Fire near Sofia (MG)

15.07°S, 49.01°E · first detected on 23 September at 11:32

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 11:32 to 23 October at 00:22, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 1,008 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 18,039 ha.

Detected extent: 18,039 ha
Cumulative power: 12,511 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 198 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,008
Estimated emissions: 7.8 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
23 October at 01:03	16 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 00:22	5 MW	1	N21
22 October at 23:38	21 MW	8	N20
22 October at 23:18	19 MW	6	N
22 October at 23:04	16 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 22:53	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 22:49	24 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 22:03	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:49	32 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 21:43	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:34	121 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 21:33	113 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 21:23	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 21:19	54 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 21:04	22 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 20:53	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 20:43	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 20:33	38 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 20:23	39 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 20:20	51 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 20:13	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 20:05	59 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 19:53	55 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 19:50	164 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 19:49	144 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 19:35	95 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 19:34	144 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 19:33	136 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 18:53	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 18:50	17 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:20	21 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:43	10 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:23	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:13	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:04	41 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:03	108 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:53	27 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:49	53 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:49	38 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:43	43 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:34	40 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:33	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:23	43 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:19	70 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 15:13	55 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:04	95 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 15:03	77 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:53	488 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 14:49	520 MW	10	Met9
22 October at 14:49	183 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:43	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:38	98 MW	8	Aqua
22 October at 14:34	211 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:33	99 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:19	65 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:04	156 MW	4	Met9
22 October at 13:13	91 MW	6	N21
22 October at 12:28	25 MW	4	N20
22 October at 12:11	37 MW	5	N
22 October at 11:32	34 MW	3	N21
22 October at 09:43	183 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:33	78 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:23	72 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:53	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:43	54 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:33	73 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:23	27 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:13	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:04	13 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 06:43	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 06:33	39 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 05:19	42 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 05:04	36 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 04:49	29 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 04:34	26 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 04:33	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 04:23	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 04:19	33 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 04:04	26 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 03:49	24 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 03:23	85 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 03:19	27 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 02:53	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:49	97 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 02:34	111 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 02:34	50 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 02:26	82 MW	6	Aqua
22 October at 02:23	27 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:19	75 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 02:13	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:04	62 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 02:03	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:40	1 MW	1	N21
21 October at 22:53	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:49	68 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 22:43	30 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:34	43 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 22:23	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:19	49 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 22:04	52 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 21:49	149 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 21:34	70 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 21:33	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:23	24 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:19	243 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 21:13	60 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 21:05	50 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 21:04	169 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 21:03	100 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 20:53	89 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 20:49	118 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 20:49	151 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 20:43	64 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:34	128 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 20:33	38 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:23	125 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:20	131 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 20:13	95 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 20:05	216 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 20:04	167 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 20:03	73 