Fire near Papouasie (ID)

7.89°S, 138.82°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 2,416 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 40,729 ha.

Detected extent: 40,729 ha
Cumulative power: 26,678 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 448 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 2,416
Estimated emissions: 102.7 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 09:16	34 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 09:06	26 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 08:56	49 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 08:46	27 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 08:16	91 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 06:47	49 MW	7	N
23 October at 06:10	13 MW	1	N21
23 October at 05:25	14 MW	1	N20
23 October at 04:36	455 MW	5	Him9
23 October at 04:26	159 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 08:46	17 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:36	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 06:27	8 MW	1	N21
21 October at 18:30	5 MW	4	N
21 October at 17:52	8 MW	3	N21
21 October at 12:26	14 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:56	14 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:46	55 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 11:36	54 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:06	19 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:56	14 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:46	20 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:36	27 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:26	28 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:16	45 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:06	92 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:56	120 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:46	166 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 09:36	305 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:26	590 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:16	340 MW	6	Him9
21 October at 09:06	491 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 08:56	252 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 08:46	268 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 06:46	272 MW	15	N21
21 October at 06:04	25 MW	1	N20
21 October at 05:45	93 MW	13	N
21 October at 01:26	66 MW	4	Terra
20 October at 18:11	2 MW	1	N21
20 October at 15:16	51 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 15:06	29 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:46	45 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 14:36	47 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 14:26	44 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:46	18 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:36	34 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:26	16 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:16	45 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:06	48 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:56	40 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:46	116 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 10:36	125 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 10:26	90 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 10:16	73 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 10:06	80 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 09:56	26 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:46	24 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:36	76 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 09:26	48 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:16	70 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 09:06	122 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 08:56	142 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 08:46	112 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 08:36	164 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 08:29	257 MW	21	Aqua
20 October at 08:26	135 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 08:16	67 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:06	137 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 07:56	142 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 07:46	70 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 07:36	110 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 07:06	96 MW	6	N21
20 October at 06:36	56 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 06:26	52 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 06:21	397 MW	60	N20
20 October at 06:16	185 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 06:06	89 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 06:04	27 MW	6	N
20 October at 05:26	97 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 05:25	106 MW	8	N21
20 October at 03:26	73 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 03:16	387 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 03:06	215 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 02:56	154 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 02:46	133 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 02:36	99 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 02:26	94 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 02:16	36 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 18:30	2 MW	2	N21
