Fire near Moluques du Nord (ID)

1.30°N, 127.83°E · first detected on 23 September at 06:32

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 06:32 to 22 October at 07:27, that is 29 days, through 2,678 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 33,029 ha.

Detected extent: 33,029 ha
Cumulative power: 16,181 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 116 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 2,678
Estimated emissions: 5.0 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
23 October at 05:45	34 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 05:35	115 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:25	18 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:35	46 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:27	15 MW	3	N20
22 October at 07:08	90 MW	20	N
22 October at 06:32	54 MW	9	N21
22 October at 02:03	8 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 18:45	2 MW	2	N20
21 October at 09:09	16 MW	3	Aqua
21 October at 07:48	8 MW	1	N20
21 October at 07:27	102 MW	8	N
21 October at 06:49	72 MW	11	N21
21 October at 06:08	7 MW	1	N20
20 October at 18:45	0 MW	1	N
20 October at 11:05	20 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:55	31 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:45	23 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:35	30 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:05	17 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:45	24 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 07:10	263 MW	20	N21
20 October at 06:35	168 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 06:25	16 MW	5	N20
19 October at 19:05	1 MW	1	N
19 October at 14:04	35 MW	4	Terra
19 October at 09:31	28 MW	2	Aqua
19 October at 07:27	25 MW	4	N21
19 October at 06:44	26 MW	4	N20
19 October at 06:25	13 MW	2	N
18 October at 07:04	19 MW	4	N20
18 October at 06:44	10 MW	1	N
17 October at 19:41	1 MW	1	N
17 October at 19:07	2 MW	1	N21
17 October at 07:23	12 MW	2	N20
17 October at 07:01	42 MW	9	N
17 October at 06:25	52 MW	7	N21
17 October at 02:05	5 MW	1	Terra
16 October at 07:23	22 MW	1	N
16 October at 06:44	70 MW	6	N21
15 October at 07:40	9 MW	2	N
15 October at 07:04	57 MW	10	N21
15 October at 06:19	58 MW	9	N20
14 October at 18:58	7 MW	5	N
14 October at 18:22	3 MW	4	N21
14 October at 07:57	7 MW	1	N
14 October at 07:23	91 MW	7	N21
14 October at 06:38	66 MW	10	N20
11 October at 19:17	1 MW	1	N21
11 October at 13:49	25 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 09:22	5 MW	1	Aqua
11 October at 07:16	61 MW	13	N
10 October at 19:39	4 MW	2	N21
10 October at 18:53	39 MW	28	N20
10 October at 18:35	8 MW	6	N
10 October at 07:33	104 MW	11	N
10 October at 06:57	359 MW	58	N21
9 October at 19:11	65 MW	48	N20
9 October at 18:52	53 MW	29	N
9 October at 18:16	21 MW	13	N21
9 October at 14:08	123 MW	18	Terra
9 October at 07:53	66 MW	10	N
9 October at 07:16	409 MW	37	N21
9 October at 06:32	254 MW	32	N20
9 October at 06:12	104 MW	10	N
9 October at 01:46	19 MW	2	Terra
8 October at 21:25	5 MW	1	Aqua
8 October at 19:30	20 MW	12	N20
8 October at 19:10	96 MW	78	N
8 October at 18:35	63 MW	34	N21
8 October at 09:07	163 MW	11	Aqua
8 October at 07:33	73 MW	9	N21
8 October at 06:51	7 MW	2	N20
