Fire near Vakaga (CF)

10.07°N, 23.51°E · first detected on 13 October at 13:47

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 13 October at 13:47 to 21 October at 15:46, that is 8 days, through 1,387 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 28,843 ha.

Detected extent: 28,843 ha
Cumulative power: 10,048 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 243 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,387
Estimated emissions: 3.3 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 13 October 2026 to 20 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 20 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 00:35	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:35	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 19:15	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:38	76 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 18:37	46 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 18:25	43 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:23	171 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 18:22	156 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 18:15	12 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 18:08	159 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 18:07	138 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 18:05	22 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 17:55	90 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 17:53	284 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 17:52	241 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 17:45	82 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 17:38	97 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 17:37	90 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 17:35	26 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 17:25	46 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 17:23	135 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 17:22	175 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 17:15	134 MW	8	Met12
21 October at 17:08	716 MW	12	Met9
21 October at 17:07	598 MW	10	Met10
21 October at 17:05	247 MW	10	Met12
21 October at 16:55	154 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 16:53	676 MW	12	Met9
21 October at 16:45	363 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 16:38	990 MW	16	Met9
21 October at 16:35	338 MW	11	Met12
21 October at 16:25	369 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 16:23	520 MW	9	Met9
21 October at 16:22	50 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 16:22	249 MW	6	Met9
21 October at 16:15	456 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 16:07	977 MW	18	Met9
21 October at 16:07	258 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 16:05	421 MW	18	Met12
21 October at 15:55	606 MW	24	Met12
21 October at 15:52	1,373 MW	22	Met9
21 October at 15:52	797 MW	12	Met10
21 October at 15:46	2,242 MW	58	Aqua
21 October at 15:45	1,049 MW	41	Met12
21 October at 15:37	729 MW	10	Met10
21 October at 15:37	1,478 MW	27	Met9
21 October at 15:35	698 MW	36	Met12
21 October at 15:25	781 MW	35	Met12
21 October at 15:22	807 MW	14	Met10
21 October at 15:22	1,569 MW	29	Met9
21 October at 15:15	465 MW	24	Met12
21 October at 15:07	1,428 MW	31	Met9
21 October at 15:07	587 MW	13	Met10
21 October at 15:05	433 MW	24	Met12
21 October at 14:55	504 MW	27	Met12
21 October at 14:52	1,671 MW	32	Met9
21 October at 14:52	540 MW	8	Met10
21 October at 14:45	570 MW	27	Met12
21 October at 14:37	1,733 MW	31	Met9
21 October at 14:37	315 MW	6	Met10
21 October at 14:36	806 MW	97	N20
21 October at 14:35	660 MW	28	Met12
21 October at 14:25	849 MW	31	Met12
21 October at 14:22	336 MW	5	Met10
21 October at 14:22	1,786 MW	31	Met9
21 October at 14:17	2,516 MW	337	N
21 October at 14:16	168 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 14:15	627 MW	28	Met12
21 October at 14:07	1,377 MW	23	Met9
21 October at 14:07	222 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 14:05	556 MW	26	Met12
21 October at 13:55	806 MW	32	Met12
21 October at 13:52	1,941 MW	26	Met9
21 October at 13:45	848 MW	39	Met12
21 October at 13:40	2,779 MW	411	N21
21 October at 13:37	1,625 MW	26	Met9
21 October at 13:35	1,165 MW	45	Met12
21 October at 13:25	695 MW	38	Met12
21 October at 13:22	1,532 MW	28	Met9
21 October at 13:15	862 MW	40	Met12
21 October at 13:07	53 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 13:07	1,542 MW	27	Met9
21 October at 13:05	978 MW	46	Met12
21 October at 12:56	365 MW	38	N20
21 October at 12:55	518 MW	29	Met12
21 October at 12:52	60 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 12:52	1,155 MW	21	Met9
21 October at 12:45	943 MW	36	Met12
21 October at 12:37	807 MW	15	Met9
21 October at 12:35	513 MW	23	Met12
21 October at 12:25	280 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 12:22	819 MW	16	Met9
21 October at 12:15	356 MW	20	Met12
21 October at 12:07	893 MW	17	Met9
21 October at 12:05	299 MW	19	Met12
21 October at 11:55	406 MW	23	Met12
21 October at 11:52	809 MW	16	Met9
21 October at 11:45	331 MW	21	Met12
21 October at 11:37	787 MW	14	Met9
21 October at 11:35	360 MW	17	Met12
21 October at 11:25	274 MW	16	Met12
21 October at 11:22	183 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 11:15	214 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 11:07	211 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 11:05	217 MW	13	Met12
21 October at 10:55	320 MW	14	Met12
21 October at 10:52	267 MW	4	Met10
21 October at 10:52	234 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 10:45	439 MW	15	Met12
21 October at 10:37	30 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:37	29 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:35	151 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 10:25	40 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:22	45 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 10:22	107 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 10:15	20 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 10:07	98 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 10:07	105 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 10:05	92 MW	5	Met12
