Fire near Singida (TZ)

6.49°S, 35.04°E · first detected on 23 September at 12:19

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 12:19 to 22 October at 13:51, that is 29 days, through 1,422 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 29,733 ha.

Detected extent: 29,733 ha
Cumulative power: 23,498 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 348 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,422
Estimated emissions: 9.8 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 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 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
22 October at 17:04	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:54	22 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:51	53 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:44	55 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:36	86 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:35	33 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:34	60 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:24	112 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 16:21	112 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:20	32 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:14	171 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 16:06	181 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:05	260 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 16:05	241 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 16:04	355 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:54	400 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:50	840 MW	13	Met9
22 October at 15:50	512 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 15:44	535 MW	14	Met12
22 October at 15:35	495 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 15:35	1,197 MW	14	Met9
22 October at 15:34	191 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:24	90 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:20	941 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 15:14	112 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:05	678 MW	8	Met9
22 October at 15:04	82 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:54	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:44	99 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 14:34	167 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:24	171 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:14	48 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:04	25 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:54	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:51	183 MW	9	N
22 October at 13:44	90 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:24	40 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:17	331 MW	18	N21
22 October at 13:14	56 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:54	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:34	22 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:32	85 MW	8	N20
22 October at 12:24	121 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 12:04	126 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 11:54	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:44	22 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:24	56 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:54	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:44	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:34	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:24	111 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 10:14	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:04	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:54	145 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:44	96 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:34	92 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:24	84 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:14	96 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:04	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:40	35 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 20:54	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 20:44	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:36	19 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 20:34	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:17	26 MW	3	Terra
21 October at 19:04	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:54	41 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:44	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:34	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:24	28 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:42	6 MW	1	Aqua
21 October at 14:12	31 MW	3	N
21 October at 13:54	35 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:50	66 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:44	52 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:34	272 MW	19	N21
21 October at 13:34	123 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:24	177 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 13:14	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:04	98 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:54	340 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 12:49	286 MW	20	N20
21 October at 12:44	55 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:34	141 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:30	294 MW	18	N
