Fire near Unité (SS)

9.96°N, 30.45°E · first detected on 16 October at 12:49

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 16 October at 12:49 to 23 October at 15:23, that is 7 days, through 96 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,642 ha.

Detected extent: 1,642 ha
Cumulative power: 1,003 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 67 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 96
Estimated emissions: 3.5 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 16 October 2026 to 23 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
24 October at 15:22	38 MW	1	Met10
24 October at 15:22	83 MW	2	Met9
24 October at 15:15	223 MW	7	Met12
24 October at 15:07	40 MW	1	Met10
24 October at 15:07	66 MW	2	Met9
24 October at 15:05	74 MW	4	Met12
24 October at 14:55	91 MW	5	Met12
24 October at 14:52	73 MW	2	Met9
24 October at 14:52	69 MW	2	Met10
24 October at 14:45	95 MW	4	Met12
24 October at 14:37	225 MW	5	Met9
24 October at 14:37	154 MW	3	Met10
24 October at 14:35	104 MW	5	Met12
24 October at 14:25	183 MW	7	Met12
24 October at 14:22	220 MW	5	Met9
24 October at 14:22	146 MW	3	Met10
24 October at 14:15	86 MW	4	Met12
24 October at 14:07	306 MW	5	Met9
24 October at 14:07	187 MW	3	Met10
24 October at 14:05	153 MW	7	Met12
24 October at 13:55	78 MW	5	Met12
24 October at 13:52	132 MW	3	Met9
24 October at 13:45	28 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 13:40	590 MW	70	N20
24 October at 13:37	185 MW	4	Met9
24 October at 13:35	41 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 13:19	379 MW	54	N
24 October at 13:05	27 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 12:45	30 MW	1	Met12
24 October at 12:41	268 MW	52	N21
24 October at 12:25	74 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 12:22	140 MW	2	Met9
24 October at 12:15	158 MW	5	Met12
24 October at 12:07	39 MW	1	Met9
24 October at 12:05	28 MW	1	Met12
24 October at 11:55	19 MW	1	Met12
24 October at 11:52	39 MW	1	Met9
24 October at 11:45	109 MW	4	Met12
24 October at 11:37	49 MW	1	Met9
24 October at 11:35	11 MW	1	Met12
24 October at 11:15	147 MW	4	Met12
24 October at 10:55	27 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 10:52	38 MW	1	Met10
24 October at 10:45	11 MW	1	Met12
24 October at 10:35	13 MW	1	Met12
24 October at 10:07	27 MW	1	Met10
24 October at 10:05	34 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 09:55	27 MW	2	Met12
24 October at 09:37	41 MW	1	Met9
24 October at 09:37	145 MW	2	Met10
24 October at 01:35	3 MW	1	N21
23 October at 20:38	41 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 20:37	60 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 20:35	26 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 20:02	14 MW	1	Terra
23 October at 19:38	28 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 19:35	11 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 19:25	329 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 19:23	366 MW	6	Met9
23 October at 19:22	305 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 19:15	215 MW	6	Met12
23 October at 19:08	76 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 19:07	67 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 16:25	25 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 16:23	100 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 16:22	72 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 16:15	44 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 16:08	35 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 16:07	75 MW	2	Met10
23 October at 16:07	73 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 16:05	64 MW	4	Met12
23 October at 15:55	353 MW	9	Met12
23 October at 15:52	442 MW	5	Met9
23 October at 15:52	292 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 15:45	150 MW	6	Met12
23 October at 15:37	234 MW	6	Met9
23 October at 15:37	157 MW	3	Met10
23 October at 15:35	190 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 15:25	276 MW	9	Met12
23 October at 15:23	287 MW	13	Aqua
23 October at 15:22	254 MW	6	Met9
23 October at 15:22	195 MW	4	Met10
23 October at 15:15	177 MW	7	Met12
23 October at 15:07	496 MW	12	Met9
23 October at 15:07	259 MW	6	Met10
23 October at 15:05	128 MW	9	Met12
23 October at 14:55	359 MW	12	Met12
23 October at 14:52	641 MW	10	Met10
23 October at 14:52	896 MW	14	Met9
23 October at 14:45	496 MW	13	Met12
23 October at 14:37	821 MW	13	Met9
23 October at 14:37	616 MW	9	Met10
23 October at 14:35	583 MW	17	Met12
23 October at 14:25	333 MW	10	Met12
23 October at 14:22	503 MW	9	Met9
23 October at 14:22	297 MW	6	Met10
23 October at 14:15	469 MW	16	Met12
23 October at 14:07	345 MW	5	Met10
23 October at 14:07	542 MW	8	Met9
23 October at 14:05	271 MW	9	Met12
23 October at 13:57	423 MW	90	N20
23 October at 13:55	276 MW	13	Met12
23 October at 13:52	178 MW	4	Met9
23 October at 13:45	330 MW	11	Met12
23 October at 13:38	567 MW	78	N
23 October at 13:37	40 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 13:35	222 MW	8	Met12
23 October at 13:25	53 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 13:15	61 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 13:05	65 MW	4	Met12
23 October at 13:02	447 MW	48	N21
23 October at 12:37	107 MW	2	Met9
23 October at 12:25	28 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 12:22	311 MW	5	Met9
23 October at 12:15	254 MW	9	Met12
23 October at 12:07	335 MW	6	Met9
23 October at 12:05	188 MW	6	Met12
23 October at 11:55	72 MW	4	Met12
23 October at 11:52	166 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 11:45	82 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 11:37	41 MW	1	Met9
23 October at 11:35	107 MW	6	Met12
23 October at 11:25	81 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 11:22	180 MW	3	Met9
23 October at 11:15	110 MW	5	Met12
23 October at 11:05	65 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 10:55	19 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 01:12	3 MW	1	N20
22 October at 23:07	19 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 16:55	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 16:53	93 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:45	77 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 16:38	68 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 16:25	35 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 16:23	97 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:15	73 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 16:07	125 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 16:05	98 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:55	74 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 15:52	204 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 15:45	54 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 15:37	260 MW	4	Met10
22 October at 15:37	488 MW	9	Met9
22 October at 15:35	96 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 15:25	300 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 15:22	734 MW	10	Met9
22 October at 15:22	569 MW	7	Met10
22 October at 15:15	252 MW	11	Met12
22 October at 15:07	519 MW	11	Met9
22 October at 15:07	313 MW	6	Met10
22 October at 15:05	224 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 14:55	69 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:52	288 MW	7	Met9
22 October at 14:45	174 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 14:37	229 MW	6	Met9
22 October at 14:35	56 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 14:25	43 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 14:22	187 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 14:17	46 MW	9	N20
