Fire near Territoire du Nord (AU)

13.08°S, 131.96°E · first detected on 3 October at 06:40

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 3 October at 06:40 to 21 October at 09:05, that is 18 days, through 1,830 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 26,498 ha.

Detected extent: 26,498 ha
Cumulative power: 20,486 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 441 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,830
Estimated emissions: 51.0 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 October 2026 to 20 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 20 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.

Before, after: the burn scar seen from space

Sentinel-2 satellite image of the same area near Territoire du Nord (AU) during the fire, on 12 October 2026

Sentinel-2 satellite image of the area near Territoire du Nord (AU) before the fire, on 2 October 2026

Before · 2 October 2026During · 12 October 2026

Sentinel-2, 10 m resolution. No sufficiently clear pass has followed the fire going out yet: the second image was taken DURING the fire, so the burn scar had not finished spreading. It will be replaced automatically at the first clear sky. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data (2026).

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 21 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 03:26	45 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 03:16	60 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:36	19 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:26	84 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:16	210 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:06	76 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:05	125 MW	6	Aqua
21 October at 07:44	67 MW	5	N20
21 October at 07:25	148 MW	13	N
21 October at 06:46	427 MW	17	N21
21 October at 06:02	53 MW	6	N20
20 October at 19:09	1 MW	1	N20
20 October at 18:50	3 MW	2	N
20 October at 18:13	3 MW	1	N21
20 October at 15:56	36 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 07:06	29 MW	2	N21
19 October at 07:23	31 MW	2	N21
19 October at 06:40	35 MW	2	N20
18 October at 06:59	264 MW	34	N20
18 October at 06:40	347 MW	24	N
17 October at 19:09	17 MW	10	N21
17 October at 18:26	55 MW	22	N20
17 October at 18:05	32 MW	14	N
17 October at 07:18	457 MW	36	N20
17 October at 06:57	460 MW	30	N
17 October at 06:21	201 MW	25	N21
16 October at 18:43	35 MW	20	N20
16 October at 18:24	26 MW	12	N
16 October at 17:48	51 MW	17	N21
16 October at 13:42	109 MW	8	Terra
16 October at 09:12	134 MW	5	Aqua
16 October at 07:38	194 MW	15	N20
16 October at 07:18	80 MW	7	N
16 October at 06:40	492 MW	39	N21
16 October at 05:55	98 MW	10	N20
16 October at 01:29	233 MW	8	Terra
15 October at 21:00	12 MW	1	Aqua
15 October at 19:05	5 MW	2	N20
15 October at 18:43	28 MW	14	N
15 October at 18:05	13 MW	4	N21
15 October at 06:59	37 MW	4	N21
15 October at 06:17	133 MW	13	N20
14 October at 19:02	5 MW	4	N
14 October at 18:26	8 MW	6	N21
14 October at 17:41	2 MW	1	N20
14 October at 14:02	99 MW	8	Terra
14 October at 07:18	35 MW	6	N21
14 October at 06:34	369 MW	24	N20
14 October at 06:14	12 MW	1	N
14 October at 01:50	11 MW	1	Terra
13 October at 19:22	1 MW	1	N
13 October at 18:43	6 MW	4	N21
13 October at 18:01	5 MW	5	N20
13 October at 08:57	64 MW	3	Aqua
13 October at 01:12	20 MW	1	Terra
12 October at 19:05	5 MW	4	N21
12 October at 18:20	15 MW	5	N20
12 October at 14:21	39 MW	2	Terra
12 October at 07:12	509 MW	20	N20
12 October at 06:53	568 MW	31	N
12 October at 06:17	542 MW	27	N21
12 October at 02:09	118 MW	2	Terra
11 October at 18:37	12 MW	10	N20
11 October at 18:18	13 MW	9	N
11 October at 17:41	47 MW	11	N21
11 October at 13:45	28 MW	4	Terra
11 October at 09:18	116 MW	6	Aqua
11 October at 07:29	110 MW	19	N20
11 October at 07:10	204 MW	18	N
11 October at 06:34	240 MW	21	N21
11 October at 01:31	53 MW	5	Terra
10 October at 18:56	23 MW	16	N20
10 October at 18:37	28 MW	14	N
10 October at 17:58	64 MW	9	N21
10 October at 08:42	28 MW	1	Aqua
10 October at 07:29	94 MW	11	N
10 October at 06:53	245 MW	17	N21
10 October at 06:08	164 MW	23	N20
9 October at 19:15	12 MW	8	N20
9 October at 18:56	10 MW	6	N
9 October at 18:20	28 MW	13	N21
9 October at 14:04	23 MW	4	Terra
9 October at 07:48	500 MW	22	N
9 October at 07:12	314 MW	21	N21
9 October at 06:27	309 MW	17	N20
9 October at 06:08	93 MW	12	N
9 October at 01:52	147 MW	4	Terra
8 October at 19:13	12 MW	10	N
8 October at 18:37	12 MW	6	N21
8 October at 17:54	9 MW	7	N20
8 October at 13:25	18 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 09:03	72 MW	1	Aqua
8 October at 07:29	172 MW	12	N21
8 October at 06:46	526 MW	48	N20
8 October at 06:26	892 MW	37	N
8 October at 05:49	128 MW	11	N21
7 October at 20:51	35 MW	5	Aqua
7 October at 19:34	29 MW	12	N
7 October at 18:58	133 MW	25	N21
7 October at 18:13	80 MW	36	N20
7 October at 17:54	62 MW	20	N
7 October at 14:23	83 MW	4	Terra
7 October at 08:25	1,133 MW	5	Aqua
7 October at 07:06	672 MW	40	N20
7 October at 06:46	1,172 MW	64	N
7 October at 06:10	785 MW	65	N21
7 October at 02:11	50 MW	2	Terra
6 October at 19:15	8 MW	4	N21
6 October at 18:33	36 MW	19	N20
6 October at 18:11	23 MW	10	N
6 October at 17:35	6 MW	2	N21
6 October at 13:45	88 MW	10	Terra
6 October at 09:24	67 MW	2	Aqua
6 October at 07:23	273 MW	14	N20
6 October at 07:04	635 MW	46	N
6 October at 01:31	56 MW	4	Terra
5 October at 18:50	91 MW	35	N20
5 October at 18:33	91 MW	38	N
5 October at 17:54	239 MW	49	N21
5 October at 08:46	73 MW	4	Aqua
5 October at 07:44	56 MW	9	N20
5 October at 07:25	211 MW	16	N
5 October at 06:46	37 MW	4	N21
5 October at 06:02	146 MW	12	N20
4 October at 19:09	22 MW	13	N20
4 October at 18:50	31 MW	19	N
4 October at 18:13	56 MW	29	N21
4 October at 14:04	224 MW	15	Terra
4 October at 07:42	256 MW	18	N
4 October at 07:06	391 MW	23	N21
4 October at 06:21	615 MW	24	N20
4 October at 06:02	397 MW	24	N
4 October at 01:54	151 MW	8	Terra
3 October at 19:28	31 MW	13	N20
3 October at 19:07	45 MW	20	N
3 October at 18:33	76 MW	28	N21
3 October at 17:48	27 MW	11	N20
3 October at 13:28	121 MW	3	Terra
3 October at 06:40	60 MW	5	N20

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