Fire near Queensland (AU)

13.74°S, 142.47°E · first detected on 21 October at 05:42

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 21 October at 05:42 to 23 October at 06:46, that is 2 days, through 259 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 2,814 ha.

Detected extent: 2,814 ha
Cumulative power: 3,373 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 102 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 259
Estimated emissions: 6.6 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 21 October 2026 to 22 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 22 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 5 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 08:36	43 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 08:26	101 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 08:16	97 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 08:06	52 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 07:46	50 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 07:36	116 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 07:26	94 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 07:16	103 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 06:46	28 MW	3	N
23 October at 04:16	61 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 03:56	100 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 02:56	83 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 02:26	97 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 02:16	160 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 02:06	105 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 01:26	53 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 01:16	95 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 01:09	40 MW	1	Terra
23 October at 01:06	66 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 00:56	53 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 00:36	40 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 18:33	9 MW	11	N20
22 October at 18:11	43 MW	32	N
22 October at 17:46	16 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 17:36	39 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 17:33	70 MW	29	N21
22 October at 12:26	18 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 11:26	15 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:06	17 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 09:46	137 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 09:06	387 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 08:56	314 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 08:46	692 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 08:16	720 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 08:06	1,671 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 08:05	21 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 07:56	72 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:26	62 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:16	57 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:06	225 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 06:46	321 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 06:36	502 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 06:27	561 MW	24	N21
22 October at 06:26	1,251 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 06:16	539 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 06:06	272 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 05:56	447 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 05:46	377 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 05:45	163 MW	14	N20
22 October at 05:36	229 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 05:26	95 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 05:23	16 MW	2	N
22 October at 04:36	615 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 04:26	151 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 04:16	88 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 04:06	141 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 03:56	78 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 03:36	76 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 03:26	121 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 03:16	172 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 02:46	69 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 02:26	41 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 02:06	37 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 01:06	23 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:46	25 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:36	37 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:26	29 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:16	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:06	29 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 23:56	26 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 23:46	23 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 23:36	17 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 23:26	15 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 23:16	15 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 23:06	15 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 22:56	15 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 20:16	16 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 20:06	33 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 19:46	13 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 19:36	13 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 19:26	15 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 19:16	18 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 19:06	43 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:56	43 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:46	46 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:36	64 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:33	31 MW	12	N
21 October at 18:26	14 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 17:54	23 MW	16	N21
21 October at 17:46	12 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 15:26	15 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 15:16	14 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 14:06	18 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 13:16	34 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 13:06	50 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 12:56	16 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 12:46	17 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 12:36	64 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 12:26	35 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 12:16	84 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 12:06	68 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 11:56	71 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 11:46	82 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 11:36	86 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 11:26	29 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:16	71 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 11:06	61 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:56	86 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:46	87 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:36	125 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 10:26	139 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 10:16	135 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 10:06	174 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 09:56	100 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:46	193 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:36	183 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:26	163 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 09:16	215 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:06	195 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 09:05	144 MW	2	Aqua
21 October at 08:56	180 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 08:46	220 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 06:46	1,018 MW	35	N21
21 October at 06:02	442 MW	24	N20
21 October at 05:42	765 MW	53	N

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