Fire near Papouasie (ID)

7.22°S, 139.95°E · first detected on 15 September at 18:05

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 15 September at 18:05 to 22 October at 18:30, that is at least 37 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 5,960 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 61,691 ha.

Detected extent: 61,691 ha
Cumulative power: 65,655 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 294 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 5,960
Estimated emissions: 2.4 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.

The detected extent

Outline of the burned area near Papouasie (ID), drawn over satellite imagery — The outline is the union of the ground footprints of every satellite detection of this fire, from the first pass to the last. The background is the EOX cloudless Sentinel-2 mosaic, 2024 vintage: it shows the landscape BEFORE these fires, not the burn scar.

Before, after: the burn scar seen from space

Sentinel-2 satellite image of the same area near Papouasie (ID) during the fire, on 11 October 2026

Sentinel-2 satellite image of the area near Papouasie (ID) before the fire, on 11 September 2026

Before · 11 September 2026During · 11 October 2026

Sentinel-2, 10 m resolution. No sufficiently clear pass has followed the fire going out yet: the second image was taken DURING the fire, so the burn scar had not finished spreading. It will be replaced automatically at the first clear sky. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data (2026).

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 18:30	1 MW	1	N20
22 October at 18:09	8 MW	6	N
22 October at 11:46	19 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 18:29	10 MW	5	N
21 October at 17:52	2 MW	2	N21
21 October at 13:42	17 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 13:06	16 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 12:16	23 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:56	38 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 11:46	37 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 11:36	23 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:16	17 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:06	40 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:56	26 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:46	30 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:36	52 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:26	50 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:16	58 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:06	57 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:56	60 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:46	65 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:36	70 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:26	74 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:16	89 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:06	104 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 08:56	150 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 08:46	121 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 06:46	59 MW	6	N21
21 October at 06:04	209 MW	11	N20
21 October at 05:45	14 MW	4	N
21 October at 01:26	15 MW	2	Terra
20 October at 18:09	17 MW	17	N21
20 October at 17:29	2 MW	2	N20
20 October at 13:36	15 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:26	22 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:16	22 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:06	35 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:46	38 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:29	124 MW	11	Aqua
20 October at 06:21	265 MW	44	N20
20 October at 05:25	52 MW	7	N21
20 October at 05:06	79 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 17:46	2 MW	2	N20
19 October at 06:42	18 MW	2	N20
19 October at 06:21	110 MW	26	N
18 October at 18:03	31 MW	21	N20
18 October at 17:46	3 MW	2	N
18 October at 13:23	46 MW	6	Terra
18 October at 06:40	45 MW	7	N
18 October at 05:19	29 MW	2	N20
18 October at 01:09	4 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 18:24	20 MW	12	N20
17 October at 18:05	24 MW	16	N
17 October at 17:29	5 MW	5	N21
17 October at 06:59	148 MW	17	N
17 October at 06:21	418 MW	53	N21
17 October at 05:39	103 MW	22	N20
16 October at 18:41	3 MW	3	N20
16 October at 18:22	36 MW	19	N
16 October at 17:46	42 MW	15	N21
16 October at 06:42	5 MW	1	N21
15 October at 08:36	165 MW	12	Aqua
15 October at 06:59	138 MW	4	N21
15 October at 06:17	147 MW	19	N20
14 October at 17:39	14 MW	4	N20
13 October at 17:58	7 MW	3	N20
13 October at 17:37	4 MW	3	N
13 October at 13:25	229 MW	15	Terra
13 October at 01:09	29 MW	6	Terra
12 October at 20:43	32 MW	2	Aqua
12 October at 18:18	148 MW	63	N20
12 October at 17:20	28 MW	10	N21
12 October at 12:47	362 MW	4	Terra
