Fire near Soum (BF)

14.32°N, 0.89°W · first detected on 19 October at 14:55

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 19 October at 14:55 to 22 October at 22:40, that is 3 days, through 891 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 16,738 ha.

Detected extent: 16,738 ha
Cumulative power: 9,770 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 255 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 891
Estimated emissions: 12.2 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 19 October 2026 to 22 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).

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.

Before, after: the burn scar seen from space

Sentinel-2 satellite image of the same area near Soum (BF) during the fire, on 20 October 2026

Sentinel-2 satellite image of the area near Soum (BF) before the fire, on 15 October 2026

Before · 15 October 2026During · 20 October 2026

Sentinel-2, 10 m resolution. No sufficiently clear pass has followed the fire going out yet: the second image was taken DURING the fire, so the burn scar had not finished spreading. It will be replaced automatically at the first clear sky. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data (2026).

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 6 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 10:16	88 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 10:06	45 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 09:56	61 MW	4	Met12
23 October at 09:52	79 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 09:46	43 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 09:37	77 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 09:37	126 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 09:36	61 MW	4	Met12
23 October at 09:26	38 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 09:22	73 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 09:22	110 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 09:16	15 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 09:07	40 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 09:07	45 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 09:06	58 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 08:56	21 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 08:46	33 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 08:22	29 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 08:16	13 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 05:38	50 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 05:26	10 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 05:23	61 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 04:32	56 MW	28	N20
23 October at 04:13	50 MW	31	N
23 October at 03:34	68 MW	44	N21
23 October at 02:52	51 MW	25	N20
23 October at 02:38	25 MW	1	Met10
23 October at 01:36	29 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 01:26	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 23:53	53 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 23:36	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 23:23	70 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 23:08	90 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 23:06	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 22:56	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 22:53	27 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 22:46	62 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 22:40	48 MW	4	Terra
22 October at 22:23	63 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 22:16	33 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 22:08	150 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 22:08	156 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 22:06	70 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 21:56	38 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 21:53	62 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 21:46	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 21:38	25 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 21:26	50 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 21:23	123 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 21:23	78 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 21:16	38 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 21:08	27 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 21:06	40 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 20:56	23 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 20:53	30 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 20:46	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 20:38	30 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 20:36	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 20:26	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 19:46	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 19:36	35 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 19:26	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 19:23	87 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 19:16	38 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 19:06	33 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 18:56	66 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 18:53	208 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 18:46	106 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 18:38	151 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 18:36	157 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 18:26	193 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 18:23	189 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 18:16	131 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 18:08	152 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 18:06	282 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 18:03	212 MW	7	Aqua
22 October at 17:56	95 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 17:53	27 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 17:46	79 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 17:38	120 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:36	25 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 17:26	305 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 17:23	310 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 17:16	188 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 17:08	153 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 17:06	235 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 16:56	45 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:53	256 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:46	132 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:38	270 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 16:36	98 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 16:26	102 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 16:23	92 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 16:16	241 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:08	190 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 16:06	177 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 15:59	350 MW	72	N20
22 October at 15:56	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 15:53	49 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:46	287 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:40	541 MW	64	N
22 October at 15:38	332 MW	5	Met10
22 October at 15:36	224 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:26	174 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:23	278 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:23	143 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 15:16	227 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 15:08	415 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 15:06	196 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 15:04	474 MW	32	N21
22 October at 14:56	483 MW	24	Met12
22 October at 14:53	134 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:46	417 MW	21	Met12
22 October at 14:38	640 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:38	541 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 14:36	479 MW	22	Met12
22 October at 14:26	420 MW	23	Met12
22 October at 14:23	150 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:16	400 MW	19	Met12
22 October at 14:08	131 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 14:06	369 MW	21	Met12
22 October at 13:56	232 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 13:53	59 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:46	312 MW	19	Met12
22 October at 13:38	190 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 13:36	179 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 13:26	96 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:23	49 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 13:16	115 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:08	245 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 13:06	190 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 12:56	237 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 12:53	159 MW	2	Met10
22 October at 12:46	116 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:38	48 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:37	44 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:26	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:23	47 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:16	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:56	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:37	36 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 11:36	41 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:56	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:07	28 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:06	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:56	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:52	33 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:46	40 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:37	26 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 08:46	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:36	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 04:32	51 MW	30	N
22 October at 03:54	83 MW	31	N21
22 October at 03:09	78 MW	46	N20
21 October at 22:38	33 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 22:36	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 22:26	35 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 22:23	153 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 22:23	145 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 22:16	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:08	36 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 22:06	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:02	40 MW	2	Terra
21 October at 21:56	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 21:53	33 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 21:16	39 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 21:08	109 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 21:06	41 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 20:53	85 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 20:46	88 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 20:38	121 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 20:36	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 20:26	53 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 20:23	145 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 20:23	46 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 20:16	64 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 20:08	63 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 20:06	19 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:56	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:53	21 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 19:46	21 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 19:26	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:53	34 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:46	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:38	67 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:38	61 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 18:36	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:26	29 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:23	53 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:23	80 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 18:16	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 18:08	216 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 18:08	104 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 18:06	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:56	54 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:53	190 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 17:46	223 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 17:38	269 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 17:36	193 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 17:26	268 MW	7	Aqua
