Fire near Moluques (ID)

3.29°S, 130.52°E · first detected on 23 September at 06:10

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 06:10 to 22 October at 19:13, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 2,935 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 27,866 ha.

Detected extent: 27,866 ha
Cumulative power: 9,079 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 126 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 2,935
Estimated emissions: 5.7 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 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 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
22 October at 19:13	8 MW	5	N21
22 October at 18:30	37 MW	20	N20
22 October at 18:09	1 MW	1	N
22 October at 15:25	16 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 15:15	13 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:27	28 MW	3	N20
22 October at 07:25	50 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:15	87 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 07:08	99 MW	17	N
22 October at 07:05	75 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 06:55	87 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 06:45	93 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 06:35	62 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 06:29	14 MW	2	N21
22 October at 06:25	52 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 06:15	37 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 06:05	29 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 18:48	13 MW	8	N20
21 October at 09:09	17 MW	2	Aqua
21 October at 08:55	30 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 08:45	34 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 06:49	107 MW	23	N21
20 October at 20:51	7 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 19:07	56 MW	35	N20
20 October at 18:48	166 MW	105	N
20 October at 18:09	28 MW	10	N21
20 October at 15:25	26 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 15:15	17 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 15:05	25 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:55	43 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 14:15	27 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:05	20 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:45	22 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:05	24 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 12:45	25 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:45	28 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:25	28 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:05	28 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:55	29 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:35	30 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:25	32 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:35	53 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 07:08	32 MW	5	N21
20 October at 06:23	29 MW	4	N20
20 October at 02:55	43 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 02:45	39 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 02:35	30 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 02:25	38 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 19:26	9 MW	4	N20
19 October at 19:05	143 MW	54	N
19 October at 18:30	64 MW	38	N21
19 October at 14:04	56 MW	6	Terra
19 October at 09:29	358 MW	5	Aqua
19 October at 07:27	35 MW	3	N21
19 October at 06:44	70 MW	10	N20
19 October at 06:23	19 MW	5	N
19 October at 01:46	21 MW	3	Terra
18 October at 21:15	6 MW	1	Aqua
18 October at 19:26	20 MW	10	N
18 October at 18:48	203 MW	104	N21
18 October at 18:03	7 MW	5	N20
18 October at 08:52	104 MW	9	Aqua
18 October at 07:01	240 MW	42	N20
18 October at 06:42	38 MW	7	N
18 October at 06:06	10 MW	2	N21
17 October at 19:07	21 MW	10	N21
17 October at 18:22	25 MW	18	N20
17 October at 07:21	58 MW	5	N20
17 October at 07:01	110 MW	21	N
17 October at 06:23	43 MW	1	N21
16 October at 19:26	3 MW	2	N21
16 October at 18:41	93 MW	67	N20
16 October at 18:22	13 MW	5	N
16 October at 13:45	33 MW	4	Terra
