Fire near Tamatave (MG)

16.48°S, 48.10°E · first detected on 23 September at 12:51

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 12:51 to 22 October at 19:15, that is 29 days, through 709 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 11,293 ha.

Detected extent: 11,293 ha
Cumulative power: 6,866 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 130 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 709
Estimated emissions: 3.7 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 00:22	5 MW	3	N21
22 October at 23:18	1 MW	1	N
22 October at 19:15	65 MW	4	Terra
22 October at 18:50	23 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 18:05	19 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:19	43 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 17:12	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:49	49 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:42	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:34	221 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 16:32	34 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:22	151 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 16:19	289 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 16:19	183 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 16:12	192 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 16:04	299 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 16:04	185 MW	3	Met10
22 October at 16:02	220 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:52	131 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 15:49	83 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:49	459 MW	13	Met9
22 October at 15:42	550 MW	15	Met12
22 October at 15:34	118 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 15:34	492 MW	13	Met9
22 October at 15:32	268 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 15:22	61 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:04	52 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:38	109 MW	8	Aqua
22 October at 14:02	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:19	214 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:13	158 MW	6	N21
22 October at 13:12	46 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:04	294 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:02	33 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:49	114 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:28	473 MW	34	N20
22 October at 12:09	687 MW	42	N
22 October at 11:42	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:32	552 MW	36	N21
22 October at 11:22	35 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:52	27 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:42	48 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:32	388 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 10:22	128 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:12	257 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 09:52	363 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 09:42	45 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:34	211 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:34	435 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 09:32	93 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 09:22	52 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:12	67 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:04	134 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 09:04	58 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 09:02	23 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:52	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:49	106 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 08:42	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:18	100 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 08:12	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:32	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 07:04	24 MW	2	Terra
22 October at 07:03	62 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 07:02	55 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 06:52	112 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 06:48	46 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 05:18	22 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 05:03	17 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 04:04	43 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 04:03	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 03:43	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 03:12	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 02:28	31 MW	2	Aqua
22 October at 02:19	28 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 00:40	10 MW	4	N21
22 October at 00:19	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 23:55	56 MW	18	N20
21 October at 23:38	22 MW	16	N
21 October at 23:34	33 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 23:32	27 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 23:22	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 23:19	36 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 23:13	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 23:04	19 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 22:53	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:43	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:42	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:22	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:19	26 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 22:12	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 22:04	19 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 21:34	34 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 21:19	25 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 20:34	32 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 20:23	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 20:19	42 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 20:13	199 MW	3	Terra
21 October at 20:12	44 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 20:04	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 19:52	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:49	48 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 17:42	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:32	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:22	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:19	20 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:12	99 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:04	132 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 17:02	71 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 16:49	48 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:43	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:42	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:33	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:32	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:22	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:19	58 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 16:13	44 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:12	130 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 16:04	35 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:02	67 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 15:52	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:49	49 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:42	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:34	119 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 15:32	179 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:52	149 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:42	40 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:32	104 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:22	58 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:12	75 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:42	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:34	56 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:12	49 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:52	62 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:45	553 MW	44	N20
