Fire near Sofia (MG)

15.07°S, 48.25°E · first detected on 15 October at 00:08

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 15 October at 00:08 to 22 October at 12:11, that is 8 days, through 404 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 4,456 ha.

Detected extent: 4,456 ha
Cumulative power: 8,930 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 286 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 404
Estimated emissions: 18.0 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 14 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 10 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
20 October at 16:33	20 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:23	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:03	27 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:49	26 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:34	38 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:19	30 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:04	41 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:03	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:01	58 MW	3	Aqua
20 October at 14:49	29 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:43	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:34	29 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:23	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:19	103 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:13	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:04	148 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:03	60 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:49	31 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:19	35 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:06	24 MW	4	N20
20 October at 13:04	38 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:45	12 MW	1	N
20 October at 12:11	24 MW	3	N21
20 October at 09:53	31 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:43	26 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:49	83 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 16:35	15 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 16:19	24 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 16:04	56 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 16:03	12 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 15:53	21 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 15:49	119 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 15:49	56 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 15:43	14 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 15:34	49 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 15:34	101 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 15:19	164 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 15:13	20 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 15:04	414 MW	6	Met9
19 October at 15:03	154 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 14:53	25 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:49	312 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 14:43	20 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:34	115 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 14:33	52 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 14:23	282 MW	8	Aqua
19 October at 14:23	20 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 14:19	199 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 14:13	92 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 14:04	220 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 14:03	107 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 13:53	86 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 13:49	322 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 13:43	120 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 13:34	281 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 13:33	114 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 13:25	417 MW	21	N20
19 October at 13:23	247 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 13:19	557 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 13:13	63 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 13:06	292 MW	17	N
19 October at 13:04	357 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 13:03	129 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:53	143 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 12:49	401 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 12:43	132 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:34	559 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 12:34	210 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 12:33	193 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 12:28	349 MW	14	N21
19 October at 12:23	366 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 12:19	165 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 12:19	366 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 12:13	112 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:04	185 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 12:04	469 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 12:03	193 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 11:53	165 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 11:49	245 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 11:49	100 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 11:43	153 MW	12	N20
19 October at 11:34	381 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 11:34	124 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 11:33	114 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 11:23	104 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 11:19	392 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 11:19	302 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 11:13	110 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 11:04	344 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 11:04	200 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 11:03	98 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 10:53	53 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 10:49	249 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 10:49	174 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 10:43	51 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 10:34	83 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 10:34	161 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 10:19	74 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 10:19	87 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 12:47	51 MW	4	N21
18 October at 12:04	13 MW	1	N20
18 October at 00:52	7 MW	10	N
18 October at 00:14	47 MW	19	N21
17 October at 23:31	12 MW	12	N20
17 October at 13:06	1,174 MW	66	N21
17 October at 12:21	1,049 MW	42	N20
17 October at 12:02	1,104 MW	24	N
17 October at 11:26	1,357 MW	22	N21
17 October at 07:04	60 MW	4	Terra
17 October at 02:35	8 MW	1	Aqua
17 October at 01:09	4 MW	3	N
17 October at 00:33	41 MW	9	N21
16 October at 23:50	114 MW	13	N20
16 October at 23:29	163 MW	20	N
16 October at 14:06	332 MW	3	Aqua
16 October at 12:43	430 MW	11	N20
16 October at 12:21	946 MW	23	N
16 October at 11:43	192 MW	15	N21
16 October at 00:08	2 MW	2	N20
15 October at 23:50	1 MW	1	N
15 October at 13:00	55 MW	4	N20
15 October at 12:41	28 MW	1	N
15 October at 12:04	9 MW	1	N21
15 October at 00:08	1 MW	1	N

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