Fire near Queensland (AU)

13.64°S, 141.98°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 18:33, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 2,137 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 22,702 ha.

Detected extent: 22,702 ha
Cumulative power: 16,518 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 329 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 2,137
Estimated emissions: 27.2 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 03:36	80 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 01:09	7 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 18:33	1 MW	3	N20
22 October at 18:11	3 MW	3	N
22 October at 17:33	4 MW	4	N21
22 October at 06:27	4 MW	1	N21
22 October at 05:45	13 MW	2	N20
21 October at 17:54	2 MW	3	N21
21 October at 06:46	35 MW	4	N21
21 October at 06:02	37 MW	9	N20
21 October at 05:42	41 MW	10	N
20 October at 18:11	6 MW	5	N21
20 October at 17:29	12 MW	10	N20
20 October at 13:02	15 MW	2	Terra
20 October at 11:56	16 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:46	16 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:56	17 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:06	19 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:46	21 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:16	22 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:27	36 MW	3	Aqua
20 October at 08:26	54 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 06:21	83 MW	13	N20
20 October at 06:02	147 MW	23	N
20 October at 05:23	9 MW	2	N21
20 October at 00:48	7 MW	1	Terra
19 October at 17:48	14 MW	13	N20
19 October at 17:29	2 MW	1	N
19 October at 06:40	37 MW	5	N20
19 October at 06:19	102 MW	19	N
19 October at 05:45	58 MW	10	N21
18 October at 18:05	13 MW	12	N20
18 October at 17:46	12 MW	11	N
18 October at 17:09	13 MW	8	N21
18 October at 06:02	97 MW	9	N21
18 October at 01:09	14 MW	2	Terra
17 October at 18:26	11 MW	8	N20
17 October at 18:07	25 MW	22	N
17 October at 17:29	26 MW	16	N21
17 October at 06:57	42 MW	10	N
17 October at 06:21	272 MW	21	N21
17 October at 05:38	81 MW	16	N20
16 October at 20:00	11 MW	2	Aqua
16 October at 18:24	13 MW	11	N
16 October at 17:48	28 MW	23	N21
16 October at 17:03	3 MW	3	N20
16 October at 06:40	28 MW	5	N21
16 October at 05:55	70 MW	9	N20
15 October at 18:43	10 MW	8	N
15 October at 18:05	25 MW	13	N21
15 October at 17:22	7 MW	4	N20
15 October at 13:04	33 MW	3	Terra
15 October at 08:33	63 MW	5	Aqua
15 October at 06:57	14 MW	2	N21
15 October at 06:14	193 MW	23	N20
15 October at 05:55	77 MW	14	N
15 October at 05:17	75 MW	10	N21
15 October at 00:52	10 MW	1	Terra
14 October at 18:26	8 MW	6	N21
14 October at 17:41	17 MW	14	N20
14 October at 17:22	13 MW	10	N
14 October at 06:34	121 MW	22	N20
14 October at 06:14	91 MW	17	N
14 October at 05:38	123 MW	12	N21
13 October at 18:01	16 MW	15	N20
13 October at 17:39	16 MW	13	N
13 October at 17:03	4 MW	2	N21
13 October at 13:23	21 MW	3	Terra
13 October at 01:12	9 MW	1	Terra
12 October at 18:20	17 MW	15	N20
12 October at 17:22	27 MW	18	N21
12 October at 08:18	167 MW	11	Aqua
12 October at 06:53	169 MW	24	N
12 October at 06:14	408 MW	29	N21
12 October at 05:30	174 MW	23	N20
11 October at 18:37	1 MW	1	N20
11 October at 18:18	23 MW	17	N
11 October at 17:41	36 MW	28	N21
11 October at 13:45	277 MW	10	Terra
11 October at 07:10	366 MW	23	N
11 October at 06:34	619 MW	61	N21
11 October at 05:49	1,114 MW	89	N20
11 October at 05:30	1,566 MW	47	N
11 October at 01:31	137 MW	5	Terra
10 October at 18:37	10 MW	8	N
10 October at 17:58	41 MW	26	N21
10 October at 17:16	29 MW	20	N20
10 October at 13:04	190 MW	10	Terra
10 October at 08:40	47 MW	1	Aqua
