Fire near Australie-Occidentale (AU)

17.89°S, 125.03°E · first detected on 19 October at 09:57

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 19 October at 09:57 to 22 October at 08:08, that is 3 days, through 1,047 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 18,568 ha.

Detected extent: 18,568 ha
Cumulative power: 26,541 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 667 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,047
Estimated emissions: 49.4 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 19 October 2026 to 21 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 21 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 5 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 10:57	25 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:37	27 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:27	87 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 10:17	170 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:57	605 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 09:47	207 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:41	551 MW	11	Aqua
22 October at 08:37	462 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 08:27	157 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:17	195 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:08	1,582 MW	56	N21
22 October at 08:07	831 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 07:57	249 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:47	1,301 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 07:37	2,335 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 07:27	1,590 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 07:25	1,371 MW	68	N20
22 October at 07:17	943 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 07:07	208 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 07:04	1,487 MW	86	N
22 October at 06:57	515 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 06:47	862 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 06:37	207 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 06:27	132 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 06:25	556 MW	25	N21
22 October at 06:17	247 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 06:07	494 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 05:57	208 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 04:27	319 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 19:34	33 MW	4	N21
21 October at 18:57	82 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:52	324 MW	52	N20
21 October at 18:47	66 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:33	131 MW	19	N
21 October at 18:17	69 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 18:07	73 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 17:57	83 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 17:56	14 MW	2	N21
21 October at 17:47	94 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 17:37	24 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 17:17	299 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 17:07	126 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 16:57	197 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 16:27	671 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 16:17	225 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 16:07	237 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 15:57	777 MW	7	Him9
21 October at 15:47	242 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 15:37	72 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 15:27	83 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 15:17	235 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 15:07	352 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 14:57	1,390 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 14:47	1,075 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 14:37	172 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 14:27	45 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 14:17	165 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 14:07	124 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 12:57	35 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 12:47	51 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 11:47	1,792 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 11:37	229 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 11:27	791 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 09:37	328 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:27	2,364 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:17	197 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:07	4,611 MW	8	Him9
21 October at 09:03	1,360 MW	5	Aqua
21 October at 08:57	797 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 08:47	3,387 MW	10	Him9
21 October at 07:42	4,697 MW	88	N20
21 October at 07:23	2,631 MW	101	N
21 October at 06:46	1,266 MW	37	N21
20 October at 20:56	1,057 MW	22	Aqua
20 October at 19:11	91 MW	19	N20
20 October at 18:52	496 MW	71	N
20 October at 18:13	1,076 MW	164	N21
20 October at 15:57	910 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 15:47	1,418 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 15:37	1,210 MW	6	Him9
20 October at 15:27	1,896 MW	7	Him9
20 October at 15:17	465 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 14:57	35 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:47	110 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:38	620 MW	23	Terra
20 October at 14:37	515 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 14:27	846 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 14:17	1,634 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 14:07	3,738 MW	10	Him9
20 October at 13:57	5,427 MW	11	Him9
20 October at 13:47	3,713 MW	9	Him9
20 October at 13:37	4,114 MW	7	Him9
20 October at 13:27	2,669 MW	7	Him9
20 October at 13:17	3,403 MW	9	Him9
20 October at 13:07	2,586 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 12:57	1,492 MW	6	Him9
20 October at 12:47	1,495 MW	7	Him9
20 October at 12:37	728 MW	6	Him9
20 October at 12:17	438 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 12:07	192 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:57	268 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 11:47	826 MW	7	Him9
20 October at 11:37	478 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 11:27	2,761 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 11:17	5,111 MW	10	Him9
20 October at 11:07	5,759 MW	10	Him9
20 October at 10:57	3,179 MW	7	Him9
20 October at 10:47	39 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:37	805 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 10:27	44 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:17	43 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:07	655 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:05	1,770 MW	11	Aqua
20 October at 09:57	497 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:47	703 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 09:37	56 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:27	916 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 09:17	1,268 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 09:07	431 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:57	461 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 08:47	305 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:27	549 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:17	1,546 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 08:07	244 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:01	591 MW	55	N20
20 October at 07:57	1,054 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 07:47	1,734 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 07:37	3,013 MW	6	Him9
20 October at 07:04	5,186 MW	92	N21
20 October at 06:37	1,916 MW	6	Him9
20 October at 06:27	2,202 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 06:17	1,248 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 06:07	541 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 05:57	715 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 05:47	695 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 05:37	765 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 05:27	800 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 05:17	327 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 05:07	255 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 04:57	382 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 22:17	91 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 21:27	19 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 20:47	38 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 19:30	68 MW	12	N20
19 October at 19:09	73 MW	14	N
19 October at 18:47	26 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 18:35	159 MW	39	N21
19 October at 18:27	21 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 18:17	20 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 18:07	23 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 17:07	72 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 16:57	918 MW	5	Him9
19 October at 16:37	117 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 16:27	138 MW	3	Him9
19 October at 16:17	194 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 16:07	484 MW	6	Him9
19 October at 15:57	872 MW	8	Him9
19 October at 15:47	821 MW	9	Him9
19 October at 15:37	367 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 15:27	1,132 MW	10	Him9
19 October at 15:17	378 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 15:07	651 MW	7	Him9
19 October at 14:57	410 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 14:47	269 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 14:37	174 MW	3	Him9
19 October at 14:27	101 MW	3	Him9
19 October at 14:17	97 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 14:07	176 MW	3	Him9
19 October at 14:00	207 MW	5	Terra
19 October at 13:57	262 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 13:47	368 MW	5	Him9
19 October at 13:37	775 MW	5	Him9
19 October at 13:27	1,948 MW	5	Him9
19 October at 13:17	726 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 12:57	56 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 12:47	25 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 12:37	69 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 12:27	76 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 12:17	63 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 12:07	51 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 11:57	115 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 11:47	187 MW	3	Him9
19 October at 11:37	202 MW	3	Him9
19 October at 11:27	249 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 11:17	1,043 MW	5	Him9
19 October at 11:07	709 MW	5	Him9
19 October at 10:57	1,199 MW	5	Him9
19 October at 10:47	302 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 10:37	339 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 10:27	357 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 10:17	375 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 10:07	123 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 09:57	138 MW	3	Him9

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