16 October at 09:14	64 MW	5	Aqua
16 October at 07:21	9 MW	3	N
16 October at 06:44	8 MW	1	N21
15 October at 19:00	40 MW	23	N20
15 October at 18:39	60 MW	34	N
15 October at 18:05	6 MW	5	N21
14 October at 19:00	13 MW	12	N
14 October at 18:22	16 MW	9	N21
13 October at 19:17	1 MW	1	N
13 October at 18:41	35 MW	28	N21
12 October at 19:00	9 MW	7	N21
12 October at 18:16	2 MW	2	N20
11 October at 18:37	33 MW	21	N20
11 October at 18:16	2 MW	2	N
11 October at 13:47	19 MW	2	Terra
11 October at 09:22	32 MW	3	Aqua
11 October at 07:33	8 MW	1	N20
11 October at 07:14	92 MW	6	N
11 October at 06:38	92 MW	1	N21
10 October at 21:04	11 MW	2	Aqua
10 October at 18:54	124 MW	90	N20
10 October at 18:35	45 MW	27	N
10 October at 17:58	1 MW	1	N21
10 October at 07:31	15 MW	3	N
10 October at 06:55	113 MW	17	N21
9 October at 19:13	10 MW	8	N20
9 October at 18:54	81 MW	67	N
9 October at 18:16	16 MW	11	N21
9 October at 14:06	5 MW	1	Terra
9 October at 07:14	8 MW	1	N21
9 October at 06:29	13 MW	2	N20
9 October at 01:48	11 MW	2	Terra
8 October at 19:11	23 MW	15	N
8 October at 18:37	79 MW	54	N21
8 October at 09:07	7 MW	2	Aqua
8 October at 06:51	10 MW	2	N20
8 October at 06:29	20 MW	3	N
7 October at 19:32	9 MW	5	N
7 October at 18:54	45 MW	27	N21
7 October at 18:09	4 MW	2	N20
7 October at 07:08	48 MW	5	N20
7 October at 06:46	15 MW	2	N
7 October at 06:12	23 MW	4	N21
6 October at 19:13	20 MW	12	N21
6 October at 18:28	65 MW	30	N20
6 October at 18:09	24 MW	9	N
6 October at 13:49	41 MW	5	Terra
6 October at 07:08	20 MW	5	N
5 October at 21:13	7 MW	1	Aqua
5 October at 19:32	3 MW	1	N21
5 October at 18:48	188 MW	161	N20
5 October at 18:28	34 MW	29	N
5 October at 17:52	7 MW	3	N21
5 October at 08:50	121 MW	9	Aqua
5 October at 07:46	8 MW	1	N20
5 October at 07:25	69 MW	8	N
5 October at 06:49	312 MW	48	N21
5 October at 06:06	16 MW	3	N20
4 October at 19:05	34 MW	30	N20
4 October at 18:48	97 MW	87	N
4 October at 18:09	32 MW	14	N21
4 October at 14:08	7 MW	1	Terra
4 October at 07:08	20 MW	2	N21
4 October at 06:23	56 MW	5	N20
4 October at 06:04	23 MW	2	N
4 October at 01:50	16 MW	2	Terra
3 October at 19:05	29 MW	16	N
3 October at 18:30	87 MW	40	N21
3 October at 06:44	67 MW	10	N20
2 October at 20:56	23 MW	2	Aqua
2 October at 19:24	6 MW	2	N
2 October at 18:48	78 MW	43	N21
2 October at 18:03	13 MW	8	N20
2 October at 07:01	96 MW	9	N20
2 October at 06:42	12 MW	1	N
2 October at 06:06	44 MW	4	N21
2 October at 02:09	18 MW	1	Terra
1 October at 19:07	20 MW	10	N21
1 October at 18:22	22 MW	16	N20
1 October at 18:05	4 MW	3	N
1 October at 13:49	85 MW	8	Terra
1 October at 07:21	20 MW	3	N20
1 October at 07:01	245 MW	39	N
1 October at 06:23	225 MW	8	N21
30 September at 19:26	2 MW	1	N21
30 September at 18:41	65 MW	55	N20
30 September at 18:22	9 MW	4	N
30 September at 08:57	31 MW	3	Aqua
30 September at 06:44	10 MW	2	N21
29 September at 19:00	26 MW	16	N20
29 September at 18:39	9 MW	8	N
29 September at 18:05	12 MW	5	N21
29 September at 06:19	7 MW	1	N20
29 September at 01:52	11 MW	1	Terra
28 September at 19:20	2 MW	2	N20
28 September at 19:00	46 MW	40	N
28 September at 18:22	28 MW	14	N21
28 September at 07:21	2 MW	1	N21
28 September at 06:36	33 MW	1	N20
28 September at 06:19	19 MW	4	N
27 September at 19:17	11 MW	7	N
27 September at 18:41	83 MW	54	N21
27 September at 06:55	65 MW	11	N20
27 September at 06:36	7 MW	2	N
26 September at 19:39	1 MW	1	N
26 September at 19:00	18 MW	13	N21
26 September at 18:16	24 MW	12	N20
26 September at 13:51	31 MW	4	Terra
26 September at 07:14	17 MW	3	N20
26 September at 06:53	82 MW	16	N
26 September at 06:17	46 MW	4	N21
25 September at 19:20	9 MW	6	N21
25 September at 18:37	65 MW	38	N20
25 September at 18:16	12 MW	8	N
25 September at 09:03	62 MW	7	Aqua
25 September at 07:33	5 MW	1	N20
25 September at 07:14	15 MW	4	N
25 September at 06:38	41 MW	7	N21
24 September at 20:47	13 MW	2	Aqua
24 September at 18:54	47 MW	31	N20
24 September at 18:35	27 MW	14	N
24 September at 17:58	8 MW	4	N21
24 September at 14:12	6 MW	1	Terra
24 September at 06:55	13 MW	3	N21
24 September at 01:54	28 MW	4	Terra

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