12 October at 08:20	737 MW	40	Aqua
12 October at 06:55	413 MW	31	N
12 October at 06:17	1,121 MW	108	N21
12 October at 05:32	169 MW	20	N20
11 October at 18:35	136 MW	33	N20
11 October at 18:16	311 MW	130	N
11 October at 17:39	241 MW	84	N21
11 October at 13:45	205 MW	8	Terra
11 October at 07:12	2,168 MW	122	N
11 October at 06:36	3,860 MW	202	N21
11 October at 05:51	2,363 MW	117	N20
11 October at 05:32	1,771 MW	78	N
11 October at 01:29	41 MW	2	Terra
10 October at 18:56	136 MW	9	N20
10 October at 18:37	52 MW	13	N
10 October at 17:58	87 MW	43	N21
10 October at 17:14	11 MW	3	N20
10 October at 13:06	99 MW	7	Terra
10 October at 08:42	240 MW	10	Aqua
10 October at 06:53	280 MW	21	N21
10 October at 06:10	315 MW	30	N20
10 October at 05:49	849 MW	28	N
10 October at 05:13	185 MW	7	N21
9 October at 20:26	43 MW	4	Aqua
9 October at 18:54	11 MW	3	N
9 October at 18:18	86 MW	21	N21
9 October at 17:33	30 MW	13	N20
9 October at 06:27	293 MW	30	N20
9 October at 06:10	17 MW	1	N
9 October at 05:32	262 MW	21	N21
8 October at 18:35	34 MW	12	N21
8 October at 17:52	81 MW	26	N20
8 October at 17:31	27 MW	12	N
8 October at 13:28	71 MW	11	Terra
8 October at 06:49	319 MW	44	N20
8 October at 06:27	647 MW	84	N
8 October at 01:12	29 MW	6	Terra
7 October at 18:09	90 MW	67	N20
7 October at 17:52	52 MW	35	N
7 October at 17:14	18 MW	10	N21
7 October at 08:27	1,115 MW	66	Aqua
7 October at 07:06	406 MW	40	N20
7 October at 06:49	1,219 MW	119	N
7 October at 06:10	1,963 MW	211	N21
7 October at 05:25	281 MW	35	N20
6 October at 20:11	44 MW	7	Aqua
6 October at 18:30	106 MW	47	N20
6 October at 18:09	219 MW	105	N
6 October at 17:33	135 MW	49	N21
6 October at 07:06	2,150 MW	137	N
6 October at 05:47	3,146 MW	186	N20
6 October at 05:25	1,905 MW	43	N
6 October at 01:31	20 MW	1	Terra
5 October at 18:48	70 MW	19	N20
5 October at 18:28	464 MW	109	N
5 October at 17:52	714 MW	163	N21
5 October at 13:06	1,091 MW	32	Terra
5 October at 08:48	25 MW	2	Aqua
5 October at 06:46	2,109 MW	101	N21
5 October at 06:04	3,359 MW	105	N20
5 October at 05:45	1,991 MW	137	N
4 October at 20:34	5 MW	1	Aqua
4 October at 18:48	37 MW	21	N
4 October at 18:09	110 MW	45	N21
4 October at 17:26	50 MW	20	N20
4 October at 08:12	90 MW	4	Aqua
4 October at 06:21	711 MW	92	N20
4 October at 06:04	62 MW	2	N
4 October at 05:25	551 MW	27	N21
3 October at 19:05	3 MW	2	N
3 October at 18:30	68 MW	12	N21
3 October at 17:46	11 MW	11	N20
3 October at 13:30	25 MW	4	Terra
3 October at 06:42	260 MW	35	N20
3 October at 05:47	331 MW	30	N21
3 October at 01:12	38 MW	5	Terra
2 October at 18:03	20 MW	13	N20
2 October at 17:07	7 MW	1	N21
2 October at 08:33	310 MW	16	Aqua
2 October at 06:59	289 MW	28	N20
2 October at 06:40	625 MW	66	N
2 October at 06:04	232 MW	22	N21
2 October at 05:19	10 MW	2	N20
1 October at 20:19	4 MW	1	Aqua
1 October at 18:24	40 MW	22	N20
1 October at 18:05	56 MW	23	N
1 October at 17:29	39 MW	19	N21
1 October at 06:59	183 MW	33	N
1 October at 06:21	829 MW	62	N21
1 October at 05:38	305 MW	35	N20
1 October at 01:31	22 MW	2	Terra
30 September at 18:41	48 MW	27	N20
30 September at 18:22	118 MW	48	N
30 September at 17:46	146 MW	32	N21
30 September at 13:08	27 MW	3	Terra
30 September at 06:42	512 MW	65	N21
30 September at 05:57	138 MW	11	N20
30 September at 05:38	294 MW	32	N
29 September at 20:38	33 MW	2	Aqua
29 September at 18:41	7 MW	3	N
29 September at 18:05	62 MW	26	N21
29 September at 08:18	567 MW	30	Aqua
29 September at 06:59	402 MW	26	N21
29 September at 06:17	1,340 MW	151	N20
29 September at 05:55	699 MW	43	N
29 September at 05:19	742 MW	48	N21
28 September at 20:02	232 MW	12	Aqua
28 September at 19:00	86 MW	34	N
28 September at 18:24	332 MW	65	N21
28 September at 17:39	360 MW	64	N20
28 September at 17:20	311 MW	42	N
28 September at 06:35	1,286 MW	121	N20
28 September at 06:17	2,261 MW	118	N
28 September at 05:39	1,584 MW	65	N21
28 September at 01:14	14 MW	3	Terra
27 September at 18:41	1 MW	1	N21
27 September at 17:58	20 MW	13	N20
27 September at 17:37	7 MW	7	N
27 September at 08:40	187 MW	5	Aqua
27 September at 06:53	279 MW	26	N20
27 September at 06:34	602 MW	47	N
27 September at 05:57	306 MW	25	N21
26 September at 20:24	6 MW	1	Aqua
26 September at 18:16	10 MW	10	N20
26 September at 17:58	6 MW	4	N
26 September at 17:20	5 MW	5	N21
26 September at 08:01	212 MW	4	Aqua
26 September at 06:55	373 MW	20	N
26 September at 06:17	865 MW	60	N21
26 September at 05:32	320 MW	26	N20
25 September at 18:16	13 MW	15	N
25 September at 17:39	4 MW	3	N21
25 September at 13:10	21 MW	3	Terra
25 September at 06:36	93 MW	8	N21
25 September at 05:51	257 MW	20	N20
25 September at 05:32	60 MW	7	N
24 September at 18:54	3 MW	2	N20
24 September at 18:36	12 MW	5	N
24 September at 17:58	15 MW	10	N21
24 September at 06:10	17 MW	4	N20
24 September at 05:49	39 MW	3	N

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