Fire near Unité (SS)

7.14°N, 30.53°E · first detected on 13 October at 13:45

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 13 October at 13:45 to 22 October at 13:19, that is 9 days, through 417 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 8,878 ha.

Detected extent: 8,878 ha
Cumulative power: 7,128 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 172 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 417
Estimated emissions: 30.8 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 13:19	69 MW	6	N21
22 October at 12:36	177 MW	15	N20
22 October at 12:35	29 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:25	75 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:15	203 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:05	93 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:55	33 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:15	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:05	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:55	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:45	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:33	2 MW	1	N21
21 October at 20:21	30 MW	2	Terra
21 October at 12:53	794 MW	21	N20
21 October at 12:05	79 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 01:50	18 MW	2	N20
20 October at 15:06	32 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 14:15	382 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 14:05	172 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:55	170 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:45	623 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 13:35	767 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 13:25	463 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 13:15	636 MW	47	N20
20 October at 13:15	155 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:05	150 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:55	121 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:53	287 MW	39	N
20 October at 12:52	183 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:45	172 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 12:35	48 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:25	90 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 12:07	70 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 12:05	90 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:55	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:52	238 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:45	28 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:35	110 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:25	69 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:05	60 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 10:45	101 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:35	30 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:25	38 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:22	132 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:15	39 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:07	260 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 10:05	101 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:55	47 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:51	324 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 09:51	236 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 09:45	150 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:36	409 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 09:36	67 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:35	131 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:25	99 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:21	407 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 09:21	226 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 09:15	52 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:07	408 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 09:06	568 MW	7	Met9
20 October at 09:05	157 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:57	240 MW	3	Terra
20 October at 08:55	129 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:52	363 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 08:51	417 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 08:45	59 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:37	264 MW	4	Met10
20 October at 08:35	82 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 08:25	34 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:22	110 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 08:21	211 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 08:15	35 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:07	95 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 08:06	199 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 08:05	34 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:55	27 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:52	67 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 07:51	63 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 07:45	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:36	25 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 07:35	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:15	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 01:12	1 MW	1	N21
19 October at 20:41	33 MW	3	Terra
19 October at 20:35	12 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 20:25	45 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 20:22	70 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 20:22	37 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 20:15	37 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 20:07	58 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 20:05	32 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 19:55	56 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 19:45	33 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 19:37	23 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 19:22	21 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 14:35	381 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 14:22	358 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 14:07	162 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 13:52	245 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 13:37	446 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 13:32	324 MW	18	N20
19 October at 13:22	635 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 13:15	194 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 13:10	742 MW	28	N
19 October at 13:07	713 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 13:05	74 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:52	342 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 12:45	79 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:37	485 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 12:36	327 MW	28	N21
19 October at 12:25	50 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 12:22	654 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 12:15	118 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 12:07	850 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 12:05	583 MW	9	Met12
19 October at 11:55	537 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 11:52	894 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 11:45	670 MW	9	Met12
19 October at 11:25	128 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 11:15	104 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 11:05	269 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 10:55	424 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 10:45	128 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 10:37	806 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 10:25	324 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 10:22	1,471 MW	7	Met9
19 October at 10:15	396 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 10:07	109 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 10:05	39 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 09:55	288 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 09:52	75 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 09:51	439 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 09:45	30 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 09:36	157 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 09:25	23 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 09:22	50 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 09:21	421 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 09:15	85 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 09:06	251 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 09:05	59 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 08:55	27 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 08:52	282 MW	5	Met10
19 October at 08:51	418 MW	7	Met9
19 October at 08:37	126 MW	3	Met10
19 October at 08:36	183 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 08:35	17 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 08:22	39 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 08:21	82 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 08:16	34 MW	1	Terra
19 October at 08:15	21 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 08:06	36 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 08:05	18 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 02:07	8 MW	4	N
19 October at 01:31	10 MW	6	N21
19 October at 00:48	60 MW	8	N20
18 October at 20:02	157 MW	5	Terra
18 October at 15:29	331 MW	12	Aqua
18 October at 13:49	318 MW	8	N20
18 October at 12:53	10 MW	1	N21
16 October at 03:28	11 MW	1	Aqua
16 October at 01:44	37 MW	13	N20
16 October at 01:24	24 MW	9	N
16 October at 00:48	11 MW	4	N21
15 October at 15:14	89 MW	2	Aqua
15 October at 01:44	6 MW	7	N
15 October at 01:05	56 MW	13	N21
14 October at 20:43	213 MW	9	Terra
14 October at 13:25	682 MW	31	N20
14 October at 13:06	610 MW	46	N
14 October at 12:30	458 MW	19	N21
13 October at 15:38	421 MW	15	Aqua
13 October at 13:45	6 MW	1	N20

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