Fire across Africa

Where satellites saw heat this week, country by country. Hotspots, not confirmed fires.

This week from space

Maps cached at 2026-11-13. Each map is the NASA FIRMS 7-day file for that country, read once a day; the date window is printed on every map.

Each dot is a satellite hotspot detection (VIIRS 375 m, MODIS 1 km), not a confirmed fire. A hotspot can be a field burn, a gas flare or another hot surface. The arrows name towns from Natural Earth and the busiest clusters.

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Previous runs

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How we know

NASA FIRMS active fire, near real time, 7-day public files (VIIRS S-NPP, VIIRS NOAA-20, MODIS C6.1). NASA open data, attribution requested.
Country borders and town names: Natural Earth 10 m, public domain.
Every map carries its own credit strip and embedded metadata (sources, licences, dates, box, state, tool); the Provenance link opens the record.
Software R&D: the maps are read from public satellite files. No flight, no ground survey.