Fire near Queensland (AU)

13.49°S, 143.14°E · first detected on 23 September at 05:30

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 05:30 to 22 October at 08:05, that is 29 days, through 2,767 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 17,275 ha.

Detected extent: 17,275 ha
Cumulative power: 27,001 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 188 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 2,767
Estimated emissions: 34.3 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 08:05	19 MW	2	Aqua
22 October at 07:36	24 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:04	6 MW	1	N
22 October at 06:27	54 MW	7	N21
22 October at 05:45	54 MW	6	N20
22 October at 05:23	8 MW	1	N
21 October at 17:54	3 MW	3	N21
21 October at 10:26	19 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:16	16 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:06	25 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:56	15 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:46	36 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:16	40 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:06	120 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 08:56	41 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 08:46	83 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 06:46	83 MW	8	N21
21 October at 06:02	107 MW	14	N20
21 October at 05:42	67 MW	6	N
21 October at 05:06	17 MW	1	N21
20 October at 13:46	15 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:02	24 MW	2	Terra
20 October at 12:16	19 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:46	15 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:16	19 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:06	41 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:56	39 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:46	82 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:36	21 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:26	39 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:16	44 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:06	57 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:46	32 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:36	24 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:27	51 MW	3	Aqua
20 October at 08:06	49 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 07:56	56 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 07:46	45 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 06:21	67 MW	5	N20
20 October at 06:02	167 MW	6	N
20 October at 05:23	37 MW	6	N21
19 October at 17:48	3 MW	4	N20
19 October at 17:29	1 MW	1	N
19 October at 07:48	31 MW	1	Aqua
19 October at 06:40	81 MW	10	N20
19 October at 06:19	86 MW	14	N
19 October at 05:45	201 MW	19	N21
18 October at 18:05	6 MW	4	N20
18 October at 17:46	3 MW	3	N
18 October at 17:09	12 MW	10	N21
18 October at 13:21	19 MW	3	Terra
18 October at 08:48	101 MW	1	Aqua
18 October at 06:57	409 MW	11	N20
18 October at 06:40	63 MW	5	N
18 October at 06:02	29 MW	4	N21
18 October at 05:17	8 MW	1	N20
17 October at 18:26	1 MW	1	N20
17 October at 18:07	5 MW	5	N
17 October at 17:29	4 MW	2	N21
17 October at 06:57	20 MW	3	N
17 October at 06:20	105 MW	11	N21
17 October at 05:38	23 MW	3	N20
16 October at 18:24	9 MW	2	N
16 October at 17:48	27 MW	10	N21
16 October at 17:03	6 MW	4	N20
16 October at 06:40	44 MW	7	N21
16 October at 05:55	75 MW	7	N20
15 October at 18:43	2 MW	2	N
15 October at 18:05	11 MW	6	N21
15 October at 13:04	12 MW	2	Terra
15 October at 08:33	235 MW	4	Aqua
15 October at 06:14	278 MW	20	N20
15 October at 05:55	302 MW	20	N
15 October at 05:17	208 MW	11	N21
14 October at 07:57	59 MW	2	Aqua
14 October at 06:34	35 MW	7	N20
14 October at 06:14	100 MW	15	N
14 October at 05:38	2 MW	1	N21
12 October at 18:20	25 MW	8	N20
12 October at 17:22	25 MW	10	N21
12 October at 12:43	32 MW	2	Terra
12 October at 08:18	297 MW	8	Aqua
12 October at 06:53	79 MW	9	N
12 October at 06:14	191 MW	9	N21
12 October at 05:30	127 MW	10	N20
12 October at 00:31	20 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 18:37	6 MW	2	N20
11 October at 18:18	16 MW	10	N
11 October at 17:41	16 MW	8	N21
11 October at 16:59	13 MW	7	N20
11 October at 07:40	195 MW	3	Aqua
11 October at 07:10	73 MW	6	N
11 October at 06:34	184 MW	12	N21
11 October at 05:49	278 MW	17	N20
11 October at 05:30	234 MW	23	N
10 October at 18:37	10 MW	7	N
10 October at 17:58	27 MW	12	N21
10 October at 17:16	25 MW	20	N20
10 October at 13:04	52 MW	5	Terra
10 October at 08:40	132 MW	3	Aqua
10 October at 06:53	70 MW	6	N21
10 October at 06:08	355 MW	26	N20
10 October at 05:47	281 MW	23	N
10 October at 05:10	138 MW	10	N21
10 October at 00:52	12 MW	1	Terra
9 October at 17:33	14 MW	10	N20
