Fire near Papouasie (ID)

7.28°S, 138.95°E · first detected on 23 September at 06:27

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 06:27 to 23 October at 01:07, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 1,489 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 10,065 ha.

Detected extent: 10,065 ha
Cumulative power: 6,710 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 133 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,489
Estimated emissions: 52.7 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
23 October at 06:16	55 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 01:07	13 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 20:46	82 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 20:36	55 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 20:28	119 MW	11	Aqua
22 October at 20:26	58 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 20:06	17 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 19:56	44 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 19:36	56 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 19:26	17 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 19:16	38 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 18:56	40 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 18:46	37 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 18:30	77 MW	37	N20
22 October at 18:26	46 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 18:16	27 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 18:09	126 MW	58	N
22 October at 18:06	27 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 17:56	27 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 17:46	60 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 17:36	42 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 17:33	25 MW	10	N21
22 October at 17:26	43 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 17:16	43 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 17:06	18 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 16:56	72 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 16:36	24 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 16:26	31 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 16:16	28 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 16:06	54 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 15:56	70 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 15:46	79 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 15:36	76 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 15:26	110 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 15:16	63 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 15:06	66 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 14:56	37 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 14:36	39 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 14:26	41 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 14:16	58 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 14:06	45 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:56	86 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 13:46	115 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 13:36	104 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 13:26	16 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:16	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:06	100 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 12:56	79 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 12:46	121 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 12:36	85 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 12:26	75 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 12:06	25 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 11:56	92 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 11:46	85 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 11:36	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 11:26	79 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 11:16	83 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 11:06	171 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 10:56	45 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 10:46	74 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 10:36	99 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 10:26	100 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 10:16	52 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:36	27 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 04:56	120 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 04:26	106 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 04:16	182 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 04:06	241 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 03:56	264 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 03:46	373 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 03:36	367 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 03:26	596 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 03:16	331 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 03:06	186 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 02:56	182 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 02:46	229 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 02:36	254 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 02:26	304 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 02:16	267 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 02:06	429 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 01:26	332 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 01:16	227 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 01:06	315 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 00:56	201 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:46	135 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:36	106 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:26	73 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:16	58 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 23:46	51 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 23:36	34 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 23:26	22 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 23:16	26 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 23:06	53 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 22:56	56 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 22:46	119 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 22:36	30 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 21:36	28 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 21:26	56 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 21:16	52 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 21:06	83 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 20:56	86 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 20:46	29 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 20:36	47 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 20:26	85 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 20:16	111 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 20:06	26 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 19:56	77 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 19:46	43 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 19:36	90 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 19:26	35 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 19:16	118 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 19:06	41 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:56	83 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 18:50	22 MW	16	N20
21 October at 18:46	14 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 18:36	82 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 18:30	215 MW	84	N
21 October at 18:26	67 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 18:16	42 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:06	63 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 17:56	65 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 17:52	261 MW	76	N21
21 October at 17:46	64 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 17:36	124 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 17:26	94 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 17:16	99 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 17:06	82 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 16:56	49 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 16:36	37 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 16:26	37 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 16:16	36 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 16:06	50 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 15:56	51 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 15:46	86 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 15:36	49 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 15:26	78 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 15:16	63 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 15:06	39 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 14:56	61 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 14:46	64 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 14:36	52 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 14:16	125 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 14:06	54 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 13:56	71 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 13:46	35 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 13:42	182 MW	7	Terra
