Fire near Septentrionale (ZM)

10.89°S, 30.79°E · first detected on 6 September at 00:37

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 00:37 to 7 September at 15:40, that is 2 days, through 183 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,944 ha.

Detected extent: 2,944 ha
Cumulative power: 2,594 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 81 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 183

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
7 September at 23:05	39 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 23:03	22 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 22:50	88 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 22:50	84 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 22:43	68 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 22:35	165 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 22:35	193 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 22:33	58 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 22:23	50 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 22:20	25 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 22:20	75 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 22:05	25 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 22:05	77 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 22:03	46 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 21:53	36 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 21:50	80 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 21:50	127 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 21:43	61 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 21:35	40 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 21:33	40 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 21:23	32 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 21:20	38 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 21:13	27 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 21:06	175 MW	7	Terra
7 September at 21:05	111 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 21:05	112 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 21:03	47 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 20:53	13 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 20:50	181 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 20:50	149 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 20:43	46 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 20:35	155 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 20:35	150 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 20:33	72 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 20:23	43 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 20:20	73 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 20:20	169 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 20:13	23 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 20:05	96 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 20:05	64 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 20:03	11 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 19:50	61 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 19:50	27 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 19:35	30 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 19:35	103 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 19:33	15 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 19:23	31 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 19:20	187 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 19:20	308 MW	13	Met9
7 September at 19:13	125 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 19:05	551 MW	23	Met9
7 September at 19:05	492 MW	15	Met10
7 September at 19:03	117 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 18:53	176 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 18:50	652 MW	24	Met9
7 September at 18:50	503 MW	15	Met10
7 September at 18:43	140 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 18:35	344 MW	11	Met10
7 September at 18:35	593 MW	26	Met9
7 September at 18:33	108 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 18:23	154 MW	9	Met12
7 September at 18:20	605 MW	23	Met9
7 September at 18:20	463 MW	15	Met10
7 September at 18:13	168 MW	10	Met12
7 September at 18:05	690 MW	22	Met10
7 September at 18:05	842 MW	33	Met9
7 September at 18:03	518 MW	24	Met12
7 September at 17:53	527 MW	31	Met12
7 September at 17:50	854 MW	25	Met10
7 September at 17:50	1,116 MW	44	Met9
7 September at 17:43	518 MW	28	Met12
7 September at 17:35	1,208 MW	38	Met9
7 September at 17:35	873 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 17:33	540 MW	27	Met12
7 September at 17:23	508 MW	26	Met12
7 September at 17:20	1,303 MW	46	Met9