21 October at 09:55	21 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:45	22 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:34	39 MW	2	Terra
21 October at 02:35	2 MW	1	N21
21 October at 01:50	2 MW	2	N20
20 October at 17:15	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 17:05	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:55	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:45	54 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 16:35	107 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 16:25	80 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:15	90 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 16:07	67 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 16:05	46 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:55	43 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 15:45	111 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 15:35	66 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:25	65 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 15:15	87 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 15:05	106 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 14:55	433 MW	11	Met12
20 October at 14:45	172 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 14:37	36 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:35	368 MW	60	N
20 October at 14:35	302 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 14:25	224 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 14:22	36 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 14:15	284 MW	7	Met12
20 October at 14:05	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:57	590 MW	91	N21
20 October at 13:55	34 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:52	55 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:45	81 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 13:35	10 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:25	95 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 13:22	34 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 13:15	197 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 13:15	440 MW	91	N20
20 October at 13:07	543 MW	9	Met9
20 October at 13:05	244 MW	14	Met12
20 October at 12:55	196 MW	12	Met12
20 October at 12:52	141 MW	4	Met9
20 October at 12:45	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 12:37	471 MW	9	Met9
20 October at 12:35	205 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 12:25	50 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:22	252 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 12:15	46 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 12:07	198 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 12:05	90 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:55	148 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 11:52	339 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 11:45	206 MW	10	Met12
20 October at 11:37	206 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 11:35	104 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:25	122 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:22	307 MW	6	Met9
20 October at 11:15	35 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:07	154 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 11:05	21 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:55	66 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:52	105 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:52	157 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 10:45	89 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 10:37	40 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 10:37	39 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 10:35	46 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 10:25	61 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 10:22	194 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 10:22	317 MW	6	Met10
20 October at 10:15	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:07	55 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 10:07	116 MW	3	Met10
20 October at 10:05	43 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:55	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:52	120 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 09:52	187 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 09:45	47 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:37	238 MW	5	Met10
20 October at 09:37	132 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 09:35	107 MW	6	Met12
20 October at 09:25	116 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 09:22	41 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 09:22	32 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:15	51 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:07	21 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 09:07	27 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 09:05	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 08:57	28 MW	3	Terra
20 October at 02:07	3 MW	2	N20
20 October at 01:48	2 MW	2	N
19 October at 20:41	21 MW	1	Terra
19 October at 20:37	19 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 20:22	21 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 16:25	54 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 16:15	32 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 16:10	350 MW	28	Aqua
19 October at 16:05	247 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 15:55	12 MW	1	Met12
19 October at 15:45	134 MW	6	Met12
19 October at 15:37	84 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 15:35	49 MW	4	Met12
19 October at 15:25	132 MW	8	Met12
19 October at 15:22	162 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 15:15	135 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 15:07	176 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 15:05	347 MW	19	Met12
19 October at 14:55	240 MW	14	Met12
19 October at 14:53	84 MW	6	N
19 October at 14:52	376 MW	8	Met9
19 October at 14:45	629 MW	27	Met12
19 October at 14:37	379 MW	8	Met9
19 October at 14:35	294 MW	17	Met12
