Djibouti City area (Balbala, Douda, Ambouli) — wide box

Type: Conflict / flashpoint zone
Country: Djibouti
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Combatant command: AFRICOM — US Africa Command
Added: 24 Oct 2026 06:32 MDT (12:32 UTC)
Status: active
Box: 11.5200, 43.0300 → 11.6200, 43.1800
Output resolution: 10 m
Persistent heat source: yes
Note: Renamed 28 Oct 2026 (SITREP 016). This wide box raised alerts named after the PLA base, but 180 days of FIRMS show no heat at the PLA base or Doraleh; almost all of it is the Douda waste dump south of Balbala (150 detections on 69 days). The bases are now separate sites.

Imagery (5 passes)

Acquired (UTC)	Sensor	Lat, lon	FRP (MW)	Confidence	D/N
2026-10-28 10:24	viirs_noaa20	11.5562, 43.0524	4.96	nominal	D
2026-10-28 10:04	viirs_snpp	11.5573, 43.0500	0.96	low	D
2026-10-27 10:41	viirs_noaa20	11.5309, 43.1600	2.37	nominal	D
2026-10-27 10:41	viirs_noaa20	11.5311, 43.1596	3.16	nominal	D
2026-10-26 10:43	viirs_snpp	11.5247, 43.0497	4.63	nominal	D
2026-10-21 10:56	viirs_noaa20	11.5110, 43.0975	5.48	nominal	D
2026-10-21 10:36	viirs_snpp	11.5123, 43.0962	5.98	nominal	D
2026-10-21 09:58	viirs_noaa21	11.5142, 43.0940	6.74	nominal	D
2026-10-20 23:29	viirs_snpp	11.5105, 43.0937	1.64	nominal	N
2026-10-20 23:29	viirs_snpp	11.5105, 43.0956	1.74	nominal	N
2026-10-20 22:52	viirs_noaa21	11.5103, 43.0949	2.65	nominal	N
2026-10-20 22:08	viirs_noaa20	11.5130, 43.0902	2.12	nominal	N
2026-10-20 22:08	viirs_noaa20	11.5125, 43.0938	2.3	nominal	N
2026-10-19 09:52	viirs_noaa20	11.5106, 43.0963	1.1	low	D
2026-10-18 22:46	viirs_noaa20	11.5166, 43.0941	0.88	nominal	N
2026-10-18 10:56	viirs_noaa21	11.5162, 43.0962	7.42	low	D