Fire near Papouasie (ID)

7.49°S, 138.57°E · first detected on 23 September at 05:32

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 05:32 to 22 October at 18:09, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 2,132 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 37,601 ha.

Detected extent: 37,601 ha
Cumulative power: 25,009 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 356 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 2,132
Estimated emissions: 132.5 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 18:09	2 MW	2	N
22 October at 09:46	18 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 09:36	43 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:26	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 04:26	38 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 18:30	2 MW	1	N
21 October at 17:52	4 MW	3	N21
21 October at 09:36	38 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:26	19 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:16	24 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:06	162 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 08:46	31 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 06:46	171 MW	18	N21
21 October at 05:45	46 MW	9	N
21 October at 01:26	80 MW	5	Terra
20 October at 18:11	3 MW	2	N21
20 October at 10:26	14 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:06	14 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:56	16 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:46	16 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:36	20 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:26	19 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:16	83 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 09:06	39 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:56	68 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 08:46	151 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 08:36	99 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:29	141 MW	12	Aqua
20 October at 08:26	87 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:16	20 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:06	27 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 07:56	31 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 07:46	36 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 07:36	82 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 07:06	136 MW	7	N21
20 October at 06:21	134 MW	22	N20
20 October at 06:16	63 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 06:06	186 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 06:04	40 MW	1	N
20 October at 05:56	778 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 05:46	218 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 05:25	62 MW	5	N21
19 October at 18:30	3 MW	2	N21
19 October at 17:46	3 MW	2	N20
19 October at 06:42	71 MW	12	N20
19 October at 05:47	75 MW	4	N21
18 October at 18:03	2 MW	2	N20
18 October at 17:46	1 MW	2	N
18 October at 13:23	6 MW	1	Terra
18 October at 08:52	156 MW	5	Aqua
18 October at 06:59	109 MW	14	N20
18 October at 06:40	184 MW	19	N
18 October at 06:04	74 MW	5	N21
18 October at 01:09	7 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 18:24	4 MW	2	N20
17 October at 18:05	3 MW	3	N
17 October at 17:29	1 MW	1	N21
17 October at 06:59	41 MW	6	N
17 October at 06:21	249 MW	33	N21
17 October at 05:38	197 MW	21	N20
16 October at 18:41	1 MW	1	N20
16 October at 18:22	2 MW	2	N
16 October at 17:46	5 MW	4	N21
16 October at 07:18	384 MW	15	N
16 October at 06:42	366 MW	19	N21
16 October at 05:57	328 MW	3	N20
15 October at 19:02	3 MW	3	N20
15 October at 18:41	2 MW	2	N
15 October at 18:05	10 MW	6	N21
15 October at 13:04	31 MW	2	Terra
15 October at 08:35	358 MW	14	Aqua
15 October at 06:59	125 MW	10	N21
15 October at 06:17	52 MW	2	N20
15 October at 05:55	135 MW	12	N
14 October at 19:00	16 MW	9	N
14 October at 18:24	22 MW	5	N21
14 October at 17:39	5 MW	6	N20
14 October at 06:36	27 MW	4	N20
12 October at 18:18	6 MW	6	N20
12 October at 08:20	20 MW	2	Aqua
12 October at 07:14	130 MW	11	N20
12 October at 06:55	265 MW	24	N