21 October at 13:36	249 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 13:26	275 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 13:16	335 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 13:06	307 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 12:56	216 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 12:46	369 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 12:36	248 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 12:26	233 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 12:16	390 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 12:06	336 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 11:56	113 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 11:46	200 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 11:36	525 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 11:26	394 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 11:16	563 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 11:06	436 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 10:56	353 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:46	814 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 10:36	234 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 10:26	842 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 10:16	667 MW	7	Him9
21 October at 10:06	237 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:56	163 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 09:46	262 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 09:36	177 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:26	118 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:16	42 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:06	112 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 08:56	57 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 08:46	112 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 06:46	5 MW	1	N21
21 October at 05:45	11 MW	2	N
20 October at 18:09	115 MW	57	N21
20 October at 17:29	1 MW	1	N20
20 October at 15:56	26 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 15:46	52 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 15:26	26 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 15:16	44 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 14:56	42 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:46	72 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 14:36	47 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:26	47 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:06	36 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:56	123 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 13:46	56 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:26	44 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:06	57 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:04	68 MW	4	Terra
20 October at 12:46	48 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 12:36	47 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 12:26	74 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 12:16	21 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 12:06	59 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:56	63 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:46	54 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:36	83 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:26	115 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:16	71 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:56	57 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:46	31 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:36	52 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:26	30 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:16	94 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:46	101 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 09:26	58 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:16	94 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:06	189 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:56	165 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:46	148 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:36	156 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:29	13 MW	1	Aqua
20 October at 08:26	248 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 08:16	133 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:06	197 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 07:56	279 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 07:46	106 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 07:36	108 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 06:21	301 MW	40	N20
19 October at 20:13	87 MW	6	Aqua
19 October at 19:07	2 MW	1	N
19 October at 18:30	79 MW	36	N21
19 October at 17:46	78 MW	36	N20
19 October at 17:26	3 MW	1	N
19 October at 06:42	95 MW	15	N20
19 October at 06:21	17 MW	1	N
19 October at 05:47	67 MW	8	N21
18 October at 18:48	1 MW	1	N21
18 October at 18:03	140 MW	47	N20
18 October at 17:46	6 MW	2	N
18 October at 13:23	274 MW	21	Terra
18 October at 06:40	236 MW	28	N
18 October at 06:04	72 MW	2	N21
18 October at 01:09	401 MW	10	Terra
17 October at 20:36	63 MW	5	Aqua
17 October at 18:24	141 MW	53	N20
17 October at 18:05	139 MW	48	N
17 October at 17:29	38 MW	19	N21
17 October at 06:59	18 MW	5	N
17 October at 06:21	349 MW	46	N21
17 October at 05:39	32 MW	4	N20
16 October at 18:41	30 MW	12	N20
16 October at 18:22	77 MW	32	N
16 October at 17:46	36 MW	10	N21
16 October at 13:45	82 MW	5	Terra
15 October at 08:37	14 MW	2	Aqua
14 October at 20:21	27 MW	4	Aqua
14 October at 18:24	39 MW	15	N21
14 October at 17:39	10 MW	4	N20
14 October at 06:36	13 MW	2	N20
13 October at 18:41	1 MW	1	N21
13 October at 17:58	53 MW	35	N20
13 October at 17:39	2 MW	2	N
13 October at 13:25	93 MW	10	Terra
13 October at 01:09	5 MW	1	Terra
12 October at 18:18	60 MW	39	N20
12 October at 06:55	4 MW	1	N
12 October at 06:17	165 MW	24	N21
11 October at 18:35	12 MW	8	N20
11 October at 18:16	68 MW	36	N
11 October at 17:39	36 MW	17	N21
11 October at 13:45	13 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 07:12	12 MW	1	N
11 October at 06:36	165 MW	22	N21
11 October at 05:51	176 MW	17	N20
11 October at 05:32	50 MW	3	N
10 October at 18:56	4 MW	2	N20
10 October at 18:37	81 MW	21	N
10 October at 17:58	66 MW	25	N21
10 October at 13:06	27 MW	2	Terra
9 October at 20:26	17 MW	2	Aqua
9 October at 18:54	2 MW	2	N
9 October at 18:18	13 MW	9	N21
9 October at 17:33	6 MW	4	N20
9 October at 06:27	10 MW	2	N20
8 October at 18:35	4 MW	1	N21
8 October at 17:52	14 MW	6	N20
8 October at 13:28	34 MW	3	Terra
8 October at 06:49	5 MW	1	N20
8 October at 06:27	79 MW	15	N
8 October at 01:12	5 MW	1	Terra
7 October at 18:09	36 MW	24	N20
7 October at 17:52	7 MW	5	N
7 October at 08:27	7 MW	1	Aqua
7 October at 06:49	10 MW	2	N
6 October at 18:30	8 MW	4	N20
6 October at 18:09	20 MW	14	N
6 October at 17:33	2 MW	1	N21
6 October at 07:06	3 MW	1	N
5 October at 18:28	14 MW	10	N
5 October at 17:52	17 MW	8	N21
5 October at 13:06	19 MW	2	Terra
5 October at 05:45	4 MW	1	N
4 October at 18:11	7 MW	5	N21
4 October at 06:21	70 MW	16	N20
3 October at 13:30	12 MW	2	Terra
3 October at 06:42	13 MW	3	N20
2 October at 18:03	15 MW	13	N20
2 October at 08:33	10 MW	2	Aqua
1 October at 18:24	2 MW	2	N20
30 September at 18:22	12 MW	9	N
30 September at 17:46	10 MW	5	N21
30 September at 06:42	8 MW	1	N21
29 September at 18:05	4 MW	2	N21
29 September at 05:55	5 MW	1	N
28 September at 06:36	96 MW	14	N20
28 September at 05:40	6 MW	1	N21
28 September at 01:14	17 MW	3	Terra
27 September at 17:58	14 MW	6	N20
27 September at 08:40	33 MW	4	Aqua
27 September at 06:53	5 MW	2	N20
27 September at 06:34	60 MW	13	N
26 September at 18:16	2 MW	1	N20
26 September at 17:58	5 MW	2	N
26 September at 06:55	17 MW	2	N
26 September at 06:17	131 MW	23	N21
26 September at 01:33	36 MW	1	Terra
25 September at 18:35	11 MW	6	N20
25 September at 18:16	33 MW	20	N
25 September at 17:39	15 MW	7	N21
25 September at 13:10	23 MW	1	Terra
25 September at 06:36	96 MW	9	N21
25 September at 05:51	88 MW	10	N20
24 September at 18:54	2 MW	1	N20
24 September at 18:37	18 MW	5	N
24 September at 17:58	23 MW	8	N21
24 September at 08:25	128 MW	6	Aqua
24 September at 06:53	5 MW	1	N21
24 September at 05:49	3 MW	1	N

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