02:50	68 MW	1	G19
21 October at 02:42	24 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 02:40	73 MW	1	G19
21 October at 02:32	102 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 02:30	91 MW	1	G19
21 October at 02:22	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 02:20	88 MW	1	G19
21 October at 02:12	111 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 02:10	81 MW	1	G19
21 October at 02:09	292 MW	4	Terra
21 October at 02:02	138 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 02:00	85 MW	1	G19
21 October at 01:30	89 MW	1	G19
21 October at 01:22	178 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 01:20	95 MW	1	G19
21 October at 01:12	219 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 01:10	108 MW	1	G19
21 October at 01:02	166 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 01:00	153 MW	2	G19
21 October at 00:50	124 MW	1	G19
21 October at 00:40	202 MW	2	G19
21 October at 00:30	240 MW	3	G19
21 October at 00:22	112 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 00:20	256 MW	2	G19
21 October at 00:12	192 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 00:10	252 MW	2	G19
21 October at 00:02	232 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 00:00	257 MW	2	G19
20 October at 23:52	258 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 23:50	467 MW	4	G19
20 October at 23:42	201 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 23:40	509 MW	4	G19
20 October at 23:32	127 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 23:30	493 MW	4	G19
20 October at 23:22	170 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 23:20	459 MW	3	G19
20 October at 23:10	599 MW	4	G19
20 October at 23:00	614 MW	4	G19
20 October at 22:52	208 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 22:50	678 MW	4	G19
20 October at 22:40	731 MW	4	G19
20 October at 22:30	747 MW	4	G19
20 October at 22:20	532 MW	3	G19
20 October at 22:10	349 MW	2	G19
20 October at 21:50	180 MW	1	G19
20 October at 21:40	451 MW	3	G19
20 October at 21:34	344 MW	5	Aqua
20 October at 21:30	215 MW	2	G19
20 October at 21:20	210 MW	2	G19
20 October at 21:12	56 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 21:10	175 MW	2	G19
20 October at 21:02	119 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 20:50	58 MW	1	G19
20 October at 20:36	18 MW	1	N21
20 October at 19:52	99 MW	7	N20
20 October at 19:32	22 MW	2	N
20 October at 19:22	25 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:00	52 MW	1	G19
20 October at 18:56	101 MW	11	N21
20 October at 18:52	53 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:42	34 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:32	59 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:30	67 MW	1	G19
20 October at 18:22	56 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:20	72 MW	1	G19
20 October at 18:12	54 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:02	68 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:52	26 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:42	76 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:32	86 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:12	58 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:10	120 MW	1	G19
20 October at 17:02	116 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:00	109 MW	1	G19
20 October at 16:52	74 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:42	82 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:40	109 MW	1	G19
20 October at 16:32	46 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:30	110 MW	1	G19
20 October at 16:22	24 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:20	69 MW	1	G19
20 October at 16:12	40 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:10	65 MW	1	G19
20 October at 16:02	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:00	67 MW	1	G19
20 October at 15:56	43 MW	1	G19FRP
20 October at 15:52	40 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:50	48 MW	1	G19
20 October at 15:46	38 MW	1	G19FRP
20 October at 15:42	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:40	45 MW	1	G19
20 October at 15:30	30 MW	1	G19
20 October at 09:24	17 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 07:21	3 MW	2	N20
20 October at 06:56	20 MW	1	G19FRP
20 October at 06:23	31 MW	4	N21
20 October at 06:12	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 05:22	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 05:20	28 MW	1	G19
20 October at 05:16	19 MW	1	G19FRP
20 October at 05:12	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 05:10	26 MW	1	G19
20 October at 04:50	23 MW	1	G19
20 October at 04:46	19 MW	1	G19FRP
20 October at 04:42	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 04:40	25 MW	1	G19
20 October at 04:26	17 MW	1	G19FRP
20 October at 04:22	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 04:20	22 MW	1	G19
20 October at 04:00	24 MW	1	G19
20 October at 03:56	19 MW	1	G19FRP
20 October at 03:52	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 03:50	24 MW	1	G19
20 October at 03:36	22 MW	1	G19FRP
20 October at 03:30	26 MW	1	G19
20 October at 03:09	24 MW	1	Terra
20 October at 02:30	32 MW	1	G19
20 October at 02:26	21 MW	1	G19FRP
19 October at 20:11	49 MW	5	N20
19 October at 19:52	75 MW	9	N
19 October at 19:13	77 MW	10	N21
19 October at 07:40	7 MW	4	N20
19 October at 07:21	4 MW	2	N
18 October at 20:11	4 MW	1	N
18 October at 19:34	13 MW	3	N21

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