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 19:53	91 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 19:50	141 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 19:49	178 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 19:43	106 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 19:35	220 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 19:34	143 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 19:33	47 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:23	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:20	116 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 19:13	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:05	130 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 18:53	32 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:50	86 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 18:43	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:35	15 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:33	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:23	45 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:20	84 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 18:19	44 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:13	65 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 18:05	178 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 18:04	64 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:03	74 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:53	94 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:50	547 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 17:49	404 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 17:43	224 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 17:35	143 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 17:34	82 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 17:33	44 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:23	102 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:20	250 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 17:19	273 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 17:13	29 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:05	137 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 17:04	109 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 17:03	176 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:53	90 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:50	33 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:43	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:35	44 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:33	51 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:23	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:19	122 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:19	125 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:13	98 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:04	182 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:04	201 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 16:03	109 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:53	107 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:49	185 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 15:43	146 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 15:34	622 MW	12	Met9
21 October at 15:34	133 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:33	299 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 15:23	33 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:19	88 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 14:34	61 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:33	159 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:23	164 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:19	77 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:04	38 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:03	27 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:02	349 MW	2	Aqua
21 October at 13:43	107 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:34	77 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:13	56 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:04	80 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:53	161 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:49	323 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 12:47	249 MW	11	N20
21 October at 12:43	35 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:34	239 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 12:28	118 MW	16	N
21 October at 12:23	44 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:19	35 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:13	46 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:04	45 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:53	28 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:49	138 MW	11	N21
21 October at 11:49	685 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 11:49	435 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:43	93 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:34	56 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:34	115 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:19	60 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:19	130 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:13	72 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:04	164 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:04	236 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:49	65 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:53	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:49	42 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:43	52 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 08:53	64 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 00:15	14 MW	7	N20
20 October at 23:55	49 MW	14	N
20 October at 21:43	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 21:13	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 20:53	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:23	43 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:13	43 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:03	60 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:53	42 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:43	77 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:34	192 MW	9	Terra
20 October at 19:33	44 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:23	201 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 19:13	43 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:03	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:53	61 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:43	39 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 18:33	67 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 18:13	35 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:03	547 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 17:53	23 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:43	61 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 17:33	37 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:23	106 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:43	43 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:33	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:23	191 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 16:13	74 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:04	260 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 16:03	91 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:53	29 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:49	273 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 