Fire near Territoire du Nord (AU)

15.11°S, 134.32°E · first detected on 29 September at 18:07

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 29 September at 18:07 to 15 October at 07:36, that is 16 days, through 2,567 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 38,561 ha.

Detected extent: 38,561 ha
Cumulative power: 30,827 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 518 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 2,567
Estimated emissions: 36.4 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 October 2026 to 15 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).

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 18 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
15 October at 07:36	6 MW	1	N
15 October at 00:52	54 MW	1	Terra
14 October at 18:26	4 MW	3	N21
14 October at 17:41	1 MW	1	N20
14 October at 09:33	37 MW	1	Aqua
14 October at 07:18	119 MW	17	N21
14 October at 06:34	124 MW	12	N20
14 October at 06:14	34 MW	10	N
13 October at 19:22	5 MW	2	N
13 October at 18:43	64 MW	11	N21
13 October at 18:03	11 MW	8	N20
13 October at 17:41	3 MW	2	N
13 October at 08:57	228 MW	15	Aqua
13 October at 01:12	64 MW	2	Terra
12 October at 20:45	32 MW	5	Aqua
12 October at 19:05	901 MW	99	N21
12 October at 18:20	1,056 MW	123	N20
12 October at 17:24	281 MW	38	N21
12 October at 14:21	494 MW	6	Terra
12 October at 08:18	50 MW	1	Aqua
12 October at 07:10	1,202 MW	63	N20
12 October at 06:53	952 MW	88	N
12 October at 06:14	713 MW	70	N21
11 October at 18:37	28 MW	16	N20
11 October at 18:20	43 MW	29	N
11 October at 17:41	31 MW	25	N21
11 October at 09:18	128 MW	3	Aqua
11 October at 07:29	314 MW	48	N20
11 October at 07:10	520 MW	56	N
11 October at 06:34	414 MW	50	N21
11 October at 05:49	182 MW	23	N20
11 October at 01:31	31 MW	4	Terra
10 October at 18:58	3 MW	2	N20
10 October at 18:01	3 MW	2	N21
10 October at 08:40	143 MW	5	Aqua
10 October at 07:28	622 MW	45	N
10 October at 06:53	412 MW	45	N21
10 October at 06:08	262 MW	49	N20
9 October at 18:56	6 MW	2	N
9 October at 14:04	90 MW	5	Terra
9 October at 07:12	144 MW	16	N21
9 October at 06:27	16 MW	1	N20
9 October at 06:08	97 MW	8	N
9 October at 01:52	1,864 MW	13	Terra
8 October at 19:15	4 MW	5	N
8 October at 18:37	21 MW	19	N21
8 October at 17:54	21 MW	13	N20
8 October at 17:33	4 MW	3	N
8 October at 09:01	25 MW	2	Aqua
8 October at 07:29	100 MW	6	N21
8 October at 06:46	172 MW	24	N20
8 October at 06:25	82 MW	9	N
8 October at 05:49	52 MW	8	N21
8 October at 01:14	163 MW	8	Terra
7 October at 18:58	26 MW	19	N21
7 October at 18:13	38 MW	26	N20
7 October at 17:54	23 MW	22	N
7 October at 14:23	75 MW	3	Terra
7 October at 08:25	594 MW	10	Aqua
7 October at 07:04	913 MW	67	N20
7 October at 06:46	1,102 MW	65	N
7 October at 06:08	412 MW	42	N21
6 October at 18:33	21 MW	18	N20
6 October at 18:11	19 MW	10	N
6 October at 17:35	14 MW	7	N21
6 October at 13:45	67 MW	8	Terra
6 October at 09:24	115 MW	4	Aqua
6 October at 07:25	291 MW	50	N20
6 October at 07:04	354 MW	50	N
6 October at 01:33	205 MW	11	Terra
5 October at 18:52	8 MW	7	N20
5 October at 18:33	19 MW	22	N
5 October at 17:54	23 MW	18	N21
5 October at 08:46	214 MW	8	Aqua
5 October at 07:23	896 MW	55	N
5 October at 06:46	2,693 MW	93	N21
5 October at 06:02	844 MW	71	N20
5 October at 00:54	609 MW	8	Terra
4 October at 19:09	10 MW	9	N20
4 October at 18:50	30 MW	24	N
4 October at 18:13	31 MW	27	N21
4 October at 17:31	7 MW	5	N20
4 October at 14:04	50 MW	5	Terra
4 October at 07:42	861 MW	57	N
4 October at 07:04	696 MW	68	N21
4 October at 06:19	774 MW	71	N20
4 October at 06:02	526 MW	50	N
4 October at 01:54	111 MW	5	Terra
3 October at 19:09	39 MW	26	N
3 October at 18:33	107 MW	31	N21
3 October at 17:48	64 MW	34	N20
3 October at 13:28	267 MW	8	Terra
3 October at 07:25	516 MW	41	N21
3 October at 06:40	458 MW	49	N20
3 October at 05:45	1,778 MW	32	N21
2 October at 18:52	7 MW	3	N21
2 October at 18:07	35 MW	8	N20
2 October at 17:48	56 MW	16	N
2 October at 08:31	278 MW	2	Aqua
2 October at 06:57	72 MW	5	N20
2 October at 06:38	59 MW	6	N
2 October at 06:02	236 MW	18	N21
1 October at 18:26	24 MW	9	N20
1 October at 18:05	106 MW	13	N
1 October at 17:31	20 MW	8	N21
1 October at 13:47	39 MW	5	Terra
1 October at 07:18	36 MW	4	N20
1 October at 06:57	702 MW	19	N
1 October at 01:35	42 MW	5	Terra
30 September at 18:43	5 MW	5	N20
30 September at 18:26	68 MW	29	N
30 September at 17:48	277 MW	30	N21
30 September at 08:54	147 MW	6	Aqua
30 September at 06:40	291 MW	14	N21
29 September at 19:05	2 MW	1	N20
29 September at 18:43	2 MW	1	N
29 September at 18:07	2 MW	2	N21

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