Fire near Ségou (ML)

15.08°N, 5.88°W · first detected on 14 October at 15:10

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 14 October at 15:10 to 22 October at 18:03, that is 8 days, through 288 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 5,364 ha.

Detected extent: 5,364 ha
Cumulative power: 3,677 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 111 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 288
Estimated emissions: 1.6 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 20:16	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 20:06	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:26	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 19:16	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:06	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:56	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:53	44 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 18:46	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:38	187 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 18:36	104 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:26	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:23	111 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 18:16	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 18:08	209 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 18:06	91 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 18:03	226 MW	10	Aqua
22 October at 17:56	229 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 17:53	229 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:46	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:38	444 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 17:36	229 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 17:26	148 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 17:23	193 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:08	206 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:06	42 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:53	40 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:38	270 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 16:36	54 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:23	112 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:16	96 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:08	384 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 16:06	159 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 15:59	479 MW	31	N20
22 October at 15:56	124 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:53	362 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:46	364 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 15:40	769 MW	50	N
22 October at 15:38	620 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:36	611 MW	23	Met12
22 October at 15:26	354 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 15:23	428 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:16	216 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 15:08	508 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:08	440 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:06	1,044 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:04	977 MW	53	N21
22 October at 14:56	892 MW	20	Met12
22 October at 14:53	851 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 14:46	731 MW	20	Met12
22 October at 14:40	236 MW	1	G19
22 October at 14:38	758 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 14:36	824 MW	19	Met12
22 October at 14:26	445 MW	17	Met12
22 October at 14:23	397 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 14:16	311 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 14:08	219 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 14:06	352 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 13:56	837 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 13:53	622 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 13:53	438 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:46	583 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 13:38	114 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:36	288 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 13:26	132 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:23	79 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:16	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:06	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:56	101 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:46	40 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 19:56	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:53	27 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:53	55 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 18:38	77 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:36	189 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 18:26	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:23	179 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 18:16	117 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 18:08	248 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 18:06	142 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 17:56	235 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 17:53	400 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 17:46	38 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:38	182 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 17:36	47 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:26	154 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 17:16	36 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:46	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:36	23 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:26	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:20	111 MW	13	N20
21 October at 16:06	159 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:59	132 MW	13	N
21 October at 15:56	98 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:23	38 MW	2	N21
21 October at 15:16	186 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:06	135 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:56	245 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:46	80 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:36	36 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:46	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:26	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:16	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:06	21 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 15:16	173 MW	13	N20
19 October at 14:55	25 MW	3	N
18 October at 15:33	72 MW	11	N20
18 October at 15:16	309 MW	35	N
17 October at 15:33	44 MW	5	N
17 October at 14:57	12 MW	2	N21
16 October at 17:33	28 MW	1	Aqua
15 October at 16:31	26 MW	4	N20
15 October at 16:12	26 MW	4	N
15 October at 15:33	34 MW	5	N21
15 October at 14:53	37 MW	5	N20
14 October at 17:54	7 MW	1	Aqua
14 October at 16:29	52 MW	8	N
14 October at 15:53	78 MW	10	N21
14 October at 15:10	37 MW	12	N20

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