Fire near Sofia (MG)

14.87°S, 48.72°E · first detected on 23 September at 11:32

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 11:32 to 22 October at 19:15, that is 29 days, through 1,753 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 29,928 ha.

Detected extent: 29,928 ha
Cumulative power: 19,999 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 258 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,753
Estimated emissions: 12.0 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
23 October at 00:59	4 MW	3	N
23 October at 00:22	8 MW	5	N21
22 October at 23:38	2 MW	2	N20
22 October at 19:15	26 MW	3	Terra
22 October at 18:53	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:23	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:20	46 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 18:13	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:05	32 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 18:03	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:50	48 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 17:49	75 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:43	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:35	16 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:20	25 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:13	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:05	20 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:53	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:50	225 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 16:49	56 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:35	216 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 16:33	22 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:23	83 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:20	378 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 16:19	185 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:13	31 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:04	156 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 16:03	31 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:53	46 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:49	146 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:43	27 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:34	180 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:19	299 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 15:04	84 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:03	25 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:53	124 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:43	64 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:38	183 MW	9	Aqua
22 October at 14:23	119 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:19	47 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:13	26 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:03	49 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:43	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:23	62 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:13	50 MW	3	N21
22 October at 13:03	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:28	160 MW	25	N20
22 October at 12:11	152 MW	21	N
22 October at 11:32	104 MW	12	N21
22 October at 10:53	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:53	27 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:43	29 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:53	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:33	47 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 07:04	38 MW	3	Terra
22 October at 00:40	5 MW	4	N21
21 October at 23:55	17 MW	16	N20
21 October at 23:36	24 MW	10	N
21 October at 19:35	25 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 19:23	28 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:20	20 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 19:13	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:35	24 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:23	23 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:20	57 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 18:19	53 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:13	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:03	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:53	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:50	55 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:49	61 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:33	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:23	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:20	23 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:13	50 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:03	72 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:53	26 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:50	78 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:43	31 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:35	74 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:34	37 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:33	95 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:23	106 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:20	267 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 16:19	303 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 16:13	100 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 16:04	286 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 16:04	263 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 16:03	117 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:53	179 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:49	357 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 15:49	204 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:43	457 MW	18	Met12
21 October at 15:34	596 MW	12	Met9
21 October at 15:33	414 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 15:23	413 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 15:19	790 MW	14	Met9
21 October at 15:13	435 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 15:04	609 MW	12	Met9
