Fire near Nampula (MZ)

13.83°S, 39.53°E

What the satellites measured

This fire is not in the last thirty days of the fire list, but detections remain around this point: the curve below is rebuilt from the raw pixels, which are kept for a hundred days.

“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 10:53	52 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 10:33	58 MW	3	Met12
23 October at 10:13	18 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 09:43	17 MW	1	Met12
23 October at 08:03	24 MW	2	Met12
23 October at 07:42	12 MW	1	Terra
23 October at 01:18	1 MW	1	N20
22 October at 17:23	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 17:03	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:05	38 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 15:53	26 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 15:43	21 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:38	36 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 14:33	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:13	29 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 14:03	60 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:53	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:49	247 MW	50	N
22 October at 13:43	113 MW	5	Met12
22 October at 13:33	55 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:15	597 MW	70	N21
22 October at 13:13	46 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 13:03	38 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:53	94 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 12:49	65 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 12:49	71 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 12:43	64 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 12:30	352 MW	77	N20
22 October at 12:19	127 MW	2	Met9
22 October at 12:13	19 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 12:11	8 MW	2	N
22 October at 12:03	20 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:33	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:13	27 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 11:03	34 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 10:53	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:43	15 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:23	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 10:19	57 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 01:16	2 MW	3	N
22 October at 00:40	2 MW	2	N21
21 October at 23:55	2 MW	2	N20
21 October at 18:20	21 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 17:43	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 15:33	37 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 15:23	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:13	54 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 15:03	14 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:49	34 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:43	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:34	45 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 14:33	52 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 14:23	222 MW	7	Met12
21 October at 14:19	257 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 14:19	353 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 14:13	43 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 14:04	568 MW	5	Met9
21 October at 14:03	296 MW	9	Met12
21 October at 13:53	243 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:49	443 MW	3	Met10
21 October at 13:49	358 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 13:43	310 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 13:33	17 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:32	336 MW	61	N21
21 October at 13:03	15 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:53	107 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:47	771 MW	95	N20
21 October at 12:43	163 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:28	307 MW	73	N
21 October at 12:23	108 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 12:19	44 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:13	95 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 12:04	49 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 12:03	51 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:53	237 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:49	54 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:43	77 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 11:34	66 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 11:34	62 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:33	117 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 11:23	500 MW	6	Met12
21 October at 11:19	284 MW	3	Met9
21 October at 11:19	179 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 11:13	113 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 11:04	60 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 11:03	54 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 10:53	66 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 10:49	40 MW	1	Met9
21 October at 10:43	21 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 08:01	16 MW	1	Terra
20 October at 16:53	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:43	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 16:33	28 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 15:19	56 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 15:01	19 MW	2	Aqua
20 October at 14:23	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:53	67 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 13:49	207 MW	12	N21
20 October at 13:43	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:08	863 MW	109	N20
20 October at 12:47	485 MW	83	N
20 October at 12:43	22 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:23	17 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 12:11	298 MW	60	N21
20 October at 12:03	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:53	52 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:43	92 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 11:33	61 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 11:23	49 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 11:19	51 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:13	266 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 11:04	63 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 11:04	89 MW	2	Met9
20 October at 11:03	222 MW	8	Met12