7 September at 17:20	1,029 MW	30	Met10
7 September at 17:13	402 MW	22	Met12
7 September at 17:05	1,039 MW	30	Met10
7 September at 17:05	1,227 MW	43	Met9
7 September at 17:03	420 MW	24	Met12
7 September at 16:53	544 MW	24	Met12
7 September at 16:50	1,467 MW	46	Met9
7 September at 16:50	1,421 MW	37	Met10
7 September at 16:43	660 MW	32	Met12
7 September at 16:35	1,432 MW	43	Met9
7 September at 16:35	1,209 MW	28	Met10
7 September at 16:33	811 MW	39	Met12
7 September at 16:23	845 MW	39	Met12
7 September at 16:20	1,035 MW	19	Met10
7 September at 16:20	2,131 MW	49	Met9
7 September at 16:19	512 MW	10	Met10
7 September at 16:13	1,037 MW	42	Met12
7 September at 16:05	1,594 MW	41	Met9
7 September at 16:05	307 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 16:04	494 MW	8	Met10
7 September at 16:03	1,024 MW	45	Met12
7 September at 15:53	1,178 MW	55	Met12
7 September at 15:50	2,533 MW	63	Met9
7 September at 15:50	634 MW	10	Met10
7 September at 15:49	613 MW	11	Met10
7 September at 15:43	900 MW	44	Met12
7 September at 15:40	3,083 MW	160	Aqua
7 September at 15:35	552 MW	7	Met10
7 September at 15:35	2,987 MW	56	Met9
7 September at 15:34	1,179 MW	19	Met10
7 September at 15:34	72 MW	1	Met9
7 September at 15:33	1,726 MW	58	Met12
7 September at 15:23	873 MW	40	Met12
7 September at 15:20	1,385 MW	32	Met9
7 September at 15:19	732 MW	13	Met9
7 September at 15:19	1,236 MW	20	Met10
7 September at 15:13	851 MW	35	Met12
7 September at 15:05	2,014 MW	32	Met9
7 September at 15:04	1,924 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 15:04	1,309 MW	22	Met9
7 September at 15:03	1,161 MW	42	Met12
7 September at 14:53	692 MW	38	Met12
7 September at 14:50	1,296 MW	22	Met9
7 September at 14:49	1,339 MW	16	Met10
7 September at 14:49	1,579 MW	31	Met9
7 September at 14:43	1,299 MW	47	Met12
7 September at 14:35	1,133 MW	13	Met9
7 September at 14:34	2,109 MW	19	Met10
7 September at 14:34	2,963 MW	50	Met9
7 September at 14:34	3,018 MW	207	N
7 September at 14:33	1,597 MW	53	Met12
7 September at 14:23	1,678 MW	53	Met12
7 September at 14:20	431 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 14:19	5,418 MW	61	Met9
7 September at 14:19	2,238 MW	17	Met10
7 September at 14:13	1,440 MW	49	Met12
7 September at 14:04	1,426 MW	13	Met10
7 September at 14:04	3,352 MW	51	Met9
7 September at 14:03	1,133 MW	41	Met12
7 September at 13:57	6,295 MW	456	N21
7 September at 13:49	2,798 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 13:49	4,667 MW	61	Met9
7 September at 13:34	5,787 MW	63	Met9
7 September at 13:34	4,293 MW	27	Met10
7 September at 13:19	4,158 MW	55	Met9
7 September at 13:19	2,415 MW	20	Met10
7 September at 13:13	6,760 MW	704	N20
7 September at 13:04	3,836 MW	44	Met9
7 September at 13:04	3,134 MW	25	Met10
7 September at 12:53	3,200 MW	313	N
7 September at 12:49	3,238 MW	37	Met9
7 September at 12:49	2,712 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 12:34	2,934 MW	39	Met9
7 September at 12:34	2,626 MW	26	Met10
7 September at 12:19	2,896 MW	27	Met10
7 September at 12:19	3,398 MW	34	Met9
7 September at 12:04	4,697 MW	39	Met9
7 September at 12:04	4,126 MW	34	Met10
7 September at 12:03	2,850 MW	59	Met12
7 September at 11:53	2,602 MW	54	Met12
7 September at 11:49	3,365 MW	24	Met10
7 September at 11:49	4,561 MW	31	Met9
7 September at 11:34	3,565 MW	22	Met9
7 September at 11:34	3,101 MW	19	Met10
7 September at 11:19	1,933 MW	24	Met9
7 September at 11:19	1,911 MW	22	Met10
7 September at 11:04	3,425 MW	21	Met9
7 September at 11:04	3,372 MW	23	Met10
7 September at 10:49	2,749 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 10:49	2,302 MW	14	Met9
7 September at 10:35	49 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 10:34	1,367 MW	12	Met9
7 September at 10:34	1,726 MW	16	Met10
7 September at 10:20	271 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 10:19	1,151 MW	10	Met9
7 September at 10:19	435 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 10:05	188 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 10:04	398 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 10:04	238 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 09:50	297 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 09:49	296 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 09:35	275 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 09:34	246 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 09:20	102 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 09:19	64 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 09:05	80 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 09:04	73 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 08:54	62 MW	4	Terra
7 September at 08:35	28 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 07:50	51 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 02:01	7 MW	4	N