21 October at 12:24	144 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:04	59 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:54	70 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:44	87 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:34	67 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:24	59 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:14	83 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:04	165 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 10:54	86 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:44	55 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:34	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:14	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:04	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:54	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:44	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:34	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:04	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:54	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:44	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:35	45 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:34	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:24	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:14	44 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:04	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:54	89 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:51	87 MW	6	N21
20 October at 13:44	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:10	21 MW	4	N20
20 October at 12:49	96 MW	22	N
20 October at 12:44	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:34	44 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:24	42 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:54	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:35	53 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 13:28	277 MW	21	N20
19 October at 13:08	101 MW	12	N
19 October at 12:32	89 MW	19	N21
19 October at 08:22	7 MW	1	Terra
18 October at 15:27	14 MW	1	Aqua
18 October at 13:47	24 MW	2	N20
18 October at 13:28	165 MW	16	N
18 October at 12:49	25 MW	3	N21
17 October at 14:06	39 MW	3	N20
17 October at 13:47	102 MW	12	N
17 October at 13:10	133 MW	14	N21
17 October at 12:26	19 MW	2	N20
16 October at 20:19	7 MW	1	Terra
16 October at 13:28	31 MW	3	N21
16 October at 12:43	7 MW	1	N20
15 October at 15:10	15 MW	1	Aqua
15 October at 13:47	17 MW	3	N21
15 October at 13:02	23 MW	3	N20
15 October at 12:43	97 MW	11	N
14 October at 13:21	252 MW	10	N20
14 October at 13:02	4 MW	1	N
14 October at 12:26	64 MW	5	N21
13 October at 15:31	59 MW	4	Aqua
13 October at 13:40	55 MW	8	N20
12 October at 13:02	226 MW	10	N21
11 October at 13:57	158 MW	6	N
11 October at 13:21	124 MW	11	N21
11 October at 12:38	59 MW	9	N20
11 October at 01:39	1 MW	1	N20
11 October at 01:22	2 MW	3	N
11 October at 00:44	1 MW	1	N21
10 October at 15:16	10 MW	1	Aqua
10 October at 14:19	12 MW	2	N
10 October at 13:40	266 MW	8	N21
10 October at 12:56	199 MW	7	N20
10 October at 12:38	28 MW	5	N
10 October at 02:01	1 MW	1	N20
10 October at 01:03	1 MW	1	N21
10 October at 00:20	1 MW	1	N20
9 October at 14:00	518 MW	10	N21
9 October at 13:15	248 MW	27	N20
9 October at 12:56	56 MW	9	N
9 October at 12:19	13 MW	2	N21
8 October at 20:02	7 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 15:40	748 MW	24	Aqua
8 October at 13:34	675 MW	43	N20
8 October at 13:15	242 MW	17	N
8 October at 12:38	875 MW	24	N21
7 October at 13:34	5 MW	1	N
7 October at 12:56	10 MW	1	N21
7 October at 00:20	1 MW	1	N21
6 October at 16:01	55 MW	1	Aqua
6 October at 13:51	423 MW	22	N
6 October at 13:17	501 MW	30	N21
6 October at 12:32	134 MW	12	N20
6 October at 01:16	0 MW	1	N
5 October at 15:23	384 MW	15	Aqua
5 October at 14:10	90 MW	10	N
5 October at 13:34	445 MW	24	N21
5 October at 12:49	505 MW	28	N20
5 October at 12:30	471 MW	21	N
4 October at 14:46	143 MW	2	Aqua
4 October at 13:52	1,302 MW	55	N21
4 October at 13:09	620 MW	27	N20
4 October at 12:49	901 MW	44	N
4 October at 01:16	1 MW	1	N21
4 October at 00:31	1 MW	1	N20
3 October at 15:46	328 MW	8	Aqua
3 October at 13:28	245 MW	25	N20
3 October at 13:08	189 MW	17	N
3 October at 12:32	378 MW	32	N21
2 October at 15:08	75 MW	3	Aqua
2 October at 13:47	47 MW	6	N20
2 October at 13:28	92 MW	19	N
2 October at 12:49	94 MW	12	N21
1 October at 20:21	9 MW	2	Terra
1 October at 14:06	225 MW	5	N20
1 October at 13:47	105 MW	10	N
1 October at 13:10	22 MW	3	N21
1 October at 12:26	19 MW	3	N20
30 September at 15:29	455 MW	10	Aqua
30 September at 14:04	22 MW	3	N
30 September at 13:28	63 MW	5	N21
30 September at 12:43	208 MW	5	N20
30 September at 01:29	1 MW	1	N
30 September at 00:50	1 MW	2	N21
29 September at 20:43	150 MW	3	Terra
29 September at 14:51	285 MW	5	Aqua
29 September at 13:47	450 MW	29	N21
29 September at 13:02	657 MW	15	N20
29 September at 12:43	434 MW	27	N
29 September at 01:46	1 MW	1	N
28 September at 20:04	12 MW	1	Terra
28 September at 13:21	233 MW	15	N20
28 September at 12:26	127 MW	5	N21
27 September at 15:14	64 MW	4	Aqua
27 September at 13:40	102 MW	8	N20
27 September at 13:19	109 MW	9	N
27 September at 12:43	199 MW	10	N21
26 September at 13:57	382 MW	10	N20
26 September at 13:40	60 MW	10	N
26 September at 13:02	40 MW	7	N21
26 September at 01:22	3 MW	3	N20
26 September at 01:01	3 MW	3	N
26 September at 00:27	1 MW	1	N21
25 September at 15:38	16 MW	1	Aqua
25 September at 13:57	18 MW	4	N
25 September at 13:21	169 MW	19	N21
25 September at 12:38	384 MW	20	N20
24 September at 14:19	175 MW	6	N
24 September at 13:40	131 MW	10	N21
24 September at 12:56	145 MW	6	N20
24 September at 12:36	53 MW	5	N
23 September at 14:00	119 MW	8	N21

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