19 October at 17:46	3 MW	2	N20
19 October at 06:42	371 MW	44	N20
19 October at 06:21	375 MW	38	N
19 October at 05:47	506 MW	18	N21
18 October at 18:03	6 MW	6	N20
18 October at 13:23	12 MW	2	Terra
18 October at 08:52	51 MW	5	Aqua
18 October at 06:59	47 MW	7	N20
18 October at 06:40	132 MW	20	N
18 October at 01:09	22 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 18:24	10 MW	7	N20
17 October at 18:05	8 MW	5	N
17 October at 06:59	170 MW	17	N
17 October at 06:21	412 MW	61	N21
17 October at 05:38	91 MW	10	N20
16 October at 18:22	4 MW	4	N
16 October at 17:46	3 MW	1	N21
16 October at 07:18	195 MW	21	N
16 October at 06:42	680 MW	50	N21
16 October at 05:57	249 MW	11	N20
15 October at 18:05	2 MW	2	N21
15 October at 08:35	197 MW	14	Aqua
15 October at 06:59	37 MW	3	N21
15 October at 05:55	98 MW	8	N
15 October at 05:19	32 MW	2	N21
14 October at 18:24	3 MW	3	N21
14 October at 06:36	95 MW	17	N20
14 October at 05:38	37 MW	6	N21
13 October at 01:09	9 MW	2	Terra
12 October at 18:18	9 MW	7	N20
12 October at 17:22	5 MW	3	N21
12 October at 08:20	477 MW	18	Aqua
12 October at 07:12	81 MW	12	N20
12 October at 06:55	257 MW	27	N
12 October at 06:17	419 MW	52	N21
12 October at 05:32	177 MW	12	N20
11 October at 18:35	3 MW	3	N20
11 October at 18:16	12 MW	9	N
11 October at 17:39	3 MW	1	N21
11 October at 07:12	101 MW	12	N
11 October at 06:36	250 MW	37	N21
11 October at 05:51	201 MW	24	N20
11 October at 05:32	23 MW	3	N
10 October at 08:42	210 MW	6	Aqua
10 October at 06:53	295 MW	24	N21
10 October at 06:10	223 MW	10	N20
10 October at 05:49	228 MW	26	N
9 October at 18:18	3 MW	2	N21
9 October at 06:27	68 MW	13	N20
9 October at 05:32	13 MW	1	N21
8 October at 17:52	1 MW	1	N20
8 October at 09:03	21 MW	1	Aqua
8 October at 06:49	102 MW	10	N20
8 October at 06:27	230 MW	35	N
7 October at 18:10	8 MW	6	N20
7 October at 08:27	561 MW	23	Aqua
7 October at 07:06	210 MW	16	N20
7 October at 06:46	178 MW	39	N
7 October at 06:10	186 MW	22	N21
7 October at 05:25	69 MW	6	N20
6 October at 18:30	2 MW	2	N20
6 October at 18:09	8 MW	8	N
6 October at 17:33	2 MW	2	N21
6 October at 07:06	413 MW	35	N
6 October at 05:45	357 MW	45	N20
6 October at 01:31	24 MW	1	Terra
5 October at 18:30	0 MW	1	N
5 October at 17:52	1 MW	1	N21
5 October at 08:48	139 MW	9	Aqua
5 October at 06:46	118 MW	18	N21
5 October at 06:04	53 MW	5	N20
5 October at 05:45	33 MW	7	N
5 October at 00:52	13 MW	1	Terra
4 October at 20:34	7 MW	1	Aqua
4 October at 18:11	7 MW	3	N21
4 October at 17:29	4 MW	2	N20
4 October at 08:12	47 MW	2	Aqua
4 October at 07:06	181 MW	11	N21
4 October at 06:21	320 MW	42	N20
4 October at 06:02	116 MW	14	N
4 October at 05:25	179 MW	13	N21
3 October at 19:56	42 MW	2	Aqua
3 October at 19:07	24 MW	4	N
3 October at 17:46	21 MW	5	N20
3 October at 17:26	16 MW	3	N
3 October at 06:42	394 MW	53	N20
3 October at 05:47	628 MW	29	N21
3 October at 01:12	58 MW	4	Terra
2 October at 18:50	1 MW	1	N21
2 October at 18:03	9 MW	8	N20
2 October at 08:33	538 MW	22	Aqua
2 October at 06:59	1,270 MW	45	N20
2 October at 06:40	1,081 MW	30	N
2 October at 06:04	1,019 MW	19	N21
1 October at 18:24	11 MW	5	N20
1 October at 18:05	10 MW	5	N
1 October at 17:29	13 MW	3	N21
1 October at 06:59	379 MW	12	N
1 October at 06:21	224 MW	28	N21
1 October at 05:38	113 MW	8	N20
1 October at 01:31	20 MW	1	Terra
30 September at 18:22	4 MW	4	N
30 September at 17:46	3 MW	1	N21
30 September at 13:08	10 MW	1	Terra
30 September at 08:54	397 MW	13	Aqua
30 September at 07:18	229 MW	23	N
30 September at 06:42	425 MW	31	N21
30 September at 05:57	271 MW	26	N20
30 September at 05:38	315 MW	23	N
30 September at 00:54	66 MW	2	Terra
29 September at 18:05	8 MW	5	N21
29 September at 08:16	252 MW	16	Aqua
29 September at 06:59	219 MW	22	N21
29 September at 06:17	388 MW	66	N20
29 September at 05:55	223 MW	26	N
29 September at 05:19	181 MW	7	N21
28 September at 18:24	10 MW	3	N21
28 September at 17:39	2 MW	1	N20
28 September at 06:34	484 MW	70	N20
28 September at 06:17	167 MW	20	N
28 September at 05:38	186 MW	26	N21
28 September at 01:14	44 MW	4	Terra
27 September at 18:41	8 MW	5	N21
27 September at 17:58	11 MW	5	N20
27 September at 17:37	10 MW	6	N
27 September at 08:40	208 MW	17	Aqua
27 September at 06:53	276 MW	31	N20
27 September at 06:34	765 MW	79	N
27 September at 05:57	718 MW	35	N21
26 September at 18:18	4 MW	3	N20
26 September at 17:58	3 MW	3	N
26 September at 17:22	1 MW	1	N21
26 September at 08:01	226 MW	3	Aqua
26 September at 07:12	42 MW	3	N20
26 September at 06:54	117 MW	17	N
26 September at 06:17	397 MW	62	N21
26 September at 05:32	173 MW	14	N20
25 September at 18:35	1 MW	1	N20
25 September at 18:16	10 MW	10	N
25 September at 17:39	5 MW	1	N21
25 September at 07:12	325 MW	30	N
25 September at 06:36	907 MW	52	N21
25 September at 05:50	469 MW	28	N20
25 September at 05:32	139 MW	9	N
24 September at 18:54	2 MW	1	N20
24 September at 18:37	11 MW	7	N
24 September at 17:58	16 MW	9	N21
24 September at 08:25	225 MW	18	Aqua
24 September at 06:53	398 MW	31	N21
24 September at 06:10	1,008 MW	58	N20
24 September at 05:49	843 MW	45	N
23 September at 20:09	18 MW	2	Aqua
23 September at 18:54	1 MW	1	N

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