21 October at 12:42	52 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:32	39 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:28	573 MW	45	N
21 October at 12:22	52 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:19	170 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 12:12	187 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 12:04	66 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:02	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:49	134 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:49	302 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:49	446 MW	38	N21
21 October at 11:42	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:34	146 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:34	332 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:32	48 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:22	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 11:02	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:52	99 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:42	180 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 10:32	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:22	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:02	83 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:52	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:49	62 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 09:42	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:01	13 MW	3	N21
21 October at 00:16	14 MW	13	N20
20 October at 23:55	7 MW	7	N
20 October at 23:20	16 MW	10	N21
20 October at 21:12	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 20:52	32 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:42	57 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 20:32	86 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 20:22	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:52	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:42	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:34	55 MW	4	Terra
20 October at 19:22	28 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 19:12	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 19:02	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:52	52 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 18:42	51 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 18:32	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:12	42 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 18:02	37 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:52	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:42	35 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 17:32	94 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 17:22	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:12	49 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 17:02	52 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:52	82 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:42	113 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:32	264 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 16:22	49 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 16:12	82 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:04	124 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 16:02	186 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:52	150 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:49	224 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 15:49	373 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 15:42	95 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:34	216 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 15:34	129 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 15:32	189 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 15:22	88 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:19	105 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:12	109 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:04	148 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 15:02	194 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 14:59	388 MW	12	Aqua
20 October at 14:52	299 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 14:49	559 MW	10	Met9
20 October at 14:42	322 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 14:34	282 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 14:32	221 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:22	375 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:19	241 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 14:12	40 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 14:04	119 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 14:02	99 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:52	67 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:49	138 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 13:42	103 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:34	52 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:32	268 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 13:22	49 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:19	49 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:12	78 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 13:06	423 MW	63	N20
20 October at 13:04	58 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:02	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:52	20 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:49	122 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 12:45	513 MW	56	N
20 October at 12:42	175 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 12:34	212 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:32	169 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 12:12	53 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:11	274 MW	36	N21
