Fire near Territoire du Nord (AU)

13.90°S, 135.88°E · first detected on 12 October at 06:53

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 12 October at 06:53 to 22 October at 18:33, that is 10 days, through 2,174 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 20,233 ha.

Detected extent: 20,233 ha
Cumulative power: 21,766 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 261 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 2,174
Estimated emissions: 58.6 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 12 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 13 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 18:33	5 MW	5	N20
22 October at 18:11	6 MW	6	N
22 October at 17:35	1 MW	1	N21
22 October at 10:36	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:26	31 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:16	57 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 10:06	92 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 09:56	89 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:46	112 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:36	78 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:26	61 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:16	44 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 09:06	94 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 08:56	253 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 08:46	194 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 08:36	228 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 08:26	358 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 08:16	90 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:06	418 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 07:56	794 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 07:46	287 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 07:36	264 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 07:23	202 MW	28	N20
22 October at 07:04	602 MW	63	N
22 October at 06:27	611 MW	51	N21
22 October at 05:45	91 MW	7	N20
21 October at 18:50	3 MW	2	N20
21 October at 18:33	9 MW	8	N
21 October at 17:54	8 MW	4	N21
21 October at 13:40	4 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 10:56	19 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:16	18 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:06	22 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:56	18 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:46	19 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:16	28 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:06	154 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:05	120 MW	8	Aqua
21 October at 07:25	175 MW	31	N
21 October at 06:46	408 MW	45	N21
21 October at 06:02	212 MW	43	N20
21 October at 01:29	143 MW	4	Terra
20 October at 19:09	10 MW	5	N20
20 October at 18:50	22 MW	12	N
20 October at 18:13	27 MW	14	N21
20 October at 17:31	2 MW	1	N20
20 October at 10:36	17 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 08:27	49 MW	2	Aqua
20 October at 07:04	405 MW	76	N21
20 October at 06:21	759 MW	68	N20
20 October at 06:16	105 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 06:06	316 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 06:02	641 MW	57	N
20 October at 05:56	589 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 05:46	95 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 05:36	479 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 05:26	308 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 04:26	110 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 04:16	74 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 03:46	95 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 18:33	6 MW	4	N21
19 October at 17:48	10 MW	5	N20
19 October at 07:23	311 MW	20	N21
19 October at 06:40	561 MW	80	N20
19 October at 06:19	674 MW	80	N
19 October at 05:45	602 MW	41	N21
18 October at 18:50	10 MW	7	N21
18 October at 18:07	33 MW	28	N20
18 October at 17:48	15 MW	12	N
18 October at 13:21	35 MW	3	Terra
18 October at 08:48	436 MW	20	Aqua
18 October at 06:57	452 MW	77	N20
18 October at 06:40	557 MW	86	N
18 October at 06:02	905 MW	63	N21
18 October at 01:09	226 MW	9	Terra
17 October at 20:38	12 MW	2	Aqua
17 October at 18:26	20 MW	9	N20
17 October at 18:05	1 MW	1	N
17 October at 07:18	809 MW	82	N20
17 October at 06:57	1,327 MW	108	N
17 October at 06:21	1,524 MW	117	N21
16 October at 20:00	37 MW	1	Aqua
16 October at 18:43	23 MW	12	N20
16 October at 18:25	45 MW	33	N
16 October at 17:48	66 MW	23	N21
16 October at 13:42	58 MW	8	Terra
16 October at 09:12	291 MW	8	Aqua
16 October at 07:16	476 MW	76	N
16 October at 06:40	884 MW	105	N21
16 October at 05:55	715 MW	83	N20
16 October at 01:29	153 MW	11	Terra
15 October at 19:05	2 MW	2	N20
15 October at 18:43	12 MW	9	N
15 October at 18:05	22 MW	17	N21
15 October at 17:22	1 MW	1	N20
15 October at 08:33	337 MW	9	Aqua
15 October at 07:36	160 MW	16	N
15 October at 06:57	840 MW	64	N21
15 October at 06:14	597 MW	54	N20
15 October at 05:55	349 MW	22	N
14 October at 20:21	14 MW	2	Aqua
14 October at 19:02	15 MW	11	N
14 October at 18:26	34 MW	19	N21
14 October at 17:41	15 MW	13	N20
14 October at 14:02	119 MW	5	Terra
14 October at 07:18	541 MW	25	N21
14 October at 06:34	733 MW	55	N20
14 October at 06:14	391 MW	34	N
14 October at 05:38	660 MW	22	N21
14 October at 01:50	508 MW	6	Terra
13 October at 18:43	10 MW	6	N21
13 October at 18:01	8 MW	4	N20
13 October at 13:23	11 MW	1	Terra
13 October at 08:57	466 MW	6	Aqua
13 October at 01:12	10 MW	1	Terra
12 October at 08:18	41 MW	1	Aqua
12 October at 07:12	38 MW	5	N20
12 October at 06:53	46 MW	8	N

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