Fire near Sofia (MG)

15.67°S, 47.39°E · first detected on 22 September at 23:44

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 22 September at 23:44 to 22 October at 14:38, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 1,828 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 30,847 ha.

Detected extent: 30,847 ha
Cumulative power: 21,757 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 247 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,828
Estimated emissions: 13.2 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 19:15	31 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 16:04	22 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:03	114 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:53	51 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:49	56 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:49	81 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 15:43	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:33	35 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:43	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:38	21 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 14:34	37 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 14:03	46 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:33	149 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:23	36 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:13	130 MW	6	N21
22 October at 13:13	43 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:03	49 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:28	52 MW	3	N20
22 October at 12:09	19 MW	2	N
21 October at 17:43	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:20	57 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:13	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:05	60 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:03	54 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:53	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:49	45 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:43	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:34	51 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:33	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:23	52 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:19	72 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:13	66 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:04	91 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:04	117 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:03	60 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:53	141 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:49	60 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:33	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:13	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:53	38 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:43	51 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:33	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:23	96 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 13:19	93 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:13	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:04	106 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:03	86 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:53	38 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:47	131 MW	13	N20
21 October at 12:28	42 MW	5	N
21 October at 11:49	28 MW	6	N21
21 October at 09:13	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:34	5 MW	1	Terra
20 October at 18:13	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:53	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:43	53 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 16:33	28 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:59	32 MW	2	Aqua
20 October at 14:53	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:43	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:19	37 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:06	43 MW	8	N20
20 October at 12:45	78 MW	9	N
20 October at 12:11	40 MW	3	N21
20 October at 00:33	2 MW	2	N20
20 October at 00:14	3 MW	4	N
19 October at 23:38	1 MW	1	N21
19 October at 14:23	34 MW	1	Aqua
19 October at 13:25	27 MW	4	N20
19 October at 13:06	64 MW	5	N
19 October at 12:28	218 MW	14	N21
19 October at 11:43	75 MW	11	N20
19 October at 00:33	3 MW	3	N
18 October at 23:55	4 MW	4	N21
18 October at 00:16	3 MW	3	N21
