Fire near Queensland (AU)

11.89°S, 142.60°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 18:11, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 2,306 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 26,988 ha.

Detected extent: 26,988 ha
Cumulative power: 34,683 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 576 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 2,306
Estimated emissions: 38.7 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 08:16	35 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 06:56	28 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 06:46	23 MW	5	N
23 October at 06:08	238 MW	31	N21
23 October at 06:06	105 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 05:46	40 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 05:36	93 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 05:25	112 MW	7	N20
23 October at 05:16	132 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 05:06	144 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 04:26	69 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 04:16	54 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 18:11	3 MW	3	N
22 October at 17:33	6 MW	6	N21
21 October at 18:30	1 MW	1	N
21 October at 17:54	9 MW	8	N21
21 October at 17:09	1 MW	1	N20
21 October at 10:26	16 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:16	18 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:06	17 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:56	15 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:26	20 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:16	23 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 08:56	26 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 08:46	24 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 06:02	132 MW	17	N20
20 October at 18:11	8 MW	5	N21
20 October at 17:29	10 MW	7	N20
20 October at 12:06	14 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:56	14 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:06	17 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:56	15 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:06	19 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:56	22 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:36	47 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:27	173 MW	10	Aqua
20 October at 08:26	36 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:16	98 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 07:56	48 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 06:36	172 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 06:21	279 MW	39	N20
20 October at 06:02	197 MW	16	N
20 October at 05:25	123 MW	12	N21
20 October at 00:48	31 MW	3	Terra
19 October at 18:33	6 MW	4	N21
19 October at 17:48	17 MW	14	N20
19 October at 17:29	6 MW	4	N
19 October at 07:50	33 MW	1	Aqua
19 October at 06:19	200 MW	18	N
19 October at 05:45	121 MW	10	N21
18 October at 18:05	18 MW	12	N20
18 October at 17:46	17 MW	9	N
18 October at 17:09	21 MW	14	N21
18 October at 13:21	24 MW	3	Terra
18 October at 08:50	647 MW	3	Aqua
18 October at 06:57	7 MW	1	N20
18 October at 06:40	452 MW	34	N
18 October at 06:02	373 MW	34	N21
18 October at 05:17	25 MW	2	N20
18 October at 01:09	29 MW	2	Terra
17 October at 18:26	15 MW	13	N20
17 October at 18:07	20 MW	15	N
17 October at 17:29	19 MW	11	N21
17 October at 06:57	18 MW	2	N
17 October at 06:21	79 MW	10	N21
17 October at 05:38	6 MW	1	N20
16 October at 18:43	3 MW	2	N20
16 October at 18:24	13 MW	9	N
16 October at 17:47	25 MW	21	N21
16 October at 17:03	4 MW	3	N20
16 October at 06:40	512 MW	31	N21
16 October at 05:55	263 MW	34	N20
15 October at 18:43	3 MW	3	N
15 October at 18:05	15 MW	10	N21
15 October at 17:22	11 MW	7	N20
15 October at 13:04	18 MW	3	Terra
15 October at 08:33	34 MW	2	Aqua
15 October at 06:17	93 MW	11	N20
15 October at 05:55	84 MW	11	N
15 October at 05:17	10 MW	2	N21
14 October at 17:39	4 MW	4	N20
14 October at 07:57	58 MW	2	Aqua
14 October at 06:34	18 MW	3	N20
14 October at 06:14	32 MW	7	N
14 October at 05:38	48 MW	8	N21
13 October at 18:01	5 MW	4	N20