19 October at 14:25	336 MW	20	Met12
19 October at 14:22	200 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 14:17	1,155 MW	177	N21
19 October at 14:15	240 MW	17	Met12
19 October at 14:07	31 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 14:05	353 MW	23	Met12
19 October at 13:55	532 MW	28	Met12
19 October at 13:52	454 MW	9	Met9
19 October at 13:45	714 MW	33	Met12
19 October at 13:37	593 MW	11	Met9
19 October at 13:35	625 MW	30	Met12
19 October at 13:34	1,755 MW	235	N20
19 October at 13:25	573 MW	29	Met12
19 October at 13:22	780 MW	16	Met9
19 October at 13:15	293 MW	18	Met12
19 October at 13:13	597 MW	96	N
19 October at 13:07	502 MW	10	Met9
19 October at 13:05	295 MW	16	Met12
19 October at 12:55	307 MW	20	Met12
19 October at 12:52	382 MW	8	Met9
19 October at 12:45	145 MW	10	Met12
19 October at 12:37	265 MW	7	Met9
19 October at 12:35	259 MW	17	Met12
19 October at 12:25	299 MW	16	Met12
19 October at 12:22	558 MW	11	Met9
19 October at 12:15	358 MW	16	Met12
19 October at 12:07	422 MW	8	Met9
19 October at 12:05	376 MW	18	Met12
19 October at 11:55	237 MW	13	Met12
19 October at 11:52	213 MW	5	Met9
19 October at 11:45	164 MW	10	Met12
19 October at 11:37	128 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 11:35	260 MW	15	Met12
19 October at 11:25	206 MW	10	Met12
19 October at 11:22	213 MW	4	Met9
19 October at 11:15	109 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 11:07	191 MW	3	Met9
19 October at 11:05	138 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 10:55	126 MW	9	Met12
19 October at 10:52	80 MW	2	Met9
19 October at 10:45	93 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 10:37	43 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 10:35	36 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 10:25	66 MW	5	Met12
19 October at 10:22	128 MW	4	Met10
19 October at 10:22	32 MW	1	Met9
19 October at 10:15	88 MW	7	Met12
19 October at 10:07	36 MW	1	Met10
19 October at 10:05	35 MW	3	Met12
19 October at 09:15	11 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 19:07	18 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 18:23	24 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 17:38	25 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 17:37	60 MW	2	Met10
18 October at 17:35	63 MW	5	Met12
18 October at 17:25	57 MW	4	Met12
18 October at 17:23	81 MW	3	Met9
18 October at 17:22	104 MW	3	Met10
18 October at 17:15	54 MW	4	Met12
18 October at 17:08	119 MW	3	Met9
18 October at 17:05	49 MW	3	Met12
18 October at 16:55	68 MW	5	Met12
18 October at 16:53	110 MW	3	Met9
18 October at 16:45	39 MW	3	Met12
18 October at 16:38	191 MW	4	Met9
18 October at 16:37	61 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 16:35	90 MW	5	Met12
18 October at 16:25	38 MW	3	Met12
18 October at 16:22	197 MW	4	Met9
18 October at 16:15	116 MW	6	Met12
18 October at 16:07	38 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 16:07	153 MW	3	Met9
18 October at 16:05	192 MW	13	Met12
18 October at 15:55	163 MW	10	Met12
18 October at 15:52	410 MW	8	Met9
18 October at 15:52	166 MW	4	Met10
18 October at 15:45	191 MW	11	Met12
18 October at 15:37	55 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 15:37	471 MW	8	Met9
18 October at 15:35	200 MW	9	Met12
18 October at 15:25	255 MW	12	Met12
18 October at 15:22	54 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 15:22	424 MW	8	Met9
18 October at 15:15	87 MW	6	Met12
18 October at 15:07	189 MW	4	Met9
18 October at 15:05	99 MW	7	Met12
18 October at 14:55	99 MW	7	Met12
18 October at 14:52	219 MW	4	Met9
18 October at 14:45	192 MW	8	Met12
18 October at 14:37	118 MW	3	Met9
18 October at 14:36	163 MW	10	N21
18 October at 14:35	180 MW	6	Met12
18 October at 14:25	183 MW	9	Met12
18 October at 14:15	179 MW	11	Met12
18 October at 14:05	97 MW	6	Met12
18 October at 13:55	10 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 13:51	839 MW	182	N20
18 October at 13:45	10 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 13:37	112 MW	2	Met9
18 October at 13:32	478 MW	67	N
18 October at 13:22	105 MW	2	Met9
18 October at 13:15	108 MW	5	Met12
18 October at 13:07	92 MW	2	Met9
18 October at 13:05	23 MW	2	Met12
18 October at 12:56	221 MW	24	N21
18 October at 12:55	18 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 12:45	16 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 12:25	25 MW	2	Met12
18 October at 12:15	31 MW	2	Met12
18 October at 12:07	85 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 12:05	114 MW	6	Met12
18 October at 11:55	56 MW	3	Met12
18 October at 11:52	78 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 11:45	34 MW	2	Met12
18 October at 11:35	16 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 11:25	64 MW	4	Met12
18 October at 11:22	143 MW	2	Met9
18 October at 11:15	71 MW	3	Met12
18 October at 11:05	25 MW	2	Met12
18 October at 10:55	22 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 10:52	88 MW	2	Met10
18 October at 10:52	55 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 10:45	36 MW	2	Met12
18 October at 10:37	36 MW	1	Met10
18 October at 10:35	14 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 10:25	15 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 10:22	63 MW	1	Met9
18 October at 10:22	84 MW	2	Met10
18 October at 10:15	209 MW	5	Met12
18 October at 10:07	75 MW	2	Met10
18 October at 10:05	62 MW	3	Met12
18 October at 09:55	63 MW	5	Met12
18 October at 09:35	13 MW	1	Met12
18 October at 09:16	20 MW	2	Terra
18 October at 09:15	20 MW	1	Met12
17 October at 14:10	706 MW	124	N20
17 October at 13:51	984 MW	177	N
17 October at 13:13	338 MW	44	N21
17 October at 02:07	2 MW	2	N21
16 October at 15:53	228 MW	21	Aqua
16 October at 14:29	283 MW	43	N20
16 October at 14:10	843 MW	160	N
16 October at 13:33	816 MW	151	N21
15 October at 14:27	1,124 MW	166	N
15 October at 13:51	2,136 MW	360	N21
15 October at 13:08	736 MW	94	N20
15 October at 08:57	7 MW	1	Terra
14 October at 16:14	38 MW	5	Aqua
14 October at 14:10	141 MW	17	N21
14 October at 13:25	155 MW	28	N20
14 October at 13:08	13 MW	2	N
13 October at 14:29	13 MW	1	N21
13 October at 13:47	155 MW	45	N20

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