22 October at 14:15	135 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 14:07	108 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 14:05	315 MW	9	Met12
22 October at 13:57	738 MW	77	N
22 October at 13:55	198 MW	8	Met12
22 October at 13:52	252 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 13:45	355 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 13:37	744 MW	10	Met9
22 October at 13:35	443 MW	12	Met12
22 October at 13:25	233 MW	7	Met12
22 October at 13:22	266 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:19	781 MW	74	N21
22 October at 13:15	376 MW	13	Met12
22 October at 13:07	286 MW	5	Met9
22 October at 13:05	282 MW	10	Met12
22 October at 12:55	112 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:52	60 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:45	123 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 12:37	102 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:36	165 MW	29	N20
22 October at 12:35	42 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:25	50 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:22	158 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 12:15	41 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:05	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:55	55 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 11:45	44 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:35	38 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:22	46 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:07	114 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 11:05	144 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 10:55	47 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:52	53 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:52	43 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 10:45	102 MW	6	Met12
22 October at 10:37	79 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 10:35	18 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:25	35 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:22	39 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 10:15	56 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:05	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 09:45	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:35	36 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 09:25	24 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:15	28 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 09:05	48 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 07:15	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:33	1 MW	1	N21
21 October at 16:55	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:38	53 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:35	24 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:25	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:23	25 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 16:22	32 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:22	58 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:15	39 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:07	163 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 16:07	44 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:05	44 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:55	31 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:52	82 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 15:52	117 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 15:46	119 MW	8	Aqua
21 October at 15:35	22 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:25	30 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:22	41 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:15	62 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:07	32 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 15:07	57 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 15:05	26 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:45	92 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:35	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:25	37 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:17	251 MW	27	N
21 October at 14:15	41 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:05	119 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 13:55	82 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:45	406 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 13:39	852 MW	87	N21
21 October at 13:37	679 MW	8	Met9
21 October at 13:35	342 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 13:25	767 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 13:22	604 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 13:15	538 MW	12	Met12
21 October at 13:07	305 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 13:05	285 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 12:56	872 MW	65	N20
21 October at 12:55	583 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 12:52	583 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 12:45	224 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:37	446 MW	7	Met9
21 October at 12:36	219 MW	12	N
21 October at 12:35	348 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 12:25	99 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:22	393 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 12:15	66 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 12:07	224 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 12:05	131 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:52	120 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:45	53 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:37	191 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:35	62 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:25	59 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:22	132 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 11:07	214 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 11:05	51 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:55	51 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:52	87 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:45	58 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:37	148 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 10:35	89 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:25	71 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 10:15	44 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:07	70 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:05	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:55	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:45	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:35	10 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 09:25	23 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:15	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:57	351 MW	35	N21
20 October at 13:15	520 MW	82	N20
20 October at 12:53	334 MW	74	N
20 October at 02:07	3 MW	1	N20
20 October at 01:48	7 MW	4	N
20 October at 01:12	6 MW	2	N21
19 October at 20:41	14 MW	2	Terra
19 October at 16:10	169 MW	2	Aqua
19 October at 13:32	952 MW	83	N20
19 October at 13:13	998 MW	70	N
19 October at 12:36	903 MW	57	N21
18 October at 13:32	7 MW	1	N
17 October at 13:49	71 MW	14	N
17 October at 13:13	83 MW	14	N21
17 October at 12:30	131 MW	9	N20
16 October at 14:10	36 MW	7	N
16 October at 13:32	80 MW	14	N21
16 October at 12:49	95 MW	10	N20
15 October at 13:51	28 MW	2	N21

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