10 October at 06:53	153 MW	11	N21
10 October at 06:08	505 MW	57	N20
10 October at 05:47	520 MW	50	N
10 October at 05:10	325 MW	20	N21
10 October at 00:52	30 MW	3	Terra
9 October at 18:20	13 MW	6	N21
9 October at 17:33	20 MW	11	N20
9 October at 17:16	8 MW	4	N
9 October at 08:03	215 MW	6	Aqua
9 October at 06:27	383 MW	43	N20
9 October at 06:08	726 MW	69	N
9 October at 05:30	659 MW	70	N21
8 October at 18:37	15 MW	6	N21
8 October at 17:54	51 MW	22	N20
8 October at 17:33	15 MW	4	N
8 October at 16:59	2 MW	1	N21
8 October at 13:23	18 MW	2	Terra
8 October at 06:46	41 MW	9	N20
8 October at 06:25	110 MW	12	N
8 October at 05:49	106 MW	12	N21
8 October at 01:12	25 MW	2	Terra
7 October at 18:11	3 MW	2	N20
7 October at 17:52	1 MW	1	N
7 October at 08:25	164 MW	8	Aqua
7 October at 07:04	39 MW	3	N20
7 October at 06:46	58 MW	12	N
7 October at 06:08	117 MW	16	N21
7 October at 05:23	27 MW	4	N20
6 October at 18:33	2 MW	1	N20
6 October at 18:11	7 MW	8	N
6 October at 17:35	8 MW	5	N21
6 October at 07:04	34 MW	5	N
6 October at 05:45	114 MW	17	N20
6 October at 05:23	7 MW	1	N
6 October at 01:31	60 MW	2	Terra
5 October at 18:30	7 MW	7	N
5 October at 17:54	27 MW	26	N21
5 October at 17:09	8 MW	6	N20
5 October at 06:46	101 MW	13	N21
5 October at 06:02	179 MW	20	N20
5 October at 05:42	84 MW	15	N
4 October at 17:29	2 MW	1	N20
4 October at 06:19	78 MW	13	N20
4 October at 06:02	104 MW	12	N
4 October at 05:23	113 MW	13	N21
3 October at 19:58	17 MW	2	Aqua
3 October at 18:33	3 MW	2	N21
3 October at 17:48	16 MW	19	N20
3 October at 17:29	8 MW	9	N
3 October at 13:28	524 MW	7	Terra
3 October at 06:40	7 MW	1	N20
3 October at 05:45	63 MW	7	N21
3 October at 01:14	14 MW	2	Terra
2 October at 18:05	7 MW	6	N20
2 October at 17:46	6 MW	6	N
2 October at 17:09	5 MW	4	N21
2 October at 06:38	295 MW	9	N
2 October at 06:02	85 MW	9	N21
2 October at 05:17	24 MW	2	N20
1 October at 18:26	5 MW	4	N20
1 October at 18:07	10 MW	9	N
1 October at 17:29	13 MW	11	N21
1 October at 07:55	25 MW	1	Aqua
1 October at 06:57	98 MW	14	N
1 October at 06:21	112 MW	14	N21
1 October at 05:36	84 MW	12	N20
30 September at 18:24	10 MW	9	N
30 September at 17:48	9 MW	8	N21
30 September at 17:03	1 MW	1	N20
30 September at 13:06	7 MW	1	Terra
30 September at 06:40	140 MW	7	N21
30 September at 05:55	67 MW	6	N20
30 September at 05:36	20 MW	4	N
30 September at 00:54	36 MW	3	Terra
29 September at 18:05	3 MW	2	N21
29 September at 17:22	22 MW	10	N20
29 September at 08:16	58 MW	3	Aqua
29 September at 06:57	69 MW	6	N21
29 September at 06:14	136 MW	18	N20
29 September at 05:55	89 MW	15	N
29 September at 05:17	132 MW	11	N21
28 September at 20:04	5 MW	1	Aqua
28 September at 18:26	11 MW	9	N21
28 September at 17:39	25 MW	18	N20
28 September at 17:22	1 MW	2	N
28 September at 05:38	99 MW	6	N21
28 September at 01:14	12 MW	1	Terra
27 September at 18:01	10 MW	10	N20
27 September at 17:39	18 MW	16	N
27 September at 17:03	3 MW	3	N21
27 September at 12:49	16 MW	1	Terra
27 September at 06:51	3 MW	1	N20
27 September at 06:32	35 MW	6	N
27 September at 05:55	74 MW	9	N21
26 September at 18:18	3 MW	3	N20
26 September at 18:01	6 MW	7	N
26 September at 17:22	4 MW	4	N21
26 September at 06:53	195 MW	16	N
26 September at 06:14	89 MW	18	N21
26 September at 05:30	46 MW	8	N20
25 September at 18:18	5 MW	5	N
25 September at 17:41	13 MW	13	N21
25 September at 13:08	17 MW	3	Terra
25 September at 06:34	87 MW	12	N21
25 September at 05:49	5 MW	1	N20
24 September at 18:37	1 MW	1	N
24 September at 17:58	12 MW	8	N21
24 September at 17:16	1 MW	1	N20
24 September at 06:08	104 MW	18	N20
24 September at 05:47	82 MW	10	N
24 September at 05:10	15 MW	1	N21

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