9 October at 08:03	154 MW	5	Aqua
9 October at 06:27	191 MW	25	N20
9 October at 06:08	210 MW	21	N
9 October at 05:30	213 MW	13	N21
8 October at 19:52	6 MW	1	Aqua
8 October at 18:37	6 MW	2	N21
8 October at 17:54	5 MW	5	N20
8 October at 17:33	7 MW	7	N
8 October at 16:59	8 MW	4	N21
8 October at 13:23	9 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 06:46	183 MW	32	N20
8 October at 06:25	383 MW	31	N
8 October at 05:49	477 MW	35	N21
8 October at 01:12	88 MW	5	Terra
7 October at 18:11	28 MW	17	N20
7 October at 17:52	31 MW	21	N
7 October at 17:16	27 MW	11	N21
7 October at 12:47	16 MW	1	Terra
7 October at 08:25	207 MW	10	Aqua
7 October at 06:46	219 MW	17	N
7 October at 06:08	381 MW	30	N21
7 October at 05:23	209 MW	23	N20
7 October at 00:33	12 MW	1	Terra
6 October at 18:33	7 MW	4	N20
6 October at 18:11	20 MW	8	N
6 October at 17:33	13 MW	9	N21
6 October at 07:46	83 MW	2	Aqua
6 October at 07:04	194 MW	23	N
6 October at 05:45	279 MW	23	N20
6 October at 05:23	352 MW	28	N
6 October at 01:31	59 MW	2	Terra
5 October at 18:30	12 MW	11	N
5 October at 17:54	24 MW	15	N21
5 October at 17:09	18 MW	16	N20
5 October at 13:06	74 MW	8	Terra
5 October at 08:46	96 MW	3	Aqua
5 October at 06:46	294 MW	18	N21
5 October at 06:02	444 MW	36	N20
5 October at 05:42	571 MW	41	N
5 October at 05:06	657 MW	25	N21
5 October at 00:54	73 MW	6	Terra
4 October at 18:50	13 MW	10	N
4 October at 18:11	50 MW	22	N21
4 October at 17:29	36 MW	24	N20
4 October at 17:09	17 MW	13	N
4 October at 08:10	300 MW	13	Aqua
4 October at 06:19	408 MW	27	N20
4 October at 06:02	198 MW	11	N
4 October at 05:23	104 MW	12	N21
3 October at 19:56	10 MW	1	Aqua
3 October at 18:33	26 MW	13	N21
3 October at 17:48	45 MW	29	N20
3 October at 17:29	39 MW	20	N
3 October at 16:52	29 MW	12	N21
3 October at 13:28	70 MW	7	Terra
3 October at 06:40	216 MW	16	N20
3 October at 05:45	487 MW	34	N21
3 October at 01:14	46 MW	2	Terra
2 October at 18:05	10 MW	8	N20
2 October at 17:46	14 MW	11	N
2 October at 17:09	10 MW	7	N21
2 October at 08:31	323 MW	10	Aqua
2 October at 06:57	43 MW	4	N20
2 October at 06:38	272 MW	21	N
2 October at 06:02	261 MW	20	N21
2 October at 05:17	57 MW	7	N20
2 October at 00:35	73 MW	3	Terra
1 October at 20:19	12 MW	1	Aqua
1 October at 18:26	22 MW	20	N20
1 October at 18:07	80 MW	38	N
1 October at 17:29	87 MW	28	N21
1 October at 13:47	60 MW	2	Terra
1 October at 07:55	106 MW	2	Aqua
1 October at 06:57	212 MW	23	N
1 October at 06:21	507 MW	46	N21
1 October at 05:36	654 MW	41	N20
1 October at 05:19	147 MW	15	N
30 September at 19:41	14 MW	1	Aqua
30 September at 18:43	39 MW	17	N20
30 September at 18:24	62 MW	30	N
30 September at 17:48	51 MW	31	N21
30 September at 17:03	30 MW	14	N20
30 September at 13:06	80 MW	8	Terra
30 September at 05:36	9 MW	1	N
30 September at 00:54	177 MW	7	Terra
29 September at 18:05	47 MW	18	N21
29 September at 17:22	34 MW	17	N20
29 September at 17:01	35 MW	10	N
29 September at 08:16	79 MW	4	Aqua
29 September at 05:55	40 MW	4	N
28 September at 20:04	9 MW	2	Aqua
28 September at 18:26	12 MW	8	N21
28 September at 17:39	12 MW	7	N20
28 September at 17:22	2 MW	2	N
28 September at 07:40	165 MW	2	Aqua
28 September at 06:34	162 MW	20	N20
28 September at 06:14	334 MW	28	N
28 September at 05:38	422 MW	18	N21
28 September at 01:14	196 MW	4	Terra
27 September at 18:01	17 MW	11	N20
27 September at 17:39	22 MW	16	N
27 September at 12:49	22 MW	2	Terra
27 September at 08:40	100 MW	3	Aqua
27 September at 06:51	63 MW	8	N20
27 September at 06:32	222 MW	24	N
27 September at 05:55	290 MW	18	N21
27 September at 05:13	27 MW	3	N20
26 September at 18:18	24 MW	14	N20
26 September at 17:58	40 MW	26	N
26 September at 17:22	30 MW	18	N21
26 September at 07:59	9 MW	1	Aqua
26 September at 06:53	187 MW	30	N
26 September at 06:14	154 MW	14	N21
26 September at 05:30	169 MW	21	N20
26 September at 01:35	101 MW	1	Terra
25 September at 18:37	13 MW	7	N20
25 September at 18:18	27 MW	25	N
25 September at 17:41	33 MW	23	N21
25 September at 16:59	26 MW	11	N20
25 September at 13:08	55 MW	7	Terra
25 September at 07:10	49 MW	4	N
25 September at 06:34	80 MW	9	N21
25 September at 05:49	40 MW	3	N20
25 September at 05:30	106 MW	10	N
25 September at 00:57	112 MW	8	Terra
24 September at 18:35	41 MW	36	N
24 September at 17:58	63 MW	33	N21
24 September at 17:16	38 MW	34	N20
24 September at 08:22	404 MW	15	Aqua
24 September at 06:53	396 MW	23	N21
24 September at 06:08	1,217 MW	57	N20
24 September at 05:47	659 MW	49	N
24 September at 05:10	772 MW	20	N21
23 September at 20:11	6 MW	1	Aqua
23 September at 18:20	21 MW	18	N21
23 September at 17:33	15 MW	12	N20
23 September at 17:16	28 MW	26	N
23 September at 13:30	20 MW	3	Terra

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