7 September at 01:24	37 MW	16	N21
7 September at 00:38	23 MW	17	N20
6 September at 23:05	579 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 23:05	428 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 23:03	278 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 22:53	26 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:50	61 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 22:50	138 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 22:43	20 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:35	235 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 22:35	389 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 22:33	157 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 22:23	42 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:20	203 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 22:20	442 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 22:13	62 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:05	167 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 22:05	63 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 21:53	39 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:50	53 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 21:50	22 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:43	33 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 21:35	165 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 21:35	22 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:33	41 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:23	40 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:20	155 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 21:20	30 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:05	110 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 21:05	99 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 21:03	14 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 20:53	95 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 20:50	120 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 20:50	300 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 20:43	110 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:35	27 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 20:35	102 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 20:28	365 MW	18	Terra
6 September at 20:23	168 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 20:20	73 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 20:20	242 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 20:13	59 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:05	186 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 20:05	54 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 20:03	83 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:53	98 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 19:50	174 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 19:50	306 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 19:43	115 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:35	350 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 19:35	253 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 19:33	83 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 19:23	67 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:20	466 MW	16	Met9
6 September at 19:20	329 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 19:13	54 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:05	437 MW	15	Met9
6 September at 19:05	350 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 19:03	53 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:53	68 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 18:50	306 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 18:50	436 MW	17	Met9
6 September at 18:43	158 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 18:35	492 MW	17	Met9
6 September at 18:35	371 MW	11	Met10
6 September at 18:33	40 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:23	136 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 18:20	347 MW	11	Met10
6 September at 18:20	479 MW	18	Met9
6 September at 18:13	80 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:05	384 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 18:05	481 MW	16	Met9
6 September at 18:03	82 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 17:53	216 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 17:50	539 MW	13	Met10
6 September at 17:50	633 MW	21	Met9
6 September at 17:43	314 MW	15	Met12
6 September at 17:35	928 MW	21	Met10
6 September at 17:35	1,014 MW	29	Met9
6 September at 17:33	422 MW	19	Met12
6 September at 17:23	584 MW	25	Met12
6 September at 17:20	1,795 MW	44	Met9
