Fire near Septentrionale (ZM)

10.45°S, 29.82°E · first detected on 6 September at 11:43

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 11:43 to 7 September at 21:08, through 191 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,895 ha.

Detected extent: 2,895 ha
Cumulative power: 3,539 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 145 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 191

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 375 m pixel counts in full 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 and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the whole known life of the fire, from the first trace, satellite or report, to the last announcement from emergency services, and the ticks on the bar mark those announcements. Detections often stop before containment: a fire stops radiating once it stops spreading, which is exactly when it is declared contained. “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. “12 h” stacks twelve hours , as the home map does, where stacking avoids an empty screen between two satellite passes. 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 4 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
8 September at 01:03	2 MW	2	N21
7 September at 22:35	20 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 22:35	24 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 22:23	19 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 22:20	31 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 22:20	26 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 22:13	13 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 22:05	22 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 22:05	34 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 21:08	10 MW	1	Terra
7 September at 20:35	16 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 20:05	19 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 20:05	15 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 20:03	10 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 19:53	11 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 19:50	14 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 19:23	14 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 19:20	41 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 19:20	48 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 19:05	44 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 19:05	28 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 18:53	35 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 18:50	33 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 18:50	47 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 18:35	34 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 18:35	25 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 18:23	11 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 18:20	36 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 18:20	56 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 18:05	29 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 18:05	54 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 17:53	19 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:50	141 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 17:50	115 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 17:35	182 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 17:35	182 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 17:33	28 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:20	185 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 17:20	164 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 17:13	41 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 17:05	324 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 17:05	273 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 17:03	45 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 16:53	165 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 16:50	619 MW	10	Met9
7 September at 16:50	679 MW	7	Met10
7 September at 16:43	174 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 16:35	764 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 16:35	672 MW	8	Met9
7 September at 16:33	357 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 16:23	550 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 16:20	922 MW	10	Met9
7 September at 16:20	1,012 MW	8	Met10
7 September at 16:13	882 MW	11	Met12
7 September at 16:05	1,447 MW	8	Met10
7 September at 16:05	1,204 MW	10	Met9
7 September at 16:03	844 MW	12	Met12
7 September at 15:53	628 MW	13	Met12
7 September at 15:50	508 MW	9	Met9
7 September at 15:50	648 MW	7	Met10
7 September at 15:43	94 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 15:40	186 MW	9	Aqua
7 September at 15:35	201 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 15:35	229 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 15:33	27 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 15:23	104 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 15:20	453 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 15:20	462 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 15:13	24 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 15:05	185 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 15:05	158 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 15:03	17 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 14:53	438 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 14:50	434 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 14:50	602 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 14:35	265 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 14:34	172 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 14:34	266 MW	22	N
7 September at 14:33	13 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 14:23	14 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 14:20	254 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 14:13	32 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 14:05	439 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 14:04	280 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 14:03	266 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 13:57	746 MW	30	N21
7 September at 13:50	518 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 13:49	369 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 13:34	63 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 13:34	124 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 13:19	201 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 13:19	144 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 13:13	454 MW	22	N20
7 September at 13:04	290 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 13:04	237 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 12:53	231 MW	20	N
7 September at 12:49	171 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 12:49	96 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 12:34	353 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 12:34	299 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 12:19	339 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 12:19	331 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 12:04	389 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 12:04	401 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 12:03	318 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 11:53	142 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 11:49	201 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 11:49	142 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 11:34	224 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 11:34	238 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 11:19	43 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 11:19	31 MW	1	Met9
6 September at 17:50	45 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 17:50	56 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 17:35	24 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 17:35	66 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 17:33	24 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 17:23	39 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:20	155 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 17:20	119 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 17:13	64 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 17:05	297 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 17:05	246 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 17:03	217 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 16:53	104 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 16:50	190 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 16:50	191 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 16:43	157 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 16:35	480 MW	7	Met10
6 September at 16:35	534 MW	10	Met9
6 September at 16:33	170 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 16:23	154 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 16:20	160 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 16:20	170 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 16:13	94 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 16:05	252 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 16:05	214 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 16:03	36 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 15:53	82 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 15:50	198 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 15:50	307 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 15:43	212 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 15:35	250 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 15:35	172 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 15:33	56 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 15:23	131 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 15:20	391 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 15:20	312 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 15:13	298 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 15:05	675 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 15:05	546 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 15:03	412 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 14:53	340 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 14:50	882 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 14:50	412 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 14:49	153 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 14:43	600 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 14:35	582 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 14:34	458 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 14:33	409 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 14:23	477 MW	13	Met12
6 September at 14:20	536 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 14:19	653 MW	34	N21
6 September at 14:19	445 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 14:13	728 MW	15	Met12
6 September at 14:05	871 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 14:04	680 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 14:03	630 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 13:53	396 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 13:50	295 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 13:43	292 MW	8	Met12
6 September at 13:34	512 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 13:33	375 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 13:32	512 MW	31	N20
6 September at 13:23	440 MW	11	Met12
6 September at 13:19	254 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 13:19	563 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 13:15	411 MW	21	N
6 September at 13:13	326 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 13:04	460 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 13:04	699 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 13:03	429 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 12:53	333 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 12:49	200 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 12:43	424 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 12:38	70 MW	1	N21
6 September at 12:34	182 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:33	242 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 12:23	211 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:19	138 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 12:19	208 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:13	150 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 12:04	189 MW	2	Met9
6 September at 12:03	238 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 11:53	123 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 11:43	102 MW	4	Met12

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