Fire near Septentrionale (ZM)

11.13°S, 30.53°E · first detected on 22 September at 12:36

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 22 September at 12:36 to 21 October at 15:40, that is 29 days, through 947 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 16,328 ha.

Detected extent: 16,328 ha
Cumulative power: 11,308 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 221 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 947
Estimated emissions: 8.0 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 October 2026 to 20 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 20 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 30 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
21 October at 19:53	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 19:50	23 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 19:50	17 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 19:43	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 19:35	40 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 19:35	31 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 19:33	36 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 19:23	100 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 19:20	97 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 19:20	100 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 19:13	64 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 19:05	110 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 19:05	88 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 19:03	46 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 18:53	95 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 18:50	61 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 18:50	95 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 18:43	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:03	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:53	25 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:50	51 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:43	45 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:35	25 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:33	23 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:13	38 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:05	20 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:03	76 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:50	41 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:43	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:35	149 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:35	127 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:33	107 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:23	39 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:20	30 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:13	86 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:05	134 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:05	104 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:03	147 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 15:53	243 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:50	376 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 15:50	330 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 15:43	56 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:40	191 MW	7	Aqua
21 October at 15:35	57 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:35	95 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:33	37 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:23	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:20	98 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:05	278 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:53	85 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:43	36 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:29	62 MW	5	N20
21 October at 14:10	80 MW	7	N
21 October at 14:05	199 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:53	64 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:50	112 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:50	171 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:43	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:35	88 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:34	57 MW	5	N21
21 October at 13:23	67 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:20	278 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:19	336 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:04	84 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:53	35 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:50	162 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:49	284 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:49	211 MW	12	N20
21 October at 12:43	47 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:34	157 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:20	116 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:19	282 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:05	104 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:04	317 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:04	74 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:53	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:49	403 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 11:43	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:23	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:04	32 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:03	24 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:34	57 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:34	123 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:19	128 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:19	38 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:04	80 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 09:49	94 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 09:19	83 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 20:43	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:33	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 20:23	35 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:13	53 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:03	107 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 19:33	86 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 19:13	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:03	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:53	57 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:43	49 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 18:33	84 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 18:23	83 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 18:13	41 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:03	73 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 17:53	121 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 17:43	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:33	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:23	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:13	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:53	46 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:23	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:13	69 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:03	40 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:53	32 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:51	218 MW	20	N21
20 October at 13:08	71 MW	8	N20
20 October at 12:47	47 MW	4	N
20 October at 12:33	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:23	36 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:05	67 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:04	66 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:03	35 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:53	98 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:50	141 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:49	347 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 11:49	232 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:43	247 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:34	162 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:33	45 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:23	77 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:19	320 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 11:19	336 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:13	48 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:04	241 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:03	49 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:53	20 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:49	107 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:49	137 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:34	125 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:23	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:13	41 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:04	118 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 01:54	2 MW	1	N
20 October at 01:18	3 MW	3	N21
20 October at 00:33	3 MW	2	N20