6 September at 17:20	1,839 MW	40	Met10
6 September at 17:13	650 MW	26	Met12
6 September at 17:05	1,719 MW	32	Met10
6 September at 17:05	1,878 MW	50	Met9
6 September at 17:03	749 MW	25	Met12
6 September at 16:53	421 MW	20	Met12
6 September at 16:50	1,387 MW	41	Met9
6 September at 16:50	1,417 MW	36	Met10
6 September at 16:43	296 MW	17	Met12
6 September at 16:35	1,510 MW	34	Met10
6 September at 16:35	1,731 MW	48	Met9
6 September at 16:33	546 MW	25	Met12
6 September at 16:23	723 MW	29	Met12
6 September at 16:20	1,541 MW	31	Met10
6 September at 16:20	2,600 MW	65	Met9
6 September at 16:19	436 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 16:13	806 MW	38	Met12
6 September at 16:05	753 MW	14	Met10
6 September at 16:05	2,680 MW	64	Met9
6 September at 16:04	1,022 MW	17	Met10
6 September at 16:03	628 MW	30	Met12
6 September at 15:53	511 MW	29	Met12
6 September at 15:50	203 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 15:50	2,252 MW	55	Met9
6 September at 15:49	1,204 MW	18	Met10
6 September at 15:43	541 MW	29	Met12
6 September at 15:35	2,614 MW	45	Met9
6 September at 15:34	1,919 MW	22	Met10
6 September at 15:33	1,559 MW	50	Met12
6 September at 15:23	935 MW	39	Met12
6 September at 15:20	2,206 MW	46	Met9
6 September at 15:19	1,320 MW	21	Met10
6 September at 15:19	524 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 15:13	1,786 MW	59	Met12
6 September at 15:05	2,249 MW	41	Met9
6 September at 15:04	1,904 MW	16	Met9
6 September at 15:04	2,782 MW	28	Met10
6 September at 15:03	1,864 MW	55	Met12
6 September at 15:01	2,997 MW	29	Aqua
6 September at 14:53	1,718 MW	58	Met12
6 September at 14:50	949 MW	18	Met9
6 September at 14:49	1,869 MW	27	Met10
6 September at 14:49	3,758 MW	43	Met9
6 September at 14:43	1,935 MW	62	Met12
6 September at 14:35	609 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 14:34	4,546 MW	45	Met9
6 September at 14:34	3,209 MW	24	Met10
6 September at 14:33	2,113 MW	52	Met12
6 September at 14:23	1,564 MW	56	Met12
6 September at 14:19	4,693 MW	54	Met9
6 September at 14:19	1,193 MW	11	Met10
6 September at 14:18	4,481 MW	259	N21
6 September at 14:13	2,137 MW	69	Met12
6 September at 14:04	4,102 MW	55	Met9
6 September at 14:04	2,049 MW	18	Met10
6 September at 14:03	1,898 MW	60	Met12
6 September at 13:53	1,855 MW	64	Met12
6 September at 13:49	3,810 MW	52	Met9
6 September at 13:49	2,064 MW	20	Met10
6 September at 13:43	1,848 MW	63	Met12
6 September at 13:34	2,068 MW	20	Met10
6 September at 13:34	3,879 MW	51	Met9
6 September at 13:33	2,035 MW	63	Met12
6 September at 13:32	6,410 MW	860	N20
6 September at 13:23	1,838 MW	56	Met12
6 September at 13:19	2,772 MW	24	Met10
6 September at 13:19	4,657 MW	57	Met9
6 September at 13:15	6,089 MW	556	N
6 September at 13:13	1,954 MW	61	Met12
6 September at 13:04	3,167 MW	28	Met10
6 September at 13:04	4,683 MW	59	Met9
6 September at 13:03	2,108 MW	63	Met12
6 September at 12:53	2,074 MW	62	Met12
6 September at 12:49	3,135 MW	24	Met10
6 September at 12:49	4,093 MW	44	Met9
6 September at 12:43	2,710 MW	61	Met12
6 September at 12:36	5,865 MW	230	N21
6 September at 12:34	3,214 MW	23	Met10
6 September at 12:34	4,132 MW	41	Met9
6 September at 12:33	2,412 MW	66	Met12
6 September at 12:23	2,427 MW	56	Met12
6 September at 12:19	2,800 MW	19	Met10
6 September at 12:19	4,399 MW	33	Met9
6 September at 12:13	2,295 MW	47	Met12
6 September at 12:04	4,072 MW	26	Met9
6 September at 12:04	3,322 MW	23	Met10
6 September at 12:03	2,360 MW	52	Met12
6 September at 11:53	2,867 MW	52	Met12
6 September at 11:49	3,938 MW	25	Met10
6 September at 11:49	4,547 MW	27	Met9
6 September at 11:43	1,530 MW	39	Met12
6 September at 11:34	2,478 MW	20	Met10
6 September at 11:34	2,377 MW	21	Met9
6 September at 11:33	1,074 MW	35	Met12
6 September at 11:23	1,189 MW	36	Met12
6 September at 11:19	1,823 MW	17	Met9
6 September at 11:19	1,551 MW	15	Met10
6 September at 11:13	1,484 MW	41	Met12
6 September at 11:04	2,359 MW	16	Met10
6 September at 11:04	2,925 MW	17	Met9
6 September at 11:03	1,788 MW	41	Met12
6 September at 10:53	1,654 MW	34	Met12
6 September at 10:49	801 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 10:49	843 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 10:43	647 MW	22	Met12
6 September at 10:34	374 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 10:34	320 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 10:33	363 MW	19	Met12
6 September at 10:23	439 MW	21	Met12
6 September at 10:19	278 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 10:19	218 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 08:14	112 MW	6	Terra
6 September at 01:41	8 MW	6	N21
6 September at 00:59	30 MW	22	N20
6 September at 00:37	8 MW	5	N

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