8 October at 06:32	91 MW	10	N
7 October at 19:30	2 MW	2	N
7 October at 18:54	13 MW	17	N21
7 October at 07:10	285 MW	40	N20
7 October at 06:49	12 MW	1	N
7 October at 06:14	55 MW	11	N21
7 October at 02:09	10 MW	2	Terra
6 October at 19:47	8 MW	5	N
6 October at 19:11	21 MW	10	N21
6 October at 18:28	13 MW	11	N20
6 October at 13:49	50 MW	3	Terra
6 October at 07:27	57 MW	7	N20
6 October at 07:08	373 MW	66	N
6 October at 06:32	403 MW	51	N21
5 October at 08:52	295 MW	12	Aqua
5 October at 07:27	72 MW	12	N
5 October at 06:49	976 MW	108	N21
5 October at 06:06	53 MW	6	N20
4 October at 19:07	54 MW	60	N20
4 October at 18:45	4 MW	4	N
4 October at 18:09	2 MW	2	N21
4 October at 14:08	55 MW	9	Terra
4 October at 07:46	139 MW	29	N
4 October at 07:10	741 MW	85	N21
4 October at 06:25	237 MW	56	N20
3 October at 19:24	28 MW	17	N20
3 October at 19:05	110 MW	91	N
3 October at 18:28	43 MW	23	N21
3 October at 07:27	101 MW	9	N21
3 October at 06:44	190 MW	24	N20
2 October at 19:43	1 MW	1	N20
2 October at 19:24	23 MW	15	N
2 October at 18:45	81 MW	52	N21
2 October at 07:04	331 MW	65	N20
2 October at 06:44	220 MW	28	N
2 October at 06:08	65 MW	9	N21
2 October at 02:09	14 MW	3	Terra
1 October at 19:41	5 MW	4	N
1 October at 19:06	46 MW	24	N21
1 October at 18:22	8 MW	5	N20
1 October at 13:51	11 MW	1	Terra
1 October at 07:23	77 MW	9	N20
1 October at 07:01	267 MW	31	N
1 October at 06:25	196 MW	17	N21
30 September at 21:17	6 MW	1	Aqua
30 September at 20:02	1 MW	1	N
30 September at 19:24	8 MW	2	N21
30 September at 18:39	9 MW	7	N20
30 September at 08:59	109 MW	9	Aqua
30 September at 07:40	124 MW	15	N20
30 September at 07:23	297 MW	26	N
30 September at 06:44	153 MW	24	N21
29 September at 19:00	5 MW	5	N20
29 September at 14:12	8 MW	2	Terra
29 September at 07:40	3 MW	1	N
29 September at 07:04	155 MW	24	N21
29 September at 06:19	27 MW	6	N20
29 September at 01:50	31 MW	2	Terra
28 September at 19:17	13 MW	5	N20
28 September at 18:58	27 MW	16	N
28 September at 18:22	4 MW	3	N21
28 September at 09:20	90 MW	8	Aqua
28 September at 07:23	167 MW	20	N21
28 September at 06:38	284 MW	42	N20
28 September at 06:17	75 MW	10	N
27 September at 19:17	11 MW	8	N
27 September at 18:39	19 MW	11	N21
27 September at 07:42	11 MW	1	N21
27 September at 06:55	192 MW	32	N20
27 September at 06:38	101 MW	14	N
27 September at 06:00	42 MW	4	N21
26 September at 19:00	9 MW	6	N21
26 September at 13:51	12 MW	1	Terra
26 September at 07:16	314 MW	42	N20
26 September at 06:55	362 MW	46	N
26 September at 06:19	152 MW	26	N21
25 September at 19:55	1 MW	2	N
25 September at 19:17	13 MW	8	N21
25 September at 18:35	23 MW	13	N20
25 September at 09:05	149 MW	9	Aqua
25 September at 07:33	64 MW	14	N20
25 September at 07:14	238 MW	47	N
25 September at 06:38	162 MW	21	N21
24 September at 19:39	1 MW	1	N21
24 September at 18:52	15 MW	14	N20
24 September at 18:35	1 MW	2	N
24 September at 14:12	9 MW	1	Terra
24 September at 07:55	5 MW	1	N20
24 September at 07:33	126 MW	12	N
24 September at 06:57	213 MW	37	N21
24 September at 06:12	91 MW	8	N20
23 September at 19:11	13 MW	5	N20
23 September at 18:52	14 MW	9	N
23 September at 18:16	2 MW	1	N21
23 September at 09:26	22 MW	2	Aqua

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