20 October at 12:04	104 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:49	101 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:42	145 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:34	35 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:22	157 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:19	99 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:12	254 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 11:02	71 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 10:52	24 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:49	44 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:42	87 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 10:34	55 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:32	111 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 10:22	271 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 10:19	47 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:12	135 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:04	50 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:02	104 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 09:52	99 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:49	163 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 09:42	148 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 09:32	86 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:22	54 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:12	31 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:02	83 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 08:52	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:32	46 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 07:42	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 00:33	2 MW	2	N20
20 October at 00:14	7 MW	6	N
19 October at 23:38	4 MW	4	N21
19 October at 14:21	271 MW	6	Aqua
19 October at 13:23	133 MW	7	N20
19 October at 13:04	567 MW	41	N
19 October at 12:28	452 MW	26	N21
19 October at 11:43	97 MW	12	N20
19 October at 00:54	1 MW	2	N20
19 October at 00:33	6 MW	6	N
18 October at 23:55	10 MW	3	N21
18 October at 23:12	5 MW	3	N20
18 October at 12:45	120 MW	10	N21
18 October at 12:04	61 MW	5	N20
18 October at 11:43	97 MW	6	N
18 October at 00:52	6 MW	4	N
18 October at 00:16	14 MW	4	N21
17 October at 23:31	0 MW	1	N20
17 October at 13:06	36 MW	2	N21
17 October at 12:21	14 MW	2	N20
16 October at 23:50	4 MW	3	N20
16 October at 23:29	1 MW	2	N
16 October at 12:41	235 MW	11	N20
16 October at 12:21	47 MW	3	N
16 October at 11:43	28 MW	3	N21
15 October at 19:37	4 MW	1	Terra
15 October at 13:00	34 MW	2	N20
15 October at 00:27	19 MW	6	N20
15 October at 00:08	2 MW	3	N
14 October at 23:31	7 MW	2	N21
14 October at 13:17	130 MW	4	N20
14 October at 12:58	25 MW	3	N
14 October at 12:21	46 MW	8	N21
14 October at 11:37	83 MW	4	N20
14 October at 00:29	0 MW	1	N
13 October at 23:50	3 MW	1	N21
13 October at 11:56	45 MW	6	N20
12 October at 19:17	21 MW	1	Terra
12 October at 14:51	292 MW	16	Aqua
12 October at 13:00	323 MW	26	N21
12 October at 11:56	111 MW	15	N
12 October at 07:06	17 MW	2	Terra
12 October at 00:29	1 MW	2	N21
11 October at 23:44	5 MW	4	N20
11 October at 12:34	81 MW	12	N20
11 October at 12:13	39 MW	5	N
11 October at 11:39	68 MW	5	N21
11 October at 00:46	6 MW	2	N21
11 October at 00:01	8 MW	7	N20
10 October at 23:44	1 MW	1	N
10 October at 23:06	3 MW	1	N21
10 October at 19:39	121 MW	4	Terra
10 October at 12:53	71 MW	11	N20
10 October at 12:34	63 MW	9	N
10 October at 11:56	22 MW	4	N21
9 October at 18:58	32 MW	1	Terra
9 October at 14:36	98 MW	9	Aqua
9 October at 13:10	255 MW	16	N20
9 October at 12:51	306 MW	23	N
9 October at 12:15	337 MW	37	N21
9 October at 11:32	55 MW	7	N20
9 October at 00:40	4 MW	4	N20
9 October at 00:20	6 MW	6	N
8 October at 23:44	14 MW	9	N21
8 October at 13:13	591 MW	78	N
8 October at 12:34	707 MW	41	N21
8 October at 11:49	409 MW	50	N20
8 October at 07:46	44 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 00:40	1 MW	2	N
8 October at 00:01	17 MW	5	N21
7 October at 23:18	17 MW	7	N20
7 October at 19:20	9 MW	1	Terra
7 October at 14:59	136 MW	6	Aqua
7 October at 13:30	111 MW	11	N
7 October at 12:53	729 MW	34	N21
7 October at 12:11	174 MW	22	N20
7 October at 11:49	120 MW	11	N
7 October at 00:59	42 MW	17	N
7 October at 00:22	54 MW	14	N21
6 October at 23:38	12 MW	5	N20
6 October at 23:18	5 MW	2	N
6 October at 13:13	24 MW	3	N21
6 October at 12:28	79 MW	13	N20
6 October at 12:09	76 MW	7	N
6 October at 11:32	64 MW	5	N21
5 October at 23:55	1 MW	1	N20
5 October at 00:16	8 MW	6	N20
4 October at 23:55	3 MW	2	N
4 October at 23:21	9 MW	3	N21
4 October at 14:42	507 MW	16	Aqua
4 October at 13:06	295 MW	44	N20
4 October at 12:45	532 MW	47	N
4 October at 12:11	453 MW	30	N21
4 October at 02:33	11 MW	1	Aqua
4 October at 00:33	26 MW	15	N20
4 October at 00:14	24 MW	17	N
3 October at 23:38	12 MW	10	N21
3 October at 13:04	24 MW	4	N
3 October at 12:28	59 MW	8	N21
3 October at 11:43	64 MW	12	N20
3 October at 00:52	2 MW	1	N20
3 October at 00:33	1 MW	2	N
2 October at 23:55	6 MW	7	N21
2 October at 23:12	28 MW	3	N20
2 October at 19:20	59 MW	4	Terra
2 October at 15:04	86 MW	4	Aqua
2 October at 13:23	483 MW	39	N
2 October at 12:45	1,252 MW	59	N21
2 October at 12:02	702 MW	47	N20
2 October at 11:43	359 MW	30	N
2 October at 07:10	10 MW	1	Terra
2 October at 00:52	4 MW	3	N
2 October at 00:16	5 MW	5	N21
1 October at 23:31	2 MW	3	N20
1 October at 14:27	435 MW	18	Aqua
1 October at 13:06	728 MW	41	N21
1 October at 12:21	367 MW	48	N20
1 October at 12:02	446 MW	29	N
1 October at 11:26	22 MW	4	N21
1 October at 00:33	6 MW	4	N21
30 September at 23:50	24 MW	10	N20
30 September at 23:29	11 MW	7	N
30 September at 19:41	118 MW	6	Terra
30 September at 12:41	389 MW	30	N20
30 September at 12:19	290 MW	34	N
30 September at 11:43	197 MW	19	N21
30 September at 00:52	6 MW	2	N21
30 September at 00:08	6 MW	7	N20
29 September at 23:50	12 MW	6	N
29 September at 23:12	6 MW	5	N21
29 September at 14:49	225 MW	15	Aqua
29 September at 13:00	494 MW	25	N20
29 September at 12:41	349 MW	37	N
29 September at 12:04	415 MW	39	N21
29 September at 00:27	5 MW	2	N20
29 September at 00:08	3 MW	3	N
28 September at 23:31	2 MW	1	N21
28 September at 14:12	206 MW	5	Aqua
28 September at 13:17	24 MW	4	N20
28 September at 12:21	106 MW	19	N21
28 September at 11:37	108 MW	10	N20
28 September at 00:46	13 MW	10	N20
28 September at 00:27	23 MW	12	N
27 September at 23:50	90 MW	25	N21
27 September at 19:22	56 MW	5	Terra
27 September at 15:12	95 MW	2	Aqua
27 September at 13:17	477 MW	48	N
27 September at 12:41	508 MW	45	N21
27 September at 11:56	198 MW	31	N20
27 September at 11:39	12 MW	2	N
27 September at 07:12	19 MW	2	Terra
27 September at 00:46	15 MW	9	N
27 September at 00:10	19 MW	12	N21
26 September at 23:24	7 MW	7	N20
26 September at 14:34	203 MW	13	Aqua
26 September at 13:00	414 MW	37	N21
26 September at 12:15	299 MW	35	N20
26 September at 11:56	294 MW	40	N
26 September at 02:24	65 MW	5	Aqua
26 September at 01:03	89 MW	19	N
26 September at 00:29	131 MW	26	N21
25 September at 23:44	72 MW	28	N20
25 September at 23:23	148 MW	30	N
25 September at 19:41	135 MW	11	Terra
25 September at 13:17	807 MW	38	N21
25 September at 12:34	1,116 MW	75	N20
25 September at 12:13	1,536 MW	89	N
25 September at 11:39	1,448 MW	42	N21
25 September at 07:31	119 MW	5	Terra
25 September at 00:46	7 MW	6	N21
25 September at 00:01	38 MW	21	N20
24 September at 23:44	32 MW	17	N
24 September at 23:06	18 MW	7	N21
24 September at 19:05	87 MW	2	Terra
24 September at 14:57	394 MW	12	Aqua
24 September at 12:51	489 MW	50	N20
24 September at 12:34	533 MW	57	N
24 September at 11:56	418 MW	35	N21

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