Fire near Unité (SS)

9.80°N, 30.38°E · first detected on 13 October at 15:38

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 13 October at 15:38 to 21 October at 14:17, that is 8 days, through 170 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,744 ha.

Detected extent: 1,744 ha
Cumulative power: 2,356 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 93 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 170
Estimated emissions: 9.7 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).

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 10 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 13:57	19 MW	3	N
22 October at 13:22	42 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 13:19	28 MW	5	N21
21 October at 14:17	19 MW	4	N
21 October at 14:15	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:05	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:38	57 MW	7	N21
21 October at 13:25	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:22	65 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:15	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:07	88 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 13:05	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:56	43 MW	7	N20
21 October at 12:52	76 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:37	93 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:36	51 MW	4	N
21 October at 12:35	46 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:22	86 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:07	81 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:52	120 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:37	105 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:22	132 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:07	112 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:45	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:37	49 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:52	31 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:37	33 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:22	36 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:07	77 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:07	79 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 14:52	85 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:37	80 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:22	101 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 14:15	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 14:07	105 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:57	88 MW	11	N21
20 October at 13:52	125 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:37	105 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:25	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:22	125 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 13:15	123 MW	17	N20
20 October at 13:07	119 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:55	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:53	73 MW	15	N
20 October at 12:52	132 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:45	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:37	300 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:35	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:25	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:22	161 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 12:15	53 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:07	158 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:55	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:52	150 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:37	151 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:25	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:22	152 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:15	15 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:07	160 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:05	32 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:55	44 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:52	175 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:45	35 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:37	134 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:35	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:22	116 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:15	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:07	95 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:05	11 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:52	47 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 02:07	3 MW	1	N20
20 October at 01:48	3 MW	2	N
20 October at 01:12	2 MW	1	N21
19 October at 20:41	14 MW	2	Terra
19 October at 19:53	19 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 19:38	40 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 19:23	23 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 19:08	43 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 18:53	48 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 18:45	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 18:38	48 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 18:37	25 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 18:35	10 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 18:23	50 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 18:22	45 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 18:15	11 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 18:08	57 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 18:07	53 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 18:05	12 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 17:55	13 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 17:53	66 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 17:52	51 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 17:45	26 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 17:38	66 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 17:37	59 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 17:35	25 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 17:25	30 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 17:23	73 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 17:22	70 MW	2	Met10
19 October at 17:15	31 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 17:08	109 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 17:05	33 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 16:55	39 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 16:53	124 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 16:45	53 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:38	184 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 16:35	55 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:25	61 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:22	221 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 16:15	56 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 16:10	169 MW	2	Aqua
19 October at 16:07	251 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 16:05	81 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 15:55	98 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 15:52	337 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 15:45	98 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 15:37	369 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 15:35	199 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 15:25	294 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 15:22	468 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 15:15	88 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 15:07	399 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 15:05	397 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 14:55	242 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 14:52	534 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 14:45	277 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 14:37	467 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 14:35	411 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 14:25	614 MW	9	Met12
19 October at 14:22	65 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 14:15	31 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 14:07	341 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 14:05	597 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 13:55	730 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 13:45	556 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 13:37	633 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 13:35	625 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 13:32	660 MW	32	N20
19 October at 13:25	507 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 13:22	851 MW	6	Met9
19 October at 13:15	472 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 13:13	395 MW	22	N
19 October at 13:07	401 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 13:05	305 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 12:55	282 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 12:52	473 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 12:45	394 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 12:37	483 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 12:36	558 MW	27	N21
19 October at 12:35	354 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 12:25	229 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 12:22	169 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 12:15	92 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 12:07	251 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 12:05	107 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 11:55	61 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 11:52	248 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 11:45	104 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 11:37	144 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 11:35	116 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 11:25	33 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 11:22	213 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 11:15	205 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 11:07	315 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 11:05	139 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 10:55	93 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 10:52	203 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 10:45	80 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 10:37	179 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 10:35	63 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 10:25	49 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 10:22	134 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 10:15	37 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 10:07	93 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 10:05	25 MW	2	Met12
19 October at 09:55	30 MW	2	Met12
17 October at 13:49	33 MW	7	N
17 October at 13:13	24 MW	2	N21
16 October at 13:32	14 MW	3	N21
14 October at 13:25	8 MW	1	N20
14 October at 13:06	4 MW	1	N
13 October at 15:38	14 MW	2	Aqua

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