12 October at 06:17	457 MW	40	N21
12 October at 05:32	250 MW	5	N20
11 October at 18:16	9 MW	6	N
11 October at 07:12	88 MW	13	N
11 October at 06:36	269 MW	29	N21
11 October at 05:51	108 MW	10	N20
11 October at 05:32	7 MW	2	N
10 October at 18:37	1 MW	1	N
10 October at 08:42	23 MW	2	Aqua
10 October at 06:53	27 MW	4	N21
10 October at 05:49	37 MW	4	N
9 October at 18:18	1 MW	1	N21
9 October at 06:27	192 MW	14	N20
9 October at 05:32	74 MW	5	N21
8 October at 18:35	6 MW	3	N21
8 October at 17:52	9 MW	4	N20
8 October at 17:31	1 MW	1	N
8 October at 13:28	26 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 09:03	23 MW	1	Aqua
8 October at 06:49	25 MW	4	N20
8 October at 06:27	103 MW	15	N
7 October at 18:56	2 MW	1	N21
7 October at 18:09	12 MW	11	N20
7 October at 17:52	2 MW	1	N
7 October at 08:27	339 MW	23	Aqua
7 October at 07:06	1,502 MW	30	N20
7 October at 06:48	651 MW	47	N
7 October at 06:10	281 MW	18	N21
7 October at 05:25	117 MW	6	N20
6 October at 18:30	9 MW	4	N20
6 October at 18:09	14 MW	14	N
6 October at 17:33	11 MW	8	N21
6 October at 07:06	579 MW	60	N
6 October at 05:47	460 MW	49	N20
6 October at 01:31	145 MW	6	Terra
5 October at 18:29	4 MW	5	N
5 October at 17:52	4 MW	3	N21
5 October at 13:06	50 MW	4	Terra
5 October at 08:48	111 MW	6	Aqua
5 October at 07:23	15 MW	2	N
5 October at 06:46	295 MW	19	N21
5 October at 06:04	102 MW	7	N20
5 October at 05:45	143 MW	16	N
5 October at 00:52	778 MW	7	Terra
4 October at 20:34	14 MW	1	Aqua
4 October at 19:07	5 MW	2	N20
4 October at 18:48	7 MW	3	N
4 October at 18:11	17 MW	7	N21
4 October at 07:06	257 MW	13	N21
4 October at 06:21	252 MW	41	N20
4 October at 06:04	58 MW	3	N
4 October at 05:25	175 MW	16	N21
4 October at 01:52	27 MW	1	Terra
3 October at 18:30	8 MW	3	N21
3 October at 13:30	25 MW	5	Terra
3 October at 06:42	856 MW	58	N20
3 October at 05:47	652 MW	52	N21
3 October at 01:12	185 MW	11	Terra
2 October at 18:50	2 MW	2	N21
2 October at 18:03	17 MW	16	N20
2 October at 17:46	11 MW	14	N
2 October at 12:49	300 MW	5	Terra
2 October at 08:33	975 MW	27	Aqua
2 October at 06:59	129 MW	22	N20
2 October at 06:40	459 MW	35	N
2 October at 06:04	56 MW	1	N21
1 October at 06:59	141 MW	13	N
1 October at 06:21	217 MW	28	N21
1 October at 05:38	154 MW	18	N20
1 October at 01:31	8 MW	1	Terra
30 September at 18:41	3 MW	2	N20
30 September at 18:22	6 MW	4	N
30 September at 17:46	11 MW	6	N21
30 September at 08:54	203 MW	6	Aqua
30 September at 07:18	210 MW	13	N
30 September at 06:42	312 MW	27	N21
30 September at 05:57	36 MW	2	N20
30 September at 05:38	195 MW	14	N
30 September at 00:54	61 MW	3	Terra
29 September at 20:38	11 MW	1	Aqua
29 September at 19:02	16 MW	5	N20
29 September at 18:41	31 MW	15	N
29 September at 18:05	8 MW	7	N21
29 September at 17:20	17 MW	6	N20
29 September at 14:08	195 MW	3	Terra
29 September at 08:18	178 MW	10	Aqua
29 September at 06:59	111 MW	12	N21
29 September at 06:17	425 MW	48	N20
29 September at 05:55	185 MW	20	N
29 September at 05:19	58 MW	3	N21
29 September at 01:52	71 MW	2	Terra
28 September at 18:24	1 MW	1	N21
28 September at 06:35	166 MW	23	N20
28 September at 06:17	219 MW	24	N
28 September at 05:38	182 MW	20	N21
27 September at 17:58	9 MW	3	N20
27 September at 17:37	20 MW	2	N
27 September at 08:40	70 MW	7	Aqua
27 September at 06:53	36 MW	7	N20
27 September at 06:34	144 MW	25	N
27 September at 05:57	128 MW	10	N21
26 September at 20:24	5 MW	1	Aqua
26 September at 18:16	7 MW	5	N20
26 September at 17:58	2 MW	1	N
26 September at 07:12	86 MW	5	N20
26 September at 06:55	44 MW	8	N
26 September at 06:17	148 MW	20	N21
26 September at 05:32	5 MW	1	N20
25 September at 18:35	8 MW	4	N20
25 September at 18:16	13 MW	6	N
25 September at 17:39	6 MW	2	N21
25 September at 13:10	238 MW	5	Terra
25 September at 07:12	5 MW	1	N
25 September at 06:36	77 MW	13	N21
25 September at 05:51	95 MW	13	N20
25 September at 05:32	42 MW	5	N
24 September at 18:37	3 MW	3	N
24 September at 17:58	6 MW	3	N21
24 September at 08:25	70 MW	7	Aqua
24 September at 06:10	73 MW	9	N20
24 September at 05:49	14 MW	3	N
23 September at 18:18	9 MW	4	N21

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