13 October at 13:23	8 MW	1	Terra
12 October at 18:18	3 MW	3	N20
12 October at 17:22	6 MW	4	N21
12 October at 08:18	39 MW	5	Aqua
12 October at 06:53	19 MW	7	N
12 October at 06:17	79 MW	7	N21
12 October at 05:32	5 MW	1	N20
11 October at 18:18	3 MW	3	N
11 October at 17:39	8 MW	8	N21
11 October at 07:42	288 MW	4	Aqua
11 October at 07:10	213 MW	7	N
11 October at 06:34	547 MW	24	N21
11 October at 05:49	284 MW	33	N20
11 October at 05:30	59 MW	9	N
11 October at 01:29	45 MW	2	Terra
10 October at 18:35	1 MW	1	N
10 October at 18:01	7 MW	4	N21
10 October at 17:16	3 MW	4	N20
10 October at 13:04	13 MW	1	Terra
10 October at 08:42	396 MW	7	Aqua
10 October at 06:53	722 MW	20	N21
10 October at 06:08	811 MW	69	N20
10 October at 05:49	567 MW	51	N
10 October at 05:10	312 MW	13	N21
10 October at 00:52	18 MW	2	Terra
9 October at 18:56	6 MW	2	N
9 October at 18:18	11 MW	5	N21
9 October at 17:33	27 MW	13	N20
9 October at 17:16	3 MW	2	N
9 October at 08:03	1,851 MW	19	Aqua
9 October at 06:27	2,790 MW	95	N20
9 October at 06:08	4,708 MW	130	N
9 October at 05:32	1,781 MW	84	N21
8 October at 17:54	19 MW	20	N20
8 October at 17:33	18 MW	13	N
8 October at 13:25	15 MW	2	Terra
8 October at 06:46	851 MW	50	N20
8 October at 06:25	1,303 MW	49	N
8 October at 05:49	841 MW	34	N21
8 October at 01:12	225 MW	4	Terra
7 October at 18:11	4 MW	3	N20
7 October at 17:52	5 MW	5	N
7 October at 12:47	37 MW	1	Terra
7 October at 08:25	32 MW	3	Aqua
7 October at 06:46	73 MW	7	N
7 October at 06:08	133 MW	14	N21
7 October at 05:23	127 MW	11	N20
6 October at 18:11	2 MW	2	N
6 October at 07:46	28 MW	1	Aqua
6 October at 05:45	255 MW	8	N20
6 October at 05:23	33 MW	3	N
6 October at 01:31	33 MW	1	Terra
5 October at 18:30	3 MW	2	N
5 October at 17:54	14 MW	10	N21
5 October at 17:09	2 MW	2	N20
5 October at 13:06	21 MW	3	Terra
5 October at 08:46	90 MW	3	Aqua
5 October at 06:46	42 MW	6	N21
5 October at 06:02	102 MW	10	N20
5 October at 05:45	52 MW	5	N
5 October at 05:06	6 MW	1	N21
5 October at 00:54	23 MW	2	Terra
4 October at 18:50	1 MW	1	N
4 October at 18:11	8 MW	6	N21
4 October at 17:29	6 MW	5	N20
4 October at 17:07	1 MW	1	N
4 October at 06:21	69 MW	8	N20
4 October at 06:02	43 MW	6	N
4 October at 05:25	10 MW	3	N21
3 October at 18:33	4 MW	2	N21
3 October at 17:46	9 MW	9	N20
3 October at 17:29	4 MW	2	N
3 October at 16:50	2 MW	1	N21
3 October at 13:28	18 MW	2	Terra
2 October at 18:05	4 MW	4	N20
2 October at 17:46	3 MW	3	N
2 October at 17:09	11 MW	8	N21
2 October at 06:57	7 MW	1	N20
2 October at 06:40	11 MW	1	N
1 October at 18:05	4 MW	2	N
1 October at 17:29	3 MW	2	N21
1 October at 06:21	2 MW	1	N21
29 September at 06:14	4 MW	1	N20
28 September at 18:25	12 MW	10	N21
28 September at 17:39	7 MW	6	N20
28 September at 17:22	3 MW	4	N
28 September at 07:40	1,019 MW	7	Aqua
28 September at 06:34	384 MW	25	N20
28 September at 06:14	422 MW	30	N
28 September at 05:38	389 MW	18	N21
28 September at 01:14	13 MW	2	Terra
27 September at 18:01	6 MW	4	N20
27 September at 17:03	6 MW	3	N21
27 September at 08:40	143 MW	6	Aqua
27 September at 06:51	28 MW	4	N20
27 September at 06:34	194 MW	10	N
27 September at 05:55	36 MW	6	N21
26 September at 18:18	7 MW	7	N20
26 September at 17:58	10 MW	9	N
26 September at 17:22	8 MW	5	N21
26 September at 08:01	78 MW	4	Aqua
26 September at 06:53	87 MW	16	N
26 September at 06:17	326 MW	29	N21
26 September at 05:31	265 MW	35	N20
26 September at 01:35	80 MW	2	Terra
25 September at 18:37	7 MW	6	N20
25 September at 18:18	29 MW	18	N
25 September at 17:39	32 MW	22	N21
25 September at 16:57	2 MW	2	N20
25 September at 13:08	34 MW	4	Terra
25 September at 07:10	32 MW	2	N
25 September at 06:34	607 MW	47	N21
25 September at 05:49	1,108 MW	76	N20
25 September at 05:30	375 MW	33	N
25 September at 00:57	38 MW	3	Terra
24 September at 18:35	7 MW	7	N
24 September at 17:59	22 MW	14	N21
24 September at 17:16	5 MW	5	N20
24 September at 08:25	490 MW	17	Aqua
24 September at 06:53	1,268 MW	56	N21
24 September at 06:08	980 MW	60	N20
24 September at 05:49	389 MW	34	N
24 September at 05:10	160 MW	10	N21
23 September at 18:18	9 MW	6	N21

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