Fire near Sumatra du Sud (ID)

2.43°S, 103.76°E · first detected on 13 October at 20:21

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 13 October at 20:21 to 22 October at 16:01, that is 9 days, through 783 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 6,166 ha.

Detected extent: 6,166 ha
Cumulative power: 7,459 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 150 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 783
Estimated emissions: 77.2 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 13 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 11 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 21:32	17 MW	9	N
22 October at 20:53	68 MW	21	N21
22 October at 20:11	38 MW	16	N20
22 October at 19:52	31 MW	7	N
22 October at 19:45	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 19:35	29 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 18:15	20 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 17:55	18 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 17:45	24 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 17:35	63 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 17:25	62 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 16:55	25 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 16:35	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 16:15	25 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 16:05	61 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 16:01	37 MW	3	Terra
22 October at 15:55	33 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 14:55	22 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 14:25	23 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 14:15	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:05	53 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 12:55	87 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 12:45	85 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 12:05	52 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 11:55	60 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 11:45	63 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 11:35	98 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 11:25	111 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 11:15	102 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 11:05	74 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:55	87 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:45	166 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 10:35	58 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 09:15	73 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 09:09	206 MW	16	N20
22 October at 09:05	79 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:55	77 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:50	217 MW	22	N
22 October at 08:45	71 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:35	99 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 03:43	13 MW	2	Terra
21 October at 23:06	9 MW	1	Aqua
21 October at 21:15	13 MW	4	N21
21 October at 20:30	60 MW	34	N20
21 October at 20:11	7 MW	3	N
21 October at 19:45	24 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 19:05	28 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 18:55	33 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 18:45	28 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 17:35	31 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 17:25	32 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 17:05	25 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 16:55	28 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 15:05	40 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 13:15	36 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 12:55	57 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:45	127 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:35	114 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:25	194 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 11:15	156 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 11:05	142 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:55	278 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:48	665 MW	16	Aqua
21 October at 10:45	160 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:35	342 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:25	171 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:15	162 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:05	146 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:55	267 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:45	249 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:35	217 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:29	271 MW	17	N20
21 October at 09:25	510 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 09:15	223 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:07	366 MW	32	N
21 October at 08:55	237 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 08:45	321 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 08:31	475 MW	37	N21
21 October at 07:48	83 MW	10	N20
20 October at 20:47	128 MW	42	N20
20 October at 20:28	105 MW	31	N
20 October at 19:52	129 MW	48	N21
20 October at 16:06	139 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:55	114 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 15:51	60 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:45	95 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 15:35	46 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 15:05	86 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 14:55	79 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 14:45	39 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:06	149 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:05	124 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 13:55	145 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 13:51	275 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 13:45	162 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 13:35	145 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 13:15	223 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 13:05	174 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 12:55	144 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 12:45	191 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 12:15	158 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 12:05	77 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:50	388 MW	25	N21
20 October at 08:05	136 MW	7	N20
20 October at 05:25	151 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 04:55	136 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 03:05	43 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 02:55	91 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 02:45	35 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 02:35	38 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 02:25	41 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 20:47	12 MW	11	N
19 October at 20:11	6 MW	3	N21
19 October at 15:42	390 MW	20	Terra
19 October at 11:09	45 MW	1	Aqua
19 October at 09:07	69 MW	8	N21
19 October at 08:05	67 MW	8	N
19 October at 03:24	39 MW	2	Terra
18 October at 21:25	81 MW	20	N20
18 October at 21:06	199 MW	27	N
18 October at 20:30	40 MW	18	N21
18 October at 19:45	10 MW	4	N20
18 October at 08:44	499 MW	42	N20
18 October at 08:22	88 MW	3	N
18 October at 07:48	203 MW	11	N21
17 October at 22:14	27 MW	1	Aqua
17 October at 21:25	51 MW	18	N
17 October at 20:47	107 MW	32	N21
17 October at 20:04	13 MW	2	N20
17 October at 09:01	66 MW	4	N20
17 October at 08:44	55 MW	5	N
17 October at 08:05	375 MW	8	N21
16 October at 20:24	17 MW	6	N20
16 October at 20:04	8 MW	5	N
16 October at 15:25	12 MW	1	Terra
16 October at 10:54	51 MW	2	Aqua
16 October at 09:01	263 MW	13	N
15 October at 22:36	29 MW	2	Aqua
15 October at 20:41	61 MW	20	N20
15 October at 20:21	48 MW	10	N
15 October at 19:45	53 MW	12	N21
15 October at 16:22	102 MW	2	Terra
15 October at 09:20	111 MW	12	N
15 October at 08:44	410 MW	24	N21
15 October at 07:59	191 MW	13	N20
14 October at 21:00	32 MW	11	N20
14 October at 20:43	59 MW	23	N
14 October at 20:04	67 MW	11	N21
14 October at 09:01	117 MW	6	N21
14 October at 07:57	77 MW	7	N
13 October at 21:00	4 MW	2	N
13 October at 20:21	3 MW	3	N21

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