15:49	243 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:34	154 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:34	143 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 15:19	25 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:13	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:04	149 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 15:01	18 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 14:49	79 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:34	30 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:19	35 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:13	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:04	99 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:03	28 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:49	102 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:34	117 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:33	60 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:23	194 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:19	216 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:13	336 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:06	96 MW	12	N20
20 October at 13:04	243 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:03	135 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:53	153 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:49	156 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:45	154 MW	15	N
20 October at 12:43	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:34	170 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:33	113 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:19	121 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:13	58 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:11	184 MW	16	N21
20 October at 12:04	145 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 12:04	246 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:03	34 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:53	288 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:49	416 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 11:49	223 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:43	68 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:34	123 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:34	176 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:33	46 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:23	76 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:19	265 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 11:19	154 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:13	23 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:04	232 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 11:04	278 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 11:03	27 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:53	37 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:49	315 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 10:49	304 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:43	207 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:34	292 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:34	336 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 10:23	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:19	390 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:19	418 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 10:04	368 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 10:04	395 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 10:03	161 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:53	52 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:23	34 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 05:19	33 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 00:14	2 MW	2	N
19 October at 23:38	3 MW	3	N21
19 October at 14:23	33 MW	2	Aqua
19 October at 13:06	699 MW	37	N
19 October at 12:28	210 MW	14	N21
19 October at 11:43	4 MW	1	N20
18 October at 12:04	12 MW	1	N20
18 October at 11:43	23 MW	4	N
17 October at 23:31	1 MW	1	N20
16 October at 00:08	1 MW	2	N20
15 October at 19:37	78 MW	5	Terra
15 October at 12:04	50 MW	3	N21
14 October at 23:31	1 MW	1	N21
14 October at 14:29	10 MW	1	Aqua
14 October at 11:37	11 MW	3	N20
13 October at 23:50	1 MW	1	N21
13 October at 11:58	12 MW	1	N20
12 October at 01:03	2 MW	1	N
11 October at 23:44	31 MW	9	N20
11 October at 23:23	20 MW	8	N
11 October at 12:34	11 MW	2	N20
11 October at 12:15	7 MW	1	N
11 October at 11:39	4 MW	1	N21
10 October at 19:39	25 MW	2	Terra
10 October at 12:53	79 MW	9	N20
10 October at 12:34	29 MW	5	N
10 October at 11:58	83 MW	12	N21
10 October at 00:01	3 MW	3	N
9 October at 23:23	6 MW	4	N21
9 October at 14:36	33 MW	4	Aqua
9 October at 13:10	25 MW	4	N20
9 October at 12:51	106 MW	19	N
9 October at 12:15	190 MW	17	N21
9 October at 11:32	61 MW	7	N20
8 October at 14:00	275 MW	5	Aqua
8 October at 13:13	149 MW	12	N
8 October at 12:34	320 MW	20	N21
8 October at 11:49	157 MW	17	N20
7 October at 12:53	3 MW	1	N21
5 October at 00:14	1 MW	3	N20
4 October at 23:18	1 MW	1	N21
4 October at 14:44	232 MW	6	Aqua
4 October at 13:06	341 MW	27	N20
4 October at 12:45	308 MW	17	N
4 October at 12:11	142 MW	9	N21
4 October at 02:33	8 MW	1	Aqua
4 October at 00:14	6 MW	6	N
3 October at 23:38	9 MW	8	N21
3 October at 14:04	196 MW	4	Aqua
3 October at 13:06	104 MW	16	N
3 October at 12:28	245 MW	21	N21
3 October at 11:43	372 MW	23	N20
2 October at 15:04	155 MW	2	Aqua
2 October at 13:23	266 MW	16	N
2 October at 12:47	187 MW	15	N21
2 October at 12:04	304 MW	24	N20
2 October at 11:43	248 MW	18	N
2 October at 07:10	22 MW	3	Terra
1 October at 23:29	5 MW	4	N20
1 October at 14:27	266 MW	8	Aqua
1 October at 13:06	271 MW	17	N21
1 October at 12:21	190 MW	30	N20
1 October at 12:02	320 MW	31	N
1 October at 11:26	101 MW	9	N21
1 October at 02:18	99 MW	5	Aqua
1 October at 00:33	66 MW	17	N21
30 September at 23:50	18 MW	5	N20
30 September at 23:29	1 MW	1	N
30 September at 19:41	92 MW	8	Terra
30 September at 12:41	237 MW	9	N20
30 September at 12:21	534 MW	17	N
30 September at 11:43	84 MW	8	N21
30 September at 07:29	27 MW	2	Terra
30 September at 00:08	60 MW	15	N20
29 September at 23:48	57 MW	16	N
29 September at 23:12	56 MW	11	N21
29 September at 13:00	16 MW	5	N20
29 September at 12:41	5 MW	1	N
29 September at 12:04	30 MW	2	N21
29 September at 00:27	40 MW	7	N20
29 September at 00:08	30 MW	6	N
28 September at 23:31	9 MW	3	N21
28 September at 14:12	22 MW	1	Aqua
28 September at 12:21	27 MW	3	N21
28 September at 11:37	18 MW	3	N20
28 September at 00:46	6 MW	6	N20
28 September at 00:27	8 MW	7	N
27 September at 23:50	13 MW	6	N21
27 September at 19:22	54 MW	6	Terra
27 September at 15:12	135 MW	2	Aqua
27 September at 13:17	291 MW	21	N
27 September at 12:43	786 MW	22	N21
27 September at 11:56	297 MW	18	N20
27 September at 11:39	166 MW	10	N
27 September at 00:46	126 MW	17	N
27 September at 00:08	64 MW	17	N21
26 September at 23:23	49 MW	22	N20
26 September at 14:34	329 MW	8	Aqua
26 September at 13:00	498 MW	17	N21
26 September at 12:15	60 MW	4	N20
26 September at 11:56	57 MW	9	N
26 September at 00:29	6 MW	4	N21
25 September at 23:44	3 MW	2	N20
25 September at 12:34	35 MW	4	N20
25 September at 12:15	45 MW	4	N
25 September at 11:39	38 MW	4	N21
25 September at 00:46	15 MW	5	N21
25 September at 00:01	4 MW	6	N20
24 September at 23:42	10 MW	5	N
24 September at 23:06	14 MW	4	N21
24 September at 19:05	17 MW	1	Terra
24 September at 14:57	127 MW	4	Aqua
24 September at 12:53	180 MW	14	N20
24 September at 12:34	164 MW	16	N
24 September at 11:58	117 MW	17	N21

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