21 October at 15:03	302 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 14:53	357 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 14:49	836 MW	16	Met9
21 October at 14:43	105 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:34	241 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 14:33	189 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 14:23	194 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 14:19	243 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 14:13	300 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:04	366 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 14:03	371 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 14:02	314 MW	3	Aqua
21 October at 13:53	353 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:49	521 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 13:43	211 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:34	485 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 13:33	342 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:23	600 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 13:19	292 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:19	473 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 13:13	453 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 13:04	532 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 13:04	294 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:03	452 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 12:53	129 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:49	181 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:47	362 MW	31	N20
21 October at 12:43	128 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:34	66 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:33	328 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:28	479 MW	32	N
21 October at 12:23	245 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:19	59 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:13	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:53	174 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:50	293 MW	21	N21
21 October at 11:43	130 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:34	144 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:34	166 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:33	354 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 11:23	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:19	98 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:13	339 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 11:03	207 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:53	120 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:49	103 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 00:14	8 MW	7	N20
20 October at 23:55	6 MW	5	N
20 October at 23:18	4 MW	3	N21
20 October at 20:23	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:34	52 MW	5	Terra
20 October at 19:33	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:13	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:03	38 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:53	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:43	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:33	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:13	270 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:03	26 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:53	111 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:43	76 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:33	231 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:23	92 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:13	153 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 16:04	176 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 16:03	49 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:53	47 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:49	178 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 15:43	48 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:34	39 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:33	32 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:23	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:19	32 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:13	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:04	41 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:03	94 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:01	221 MW	8	Aqua
20 October at 14:53	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:49	21 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:43	53 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:13	25 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:06	121 MW	10	N20
20 October at 13:03	76 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:45	143 MW	20	N
20 October at 12:23	26 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:11	158 MW	13	N21
20 October at 11:53	57 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:43	23 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:49	91 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:34	88 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:19	174 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:19	163 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:04	174 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:04	102 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 09:53	63 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:49	468 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 09:49	78 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 09:34	190 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:19	154 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 00:33	14 MW	6	N20
20 October at 00:14	8 MW	12	N
19 October at 23:38	4 MW	3	N21
19 October at 14:23	211 MW	7	Aqua
19 October at 13:06	332 MW	22	N
19 October at 12:28	369 MW	21	N21
19 October at 11:43	264 MW	32	N20
19 October at 02:11	9 MW	1	Aqua
18 October at 23:55	3 MW	3	N21