19 October at 20:03	37 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 19:53	67 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 19:05	30 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 19:05	21 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 18:05	14 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 18:05	18 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 18:03	44 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 17:53	19 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 17:50	19 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 17:50	16 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 17:33	14 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 16:53	39 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:50	16 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 16:35	23 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 16:35	30 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 16:33	74 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:13	27 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 16:05	43 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 16:03	72 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:01	143 MW	8	Aqua
19 October at 15:53	299 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 15:50	114 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 15:43	51 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 15:05	150 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 15:05	321 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 15:03	124 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 14:53	15 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:50	26 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 14:33	13 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:23	15 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:10	30 MW	4	N21
19 October at 13:28	4 MW	1	N20
19 October at 13:08	9 MW	1	N
19 October at 12:33	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 12:23	19 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 11:43	19 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 11:34	99 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 11:19	97 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 11:19	137 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 11:13	21 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 11:04	153 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 11:04	216 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 10:49	110 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 10:49	188 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 10:34	91 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 10:34	193 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 10:19	91 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 10:04	103 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 10:04	84 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 09:49	105 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 09:49	88 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 09:34	86 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 16:03	19 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 15:50	47 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 15:35	49 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 15:35	63 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 15:33	64 MW	2	Met12
18 October at 15:20	64 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 15:20	89 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 15:05	97 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 15:05	77 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 14:53	33 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 14:50	94 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 14:43	40 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 14:23	13 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 14:13	15 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 14:03	11 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 13:53	32 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 13:47	34 MW	2	N20
18 October at 13:43	28 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 13:25	125 MW	10	N
18 October at 13:23	33 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 13:13	114 MW	2	Met12
18 October at 13:03	124 MW	2	Met12
18 October at 12:53	74 MW	2	Met12
18 October at 12:50	49 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 12:49	224 MW	16	N21
18 October at 12:35	203 MW	2	Met9
18 October at 12:33	33 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 12:20	73 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 12:19	86 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 12:04	260 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 12:04	330 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 12:03	403 MW	5	Met12
18 October at 11:53	207 MW	5	Met12
18 October at 11:43	520 MW	8	Met12
18 October at 11:34	318 MW	2	Met10
18 October at 11:34	172 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 11:33	223 MW	5	Met12
18 October at 11:23	36 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 11:19	108 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 11:19	163 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 11:13	272 MW	6	Met12
18 October at 11:04	614 MW	4	Met9
18 October at 11:04	533 MW	3	Met10
18 October at 11:03	393 MW	8	Met12
18 October at 10:53	265 MW	6	Met12
18 October at 10:49	153 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 10:49	285 MW	2	Met10
18 October at 10:34	88 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 10:34	101 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 10:19	133 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 10:19	123 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 10:04	78 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 10:04	81 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 09:53	44 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 09:49	63 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 09:49	71 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 09:43	37 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 09:34	60 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 09:34	60 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 09:23	31 MW	1	Met12
17 October at 14:04	205 MW	16	N20
17 October at 13:47	154 MW	12	N
17 October at 13:08	176 MW	15	N21
17 October at 08:42	13 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 01:29	8 MW	8	N20
17 October at 01:09	5 MW	4	N
17 October at 00:33	20 MW	8	N21
16 October at 15:46	140 MW	5	Aqua
16 October at 14:23	523 MW	28	N20
16 October at 14:04	555 MW	37	N
16 October at 13:25	425 MW	22	N21
16 October at 12:43	515 MW	24	N20
16 October at 01:48	11 MW	8	N20
16 October at 01:29	17 MW	20	N
16 October at 00:52	21 MW	13	N21
15 October at 21:17	129 MW	3	Terra
15 October at 15:08	226 MW	2	Aqua
15 October at 14:21	776 MW	70	N
15 October at 13:47	726 MW	46	N21
15 October at 13:02	918 MW	82	N20
15 October at 02:07	6 MW	4	N20
15 October at 01:48	9 MW	6	N
15 October at 01:09	12 MW	9	N21
15 October at 00:27	17 MW	6	N20
14 October at 20:36	18 MW	2	Terra
14 October at 16:10	34 MW	2	Aqua
14 October at 14:42	53 MW	2	N
14 October at 14:04	256 MW	33	N21
14 October at 13:19	307 MW	24	N20
14 October at 13:02	455 MW	49	N
14 October at 08:25	6 MW	1	Terra
14 October at 01:29	2 MW	2	N21
14 October at 00:46	4 MW	4	N20
13 October at 15:31	28 MW	1	Aqua
13 October at 14:23	23 MW	2	N21
13 October at 13:40	89 MW	13	N20
12 October at 13:02	150 MW	17	N21
11 October at 13:57	103 MW	10	N
11 October at 13:19	333 MW	17	N21
11 October at 01:41	7 MW	7	N20
11 October at 01:22	4 MW	5	N
11 October at 00:46	1 MW	1	N21
10 October at 14:17	501 MW	62	N
10 October at 13:40	737 MW	44	N21
10 October at 12:56	529 MW	48	N20
10 October at 09:03	140 MW	3	Terra
10 October at 02:01	1 MW	1	N20
10 October at 01:03	2 MW	2	N21
9 October at 20:38	16 MW	2	Terra
9 October at 14:34	49 MW	5	N
9 October at 13:57	268 MW	16	N21
9 October at 13:13	182 MW	22	N20
9 October at 12:53	187 MW	20	N
9 October at 08:25	59 MW	4	Terra
9 October at 02:01	6 MW	3	N
9 October at 01:24	25 MW	13	N21
9 October at 00:40	26 MW	17	N20
8 October at 13:34	38 MW	6	N20
8 October at 13:15	87 MW	3	N
8 October at 12:36	104 MW	4	N21
7 October at 13:51	30 MW	2	N20
7 October at 13:32	129 MW	8	N
7 October at 12:56	407 MW	23	N21
7 October at 08:44	12 MW	1	Terra
6 October at 14:10	42 MW	6	N20
6 October at 13:51	88 MW	11	N
6 October at 13:15	45 MW	4	N21
5 October at 15:21	91 MW	1	Aqua
5 October at 14:29	29 MW	2	N20
5 October at 14:10	23 MW	3	N
5 October at 13:34	52 MW	7	N21
5 October at 12:49	99 MW	8	N20
4 October at 13:51	58 MW	6	N21
4 October at 13:08	38 MW	5	N20
3 October at 15:44	23 MW	3	Aqua
3 October at 14:10	5 MW	1	N21
3 October at 13:25	30 MW	4	N20
3 October at 13:08	47 MW	7	N
2 October at 13:47	16 MW	2	N20
2 October at 01:56	5 MW	1	N21
2 October at 01:09	5 MW	2	N20
2 October at 00:52	3 MW	2	N
1 October at 14:04	12 MW	1	N20
30 September at 14:04	146 MW	7	N
30 September at 13:28	174 MW	12	N21
30 September at 12:41	114 MW	6	N20
30 September at 00:52	1 MW	1	N21
29 September at 20:41	6 MW	1	Terra
29 September at 13:47	63 MW	1	N21
28 September at 15:53	98 MW	5	Aqua
28 September at 14:04	53 MW	5	N21
28 September at 13:19	85 MW	8	N20
27 September at 13:19	18 MW	1	N
27 September at 08:48	20 MW	1	Terra
26 September at 13:57	18 MW	1	N20
26 September at 13:38	25 MW	3	N
26 September at 13:02	12 MW	2	N21
25 September at 13:57	6 MW	1	N
25 September at 13:19	18 MW	1	N21
24 September at 14:17	192 MW	16	N
24 September at 13:40	41 MW	5	N21
24 September at 12:56	56 MW	5	N20
23 September at 15:59	634 MW	7	Aqua
23 September at 14:34	441 MW	17	N
23 September at 13:57	243 MW	16	N21
23 September at 13:13	179 MW	15	N20
23 September at 12:53	100 MW	8	N

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