21 October at 17:26	195 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 17:23	397 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 17:16	61 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 17:08	80 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:08	266 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 17:06	264 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 16:56	446 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 16:53	588 MW	8	Met10
21 October at 16:46	30 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:38	1,082 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 16:38	695 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 16:36	296 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 16:26	78 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:23	196 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 16:18	288 MW	34	N20
21 October at 16:16	151 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 16:08	217 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 16:06	101 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:57	505 MW	53	N
21 October at 15:56	160 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 15:53	169 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:46	81 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:38	548 MW	7	Met10
21 October at 15:36	346 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 15:26	158 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 15:23	407 MW	31	N21
21 October at 15:23	302 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:23	294 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:16	175 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 15:08	126 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 15:06	148 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 14:56	234 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 14:53	558 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 14:53	556 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 14:46	310 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 14:38	208 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:38	126 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:38	379 MW	30	N20
21 October at 14:36	225 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 14:26	518 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 14:23	124 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:23	328 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 14:16	49 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:08	84 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 14:06	124 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:56	115 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:53	142 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:46	303 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 13:38	81 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:36	212 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 13:26	281 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 13:23	134 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:16	186 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:08	109 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:06	123 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 12:53	59 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:46	148 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 12:38	162 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:36	102 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:26	179 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 12:23	178 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 12:16	33 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:07	102 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 12:06	33 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:56	95 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:52	142 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:37	41 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:36	34 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:26	53 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:22	99 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:16	184 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:11	75 MW	2	Terra
21 October at 11:07	159 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 11:06	92 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:56	33 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:46	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:37	45 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:36	39 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:16	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 04:13	54 MW	23	N21
21 October at 03:30	38 MW	22	N20
21 October at 03:09	21 MW	17	N
21 October at 01:36	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 01:26	44 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 01:16	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:06	46 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 22:26	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 21:56	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 20:46	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:26	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 20:16	50 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:06	36 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 19:46	96 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 19:36	93 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 19:26	25 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:16	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:06	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:56	54 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 18:46	23 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 18:36	115 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 18:26	230 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 18:16	228 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 18:06	204 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 17:56	221 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 17:46	437 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 17:36	293 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 17:26	347 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 17:16	154 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 17:06	450 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 16:56	1,017 MW	21	Met12
20 October at 16:46	354 MW	13	Met12
20 October at 16:36	608 MW	19	Met12
20 October at 16:26	1,281 MW	34	Met12
20 October at 16:18	1,135 MW	70	N
20 October at 16:16	1,955 MW	36	Met12
20 October at 16:08	2,232 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 16:06	1,773 MW	37	Met12
20 October at 15:56	1,062 MW	28	Met12
20 October at 15:53	2,627 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 15:53	1,553 MW	11	Met10
20 October at 15:46	1,495 MW	37	Met12
20 October at 15:40	1,412 MW	92	N21
20 October at 15:38	978 MW	10	Met10
20 October at 15:38	235 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:36	493 MW	18	Met12
20 October at 15:26	892 MW	20	Met12
20 October at 15:23	940 MW	10	Met10
20 October at 15:23	267 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:16	1,065 MW	33	Met12
20 October at 15:08	1,180 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 15:08	1,396 MW	12	Met10
20 October at 15:06	1,453 MW	31	Met12
20 October at 14:57	1,319 MW	73	N20
20 October at 14:56	1,101 MW	27	Met12
20 October at 14:53	931 MW	8	Met10
20 October at 14:53	412 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 14:46	1,086 MW	26	Met12
20 October at 14:38	1,045 MW	9	Met10
20 October at 14:38	970 MW	67	N
20 October at 14:36	1,628 MW	34	Met12
20 October at 14:26	1,505 MW	29	Met12
20 October at 14:23	774 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 14:16	1,831 MW	36	Met12
20 October at 14:08	1,091 MW	8	Met10
20 October at 14:06	1,547 MW	35	Met12
20 October at 13:56	1,180 MW	31	Met12
20 October at 13:53	1,184 MW	8	Met10
20 October at 13:46	2,516 MW	32	Met12
20 October at 13:38	995 MW	7	Met10
20 October at 13:36	1,958 MW	30	Met12
20 October at 13:26	1,620 MW	33	Met12
20 October at 13:23	1,147 MW	8	Met10
20 October at 13:16	2,554 MW	28	Met12
20 October at 13:08	1,329 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:08	888 MW	7	Met10
20 October at 13:06	1,280 MW	16	Met12
20 October at 12:56	491 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 12:53	729 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 12:46	566 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 12:38	463 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 12:36	331 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:26	148 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:23	182 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 12:16	420 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 12:07	366 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 12:06	432 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 11:56	175 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:52	522 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 11:46	436 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 11:37	667 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 11:36	530 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 11:26	271 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 11:22	321 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 11:16	606 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 11:07	179 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 11:06	140 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:56	178 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:52	365 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 10:46	404 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 10:37	187 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 10:36	91 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:35	134 MW	5	Terra
20 October at 10:26	47 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:16	47 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:07	24 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:06	44 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:56	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:46	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 06:00	5 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 04:38	16 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 04:32	47 MW	11	N21
20 October at 04:26	42 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 04:23	109 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 04:16	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 04:08	65 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 04:06	74 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 03:47	80 MW	26	N20
20 October at 03:28	44 MW	21	N
20 October at 03:08	96 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 03:06	58 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 02:56	51 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 02:53	96 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 02:46	57 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 02:38	40 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 02:36	13 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 22:21	147 MW	7	Terra
19 October at 17:48	505 MW	4	Aqua
19 October at 14:55	64 MW	8	N

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