20 October at 10:53	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:43	18 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:13	54 MW	4	Met12
20 October at 09:53	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 09:43	44 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 09:33	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:23	36 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 09:13	94 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 09:04	212 MW	5	Met9
20 October at 09:04	134 MW	2	Met10
20 October at 09:03	167 MW	9	Met12
20 October at 08:53	118 MW	5	Met12
20 October at 08:49	117 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 08:49	173 MW	3	Met9
20 October at 08:43	58 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 08:34	59 MW	1	Met10
20 October at 08:33	24 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 07:53	30 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 07:49	45 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 07:43	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 07:34	41 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 07:33	31 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 07:23	26 MW	1	Terra
20 October at 02:50	9 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 00:33	3 MW	3	N20
19 October at 13:25	247 MW	26	N20
19 October at 13:06	542 MW	63	N
19 October at 12:30	483 MW	55	N21
18 October at 13:25	78 MW	10	N
18 October at 12:47	43 MW	6	N21
18 October at 07:44	5 MW	1	Terra
18 October at 01:12	2 MW	1	N20
18 October at 00:52	3 MW	4	N
18 October at 00:14	1 MW	1	N21
17 October at 13:45	30 MW	8	N
17 October at 13:08	128 MW	14	N21
17 October at 12:21	69 MW	15	N20
16 October at 20:17	7 MW	1	Terra
16 October at 14:02	59 MW	7	N
16 October at 13:25	395 MW	30	N21
16 October at 12:41	314 MW	29	N20
16 October at 12:21	78 MW	14	N
16 October at 01:31	1 MW	3	N
16 October at 00:52	3 MW	2	N21
15 October at 15:08	309 MW	21	Aqua
15 October at 13:45	497 MW	35	N21
15 October at 13:00	569 MW	73	N20
15 October at 12:41	492 MW	65	N
15 October at 12:04	232 MW	23	N21
15 October at 00:08	1 MW	1	N
14 October at 13:19	706 MW	75	N20
14 October at 13:00	690 MW	84	N
14 October at 12:21	438 MW	53	N21
14 October at 00:46	1 MW	2	N20
13 October at 19:56	19 MW	3	Terra
13 October at 15:29	153 MW	9	Aqua
13 October at 13:38	189 MW	46	N20
12 October at 14:51	330 MW	12	Aqua
12 October at 13:00	1,498 MW	147	N21
12 October at 01:24	6 MW	4	N20
12 October at 01:03	2 MW	1	N
12 October at 00:29	3 MW	4	N21
11 October at 20:17	22 MW	2	Terra
11 October at 13:55	261 MW	38	N
11 October at 13:19	857 MW	104	N21
11 October at 12:36	689 MW	126	N20
11 October at 12:15	159 MW	34	N
11 October at 08:08	13 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 01:24	22 MW	14	N
11 October at 00:46	45 MW	31	N21
11 October at 00:01	20 MW	12	N20
10 October at 19:39	49 MW	2	Terra
10 October at 15:14	181 MW	11	Aqua
10 October at 13:38	581 MW	51	N21
10 October at 12:53	837 MW	95	N20
10 October at 12:34	470 MW	76	N
10 October at 11:58	16 MW	2	N21
10 October at 01:05	5 MW	3	N21
9 October at 13:13	401 MW	51	N20
9 October at 12:53	527 MW	64	N
9 October at 12:15	304 MW	45	N21
9 October at 00:20	2 MW	1	N
8 October at 23:44	5 MW	2	N21
8 October at 19:58	14 MW	2	Terra
8 October at 15:38	41 MW	2	Aqua
8 October at 13:32	376 MW	47	N20
8 October at 13:13	714 MW	107	N
8 October at 12:36	603 MW	103	N21
8 October at 07:46	5 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 00:59	4 MW	4	N20
8 October at 00:40	6 MW	6	N
8 October at 00:01	10 MW	7	N21
7 October at 14:59	657 MW	29	Aqua
7 October at 13:49	354 MW	44	N20
7 October at 13:32	1,246 MW	151	N
7 October at 12:53	1,520 MW	194	N21
7 October at 12:11	267 MW	38	N20
7 October at 00:59	2 MW	1	N
6 October at 13:49	205 MW	31	N
6 October at 13:15	539 MW	56	N21
6 October at 12:29	113 MW	16	N20
6 October at 01:16	1 MW	1	N
6 October at 00:40	7 MW	4	N21
5 October at 23:55	1 MW	2	N20
5 October at 15:21	170 MW	12	Aqua
5 October at 13:32	379 MW	58	N21
5 October at 12:47	561 MW	53	N20
5 October at 12:28	366 MW	55	N
5 October at 01:35	3 MW	2	N
5 October at 00:59	4 MW	2	N21
4 October at 23:55	1 MW	1	N
4 October at 13:06	14 MW	3	N20
4 October at 12:11	5 MW	1	N21
3 October at 13:25	99 MW	12	N20
3 October at 13:06	84 MW	19	N
3 October at 12:30	30 MW	4	N21
2 October at 15:06	69 MW	7	Aqua
2 October at 13:45	39 MW	5	N20
2 October at 13:25	51 MW	6	N
2 October at 12:47	81 MW	13	N21
2 October at 12:04	8 MW	1	N20
2 October at 01:12	2 MW	1	N20
2 October at 00:52	2 MW	3	N
1 October at 13:45	3 MW	1	N
1 October at 13:08	143 MW	12	N21
1 October at 12:21	8 MW	1	N20
1 October at 01:09	1 MW	2	N
1 October at 00:33	1 MW	1	N21
30 September at 14:02	6 MW	1	N
30 September at 13:25	194 MW	18	N21
30 September at 12:43	203 MW	37	N20
30 September at 12:21	68 MW	10	N
30 September at 01:31	2 MW	3	N
30 September at 00:52	4 MW	4	N21
30 September at 00:08	1 MW	2	N20
29 September at 20:41	44 MW	2	Terra
29 September at 14:49	431 MW	10	Aqua
29 September at 13:45	152 MW	14	N21
29 September at 13:00	833 MW	144	N20
29 September at 12:41	737 MW	73	N
29 September at 12:04	226 MW	16	N21
29 September at 00:27	3 MW	3	N20
29 September at 00:08	2 MW	2	N
28 September at 20:02	26 MW	3	Terra
28 September at 15:50	69 MW	1	Aqua
28 September at 13:19	1,034 MW	127	N20
28 September at 12:21	799 MW	77	N21
28 September at 00:46	3 MW	3	N20
28 September at 00:27	1 MW	1	N
27 September at 23:50	4 MW	1	N21
27 September at 15:12	166 MW	16	Aqua
27 September at 13:38	238 MW	47	N20
27 September at 13:17	311 MW	47	N
27 September at 12:41	561 MW	48	N21
27 September at 01:03	2 MW	2	N20
26 September at 13:55	12 MW	1	N20
26 September at 13:38	182 MW	19	N
26 September at 13:00	736 MW	77	N21
26 September at 12:15	216 MW	21	N20
26 September at 01:24	1 MW	1	N20
26 September at 01:03	5 MW	4	N
26 September at 00:29	4 MW	3	N21
25 September at 15:34	260 MW	6	Aqua
25 September at 13:55	227 MW	31	N
25 September at 13:19	1,199 MW	153	N21
25 September at 12:35	843 MW	139	N20
25 September at 12:15	305 MW	34	N
25 September at 01:22	1 MW	1	N
25 September at 00:46	1 MW	2	N21
25 September at 00:01	1 MW	2	N20
24 September at 14:57	308 MW	11	Aqua
24 September at 13:38	825 MW	65	N21
24 September at 12:53	1,079 MW	154	N20
24 September at 12:34	708 MW	101	N
24 September at 11:58	24 MW	3	N21
24 September at 00:20	1 MW	1	N20
23 September at 13:11	32 MW	5	N20
23 September at 12:53	26 MW	4	N

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