17 October at 23:31	7 MW	4	N20
17 October at 19:17	31 MW	3	Terra
17 October at 13:06	384 MW	24	N21
17 October at 12:21	203 MW	18	N20
17 October at 12:02	132 MW	20	N
17 October at 07:04	6 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 01:09	7 MW	4	N
17 October at 00:33	19 MW	7	N21
16 October at 23:50	20 MW	14	N20
16 October at 23:29	16 MW	7	N
16 October at 20:15	72 MW	2	Terra
16 October at 12:41	291 MW	32	N20
16 October at 12:21	275 MW	17	N
16 October at 11:43	295 MW	19	N21
16 October at 00:52	1 MW	1	N21
16 October at 00:08	2 MW	2	N20
15 October at 19:37	35 MW	4	Terra
15 October at 13:00	27 MW	3	N20
15 October at 12:41	96 MW	8	N
15 October at 12:04	101 MW	10	N21
15 October at 07:25	29 MW	2	Terra
15 October at 00:27	1 MW	2	N20
15 October at 00:08	6 MW	5	N
14 October at 23:31	5 MW	5	N21
14 October at 14:29	383 MW	15	Aqua
14 October at 13:17	435 MW	42	N20
14 October at 12:58	806 MW	58	N
14 October at 12:21	584 MW	47	N21
14 October at 11:37	482 MW	36	N20
14 October at 00:46	4 MW	5	N20
14 October at 00:27	13 MW	11	N
13 October at 23:50	24 MW	16	N21
13 October at 19:56	40 MW	3	Terra
13 October at 11:58	163 MW	13	N20
12 October at 14:51	26 MW	1	Aqua
12 October at 13:00	219 MW	16	N21
12 October at 11:56	208 MW	11	N
12 October at 01:03	2 MW	1	N
12 October at 00:29	8 MW	5	N21
11 October at 23:44	13 MW	8	N20
11 October at 23:23	1 MW	1	N
11 October at 20:17	67 MW	2	Terra
11 October at 12:34	13 MW	2	N20
11 October at 12:15	13 MW	3	N
10 October at 12:53	21 MW	3	N20
10 October at 12:34	15 MW	3	N
10 October at 11:58	16 MW	2	N21
10 October at 00:01	4 MW	1	N
9 October at 12:51	20 MW	2	N
9 October at 12:15	15 MW	1	N21
8 October at 11:49	13 MW	2	N20
7 October at 12:53	5 MW	1	N21
6 October at 14:21	102 MW	3	Aqua
6 October at 13:13	486 MW	4	N21
6 October at 12:28	48 MW	4	N20
6 October at 12:09	54 MW	5	N
5 October at 12:28	16 MW	3	N
5 October at 11:49	11 MW	2	N21
5 October at 07:29	22 MW	1	Terra
5 October at 01:01	1 MW	1	N21
5 October at 00:14	2 MW	1	N20
4 October at 23:55	3 MW	2	N
4 October at 23:18	6 MW	4	N21
4 October at 14:44	53 MW	5	Aqua
4 October at 13:06	87 MW	16	N20
4 October at 12:45	74 MW	15	N
4 October at 12:11	151 MW	9	N21
4 October at 00:33	2 MW	2	N20
4 October at 00:14	4 MW	4	N
3 October at 23:38	5 MW	3	N21
3 October at 13:23	41 MW	6	N20
3 October at 13:06	132 MW	14	N
3 October at 12:28	231 MW	18	N21
3 October at 11:43	157 MW	15	N20
3 October at 00:52	1 MW	1	N20
3 October at 00:32	15 MW	11	N
2 October at 23:55	29 MW	16	N21
2 October at 23:12	3 MW	2	N20
2 October at 19:22	20 MW	2	Terra
2 October at 15:04	117 MW	5	Aqua
2 October at 13:23	376 MW	26	N
2 October at 12:47	811 MW	16	N21
2 October at 12:04	282 MW	10	N20
2 October at 11:43	90 MW	10	N
2 October at 00:52	7 MW	7	N
2 October at 00:16	19 MW	11	N21
1 October at 23:31	11 MW	9	N20
1 October at 14:27	285 MW	11	Aqua
1 October at 13:06	123 MW	11	N21
1 October at 12:21	200 MW	12	N20
1 October at 12:02	118 MW	10	N
1 October at 00:33	2 MW	1	N21
30 September at 23:50	6 MW	5	N20
30 September at 23:29	3 MW	2	N
30 September at 12:41	10 MW	2	N20
30 September at 12:21	6 MW	1	N
30 September at 11:43	6 MW	1	N21
30 September at 00:08	1 MW	2	N20
29 September at 14:49	36 MW	3	Aqua
29 September at 13:00	57 MW	4	N20
29 September at 12:41	37 MW	6	N
29 September at 12:04	43 MW	5	N21
29 September at 00:27	2 MW	3	N20
28 September at 14:12	81 MW	3	Aqua
28 September at 13:17	22 MW	4	N20
28 September at 12:21	84 MW	6	N21
28 September at 11:37	26 MW	3	N20
28 September at 00:46	2 MW	2	N20
28 September at 00:27	4 MW	2	N
27 September at 19:22	21 MW	1	Terra
27 September at 13:17	29 MW	6	N
27 September at 12:41	31 MW	4	N21
27 September at 11:56	56 MW	10	N20
27 September at 01:03	1 MW	1	N20
27 September at 00:46	1 MW	1	N
27 September at 00:08	8 MW	8	N21
26 September at 23:23	6 MW	6	N20
26 September at 14:34	7 MW	1	Aqua
26 September at 13:00	88 MW	10	N21
26 September at 12:15	110 MW	9	N20
26 September at 11:56	434 MW	8	N
26 September at 01:03	1 MW	2	N
26 September at 00:29	2 MW	2	N21
25 September at 23:44	6 MW	4	N20
25 September at 23:23	3 MW	2	N
25 September at 19:41	20 MW	2	Terra
25 September at 13:17	103 MW	7	N21
25 September at 12:34	84 MW	7	N20
25 September at 12:13	69 MW	8	N
25 September at 11:39	77 MW	3	N21
24 September at 12:53	22 MW	2	N20
24 September at 12:34	10 MW	2	N
24 September at 00:20	6 MW	4	N20
24 September at 00:01	4 MW	1	N

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