18 October at 23:12	4 MW	1	N20
18 October at 12:47	174 MW	11	N21
18 October at 12:04	76 MW	9	N20
18 October at 11:43	35 MW	2	N
18 October at 00:52	23 MW	9	N
18 October at 00:14	18 MW	7	N21
17 October at 23:31	17 MW	11	N20
17 October at 19:17	81 MW	3	Terra
17 October at 13:06	21 MW	2	N21
17 October at 12:21	39 MW	9	N20
17 October at 12:02	62 MW	7	N
17 October at 07:04	76 MW	2	Terra
17 October at 02:35	8 MW	1	Aqua
17 October at 01:09	5 MW	2	N
17 October at 00:33	16 MW	5	N21
16 October at 23:50	13 MW	6	N20
16 October at 23:29	9 MW	4	N
16 October at 14:06	125 MW	4	Aqua
16 October at 12:43	106 MW	11	N20
16 October at 12:21	107 MW	11	N
16 October at 11:43	59 MW	8	N21
16 October at 00:08	9 MW	6	N20
15 October at 23:50	6 MW	3	N
15 October at 23:12	5 MW	2	N21
15 October at 19:37	11 MW	2	Terra
15 October at 13:00	31 MW	4	N20
15 October at 12:41	32 MW	4	N
15 October at 12:04	52 MW	4	N21
15 October at 00:27	11 MW	5	N20
15 October at 00:08	9 MW	7	N
14 October at 23:31	18 MW	5	N21
14 October at 14:29	229 MW	17	Aqua
14 October at 13:17	332 MW	24	N20
14 October at 13:00	421 MW	30	N
14 October at 12:21	265 MW	22	N21
14 October at 11:37	81 MW	11	N20
14 October at 02:20	37 MW	3	Aqua
14 October at 00:46	19 MW	12	N20
14 October at 00:27	31 MW	14	N
13 October at 23:50	55 MW	15	N21
13 October at 19:56	69 MW	3	Terra
13 October at 11:58	452 MW	16	N20
12 October at 19:20	11 MW	1	Terra
12 October at 14:51	87 MW	3	Aqua
12 October at 13:00	196 MW	11	N21
12 October at 11:56	25 MW	4	N
12 October at 00:29	59 MW	7	N21
11 October at 23:44	6 MW	5	N20
11 October at 23:23	2 MW	1	N
11 October at 14:14	45 MW	2	Aqua
11 October at 12:34	502 MW	40	N20
11 October at 12:15	358 MW	27	N
11 October at 11:39	280 MW	24	N21
10 October at 23:06	5 MW	1	N21
10 October at 19:39	26 MW	2	Terra
10 October at 12:53	7 MW	1	N20
10 October at 12:34	93 MW	10	N
10 October at 11:58	151 MW	11	N21
10 October at 00:22	15 MW	2	N20
10 October at 00:01	46 MW	6	N
9 October at 23:23	10 MW	5	N21
9 October at 14:36	680 MW	15	Aqua
9 October at 13:10	130 MW	12	N20
9 October at 12:51	199 MW	26	N
9 October at 12:15	160 MW	19	N21
9 October at 11:32	87 MW	10	N20
9 October at 00:40	1 MW	1	N20
9 October at 00:20	3 MW	3	N
8 October at 23:44	6 MW	5	N21
8 October at 19:58	40 MW	2	Terra
8 October at 14:00	377 MW	5	Aqua
8 October at 13:13	510 MW	48	N
8 October at 12:34	879 MW	45	N21
8 October at 11:49	590 MW	52	N20
8 October at 07:46	75 MW	2	Terra
7 October at 19:20	23 MW	2	Terra
7 October at 14:59	38 MW	2	Aqua
7 October at 13:30	74 MW	7	N
7 October at 12:53	193 MW	22	N21
7 October at 12:11	194 MW	16	N20
7 October at 11:49	39 MW	3	N
7 October at 00:59	10 MW	3	N
7 October at 00:22	6 MW	3	N21
6 October at 14:21	161 MW	3	Aqua
6 October at 13:13	8 MW	1	N21
6 October at 12:28	64 MW	7	N20
6 October at 12:09	59 MW	8	N
6 October at 11:32	11 MW	2	N21
6 October at 00:40	10 MW	6	N21
5 October at 19:39	94 MW	5	Terra
5 October at 12:47	349 MW	28	N20
5 October at 12:28	643 MW	24	N
5 October at 11:51	295 MW	19	N21
5 October at 00:14	27 MW	10	N20
4 October at 23:55	15 MW	6	N
4 October at 23:18	58 MW	9	N21
4 October at 14:44	92 MW	7	Aqua
4 October at 13:06	214 MW	26	N20
4 October at 12:45	335 MW	36	N
4 October at 12:11	511 MW	37	N21
4 October at 00:33	8 MW	6	N20
4 October at 00:14	14 MW	13	N
3 October at 23:38	42 MW	18	N21
3 October at 20:00	190 MW	4	Terra
3 October at 14:04	323 MW	8	Aqua
3 October at 13:06	274 MW	27	N
3 October at 12:28	501 MW	33	N21
3 October at 11:43	235 MW	18	N20
3 October at 00:31	5 MW	3	N
2 October at 23:55	7 MW	4	N21
2 October at 23:12	6 MW	1	N20
2 October at 19:22	13 MW	1	Terra
2 October at 15:04	267 MW	6	Aqua
2 October at 13:23	275 MW	27	N
2 October at 12:47	550 MW	37	N21
2 October at 12:04	529 MW	45	N20
2 October at 11:43	407 MW	34	N
2 October at 07:10	60 MW	4	Terra
2 October at 00:52	29 MW	15	N
2 October at 00:14	91 MW	24	N21
1 October at 23:29	68 MW	22	N20
1 October at 14:27	337 MW	10	Aqua
1 October at 13:06	94 MW	8	N21
1 October at 12:21	259 MW	18	N20
1 October at 12:02	68 MW	9	N
1 October at 11:26	140 MW	7	N21
1 October at 01:09	2 MW	1	N
1 October at 00:33	11 MW	5	N21
30 September at 23:50	10 MW	7	N20
30 September at 23:29	1 MW	2	N
30 September at 19:41	64 MW	3	Terra
30 September at 12:41	72 MW	10	N20
30 September at 12:21	84 MW	8	N
30 September at 11:43	57 MW	8	N21
30 September at 07:29	35 MW	2	Terra
30 September at 00:52	3 MW	2	N21
30 September at 00:08	3 MW	3	N20
29 September at 23:48	1 MW	1	N
29 September at 14:49	89 MW	6	Aqua
29 September at 13:00	108 MW	13	N20
29 September at 12:41	79 MW	8	N
29 September at 12:04	69 MW	5	N21
29 September at 02:39	28 MW	1	Aqua
29 September at 00:27	6 MW	3	N20
29 September at 00:08	29 MW	6	N
28 September at 23:31	37 MW	7	N21
28 September at 14:12	155 MW	6	Aqua
28 September at 13:17	198 MW	13	N20
28 September at 12:21	109 MW	15	N21
28 September at 11:37	167 MW	11	N20
27 September at 23:50	1 MW	1	N21
27 September at 19:22	56 MW	5	Terra
27 September at 15:12	41 MW	1	Aqua
27 September at 13:17	124 MW	14	N
27 September at 12:43	316 MW	30	N21
27 September at 11:56	477 MW	22	N20
27 September at 11:39	327 MW	20	N
27 September at 00:08	2 MW	3	N21
26 September at 14:34	92 MW	7	Aqua
26 September at 13:00	249 MW	20	N21
26 September at 12:15	165 MW	20	N20
26 September at 11:56	110 MW	16	N
26 September at 02:24	9 MW	1	Aqua
26 September at 01:03	6 MW	4	N
26 September at 00:29	10 MW	6	N21
25 September at 23:44	11 MW	7	N20
25 September at 23:25	13 MW	4	N
25 September at 12:34	85 MW	11	N20
25 September at 12:15	62 MW	8	N
25 September at 11:39	132 MW	10	N21
25 September at 07:31	42 MW	2	Terra
25 September at 00:46	4 MW	2	N21
25 September at 00:01	12 MW	7	N20
24 September at 23:42	20 MW	7	N
24 September at 23:06	11 MW	3	N21
24 September at 19:05	224 MW	4	Terra
24 September at 14:57	34 MW	2	Aqua
24 September at 12:53	172 MW	12	N20
24 September at 12:34	153 MW	17	N
24 September at 11:58	154 MW	12	N21
24 September at 00:20	4 MW	3	N20
24 September at 00:01	4 MW	3	N
23 September at 23:23	6 MW	4	N21

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