Fire near Territoire du Nord (AU)

15.24°S, 133.84°E · first detected on 23 September at 06:08

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 06:08 to 17 October at 06:57, that is 24 days, through 6,509 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 89,833 ha.

Detected extent: 89,833 ha
Cumulative power: 68,072 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 403 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 6,509
Estimated emissions: 29.9 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 October 2026 to 17 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 27 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
17 October at 06:57	10 MW	1	N
16 October at 13:42	17 MW	2	Terra
16 October at 07:16	99 MW	11	N
16 October at 06:40	48 MW	7	N21
16 October at 05:55	30 MW	4	N20
15 October at 06:14	161 MW	11	N20
15 October at 05:55	42 MW	3	N
14 October at 14:02	38 MW	5	Terra
14 October at 07:18	288 MW	34	N21
14 October at 06:34	412 MW	53	N20
14 October at 06:14	686 MW	65	N
13 October at 19:22	12 MW	6	N
13 October at 18:43	11 MW	2	N21
13 October at 18:03	55 MW	23	N20
13 October at 17:41	63 MW	19	N
13 October at 13:23	912 MW	21	Terra
13 October at 08:57	167 MW	8	Aqua
13 October at 01:12	55 MW	2	Terra
12 October at 19:05	21 MW	9	N21
12 October at 18:20	34 MW	25	N20
12 October at 17:24	17 MW	5	N21
12 October at 07:10	549 MW	29	N20
12 October at 06:53	297 MW	34	N
12 October at 06:14	1,052 MW	28	N21
12 October at 02:09	51 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 18:37	28 MW	17	N20
11 October at 18:20	13 MW	12	N
11 October at 17:41	20 MW	11	N21
11 October at 13:45	38 MW	6	Terra
11 October at 09:18	127 MW	6	Aqua
11 October at 07:29	191 MW	36	N20
11 October at 07:10	254 MW	34	N
11 October at 06:34	347 MW	39	N21
11 October at 05:49	96 MW	10	N20
11 October at 01:31	18 MW	2	Terra
10 October at 18:58	16 MW	7	N20
10 October at 18:37	26 MW	12	N
10 October at 18:01	50 MW	11	N21
10 October at 08:40	78 MW	4	Aqua
10 October at 07:28	27 MW	6	N
10 October at 06:53	471 MW	39	N21
10 October at 06:08	389 MW	56	N20
9 October at 20:30	12 MW	1	Aqua
9 October at 19:15	11 MW	3	N20
9 October at 18:56	26 MW	8	N
9 October at 18:20	59 MW	21	N21
9 October at 07:48	14 MW	1	N
9 October at 07:12	172 MW	8	N21
9 October at 06:27	333 MW	21	N20
9 October at 06:08	66 MW	7	N
9 October at 01:52	95 MW	6	Terra
8 October at 19:15	27 MW	18	N
8 October at 18:37	99 MW	36	N21
8 October at 17:54	43 MW	19	N20
8 October at 17:35	6 MW	5	N
8 October at 13:23	50 MW	3	Terra
8 October at 07:29	77 MW	8	N21
8 October at 06:46	548 MW	55	N20
8 October at 06:25	556 MW	62	N
8 October at 05:49	497 MW	41	N21
8 October at 01:14	419 MW	12	Terra
7 October at 20:51	75 MW	6	Aqua
7 October at 18:58	283 MW	69	N21
7 October at 18:13	210 MW	81	N20
7 October at 17:54	125 MW	75	N
7 October at 14:23	93 MW	3	Terra
7 October at 08:25	126 MW	3	Aqua
7 October at 07:04	1,520 MW	166	N20
7 October at 06:46	2,144 MW	188	N
7 October at 06:08	2,303 MW	124	N21
7 October at 02:11	626 MW	8	Terra
6 October at 20:13	54 MW	3	Aqua
6 October at 19:15	46 MW	14	N21
6 October at 18:33	202 MW	89	N20
6 October at 18:11	214 MW	85	N
6 October at 17:35	101 MW	54	N21
6 October at 13:45	417 MW	35	Terra
6 October at 09:24	745 MW	9	Aqua
6 October at 07:25	825 MW	138	N20
6 October at 07:04	1,351 MW	158	N
6 October at 01:33	579 MW	32	Terra
5 October at 18:51	49 MW	36	N20
5 October at 18:33	44 MW	43	N
5 October at 17:54	47 MW	30	N21
5 October at 08:46	318 MW	9	Aqua
5 October at 07:42	251 MW	22	N20
5 October at 07:23	1,272 MW	126	N
5 October at 06:46	1,611 MW	117	N21
5 October at 06:02	1,038 MW	109	N20
5 October at 00:54	99 MW	2	Terra
4 October at 20:36	38 MW	3	Aqua
4 October at 19:09	176 MW	59	N20
4 October at 18:50	226 MW	77	N
4 October at 18:13	173 MW	92	N21
4 October at 17:31	128 MW	33	N20
4 October at 14:04	106 MW	11	Terra
4 October at 07:42	927 MW	99	N
4 October at 07:04	2,476 MW	111	N21
4 October at 06:19	1,969 MW	112	N20
4 October at 06:02	1,669 MW	87	N
4 October at 01:54	202 MW	7	Terra
3 October at 19:09	33 MW	30	N
3 October at 18:33	71 MW	37	N21
3 October at 17:48	32 MW	26	N20
3 October at 13:28	13 MW	1	Terra
3 October at 07:25	1,018 MW	71	N21
3 October at 06:40	1,536 MW	82	N20
3 October at 05:45	443 MW	28	N21
3 October at 01:14	56 MW	4	Terra
2 October at 19:28	1 MW	1	N
2 October at 18:52	43 MW	21	N21
2 October at 18:07	32 MW	21	N20
2 October at 17:48	6 MW	3	N
2 October at 08:31	50 MW	1	Aqua
2 October at 06:57	212 MW	18	N20
2 October at 06:38	281 MW	23	N
2 October at 06:02	439 MW	44	N21
2 October at 02:13	40 MW	1	Terra
1 October at 19:09	53 MW	19	N21
1 October at 18:26	40 MW	28	N20
1 October at 18:05	37 MW	19	N
1 October at 17:29	24 MW	5	N21
1 October at 13:47	15 MW	2	Terra
1 October at 07:18	201 MW	23	N20
1 October at 06:57	376 MW	41	N
1 October at 06:19	214 MW	22	N21
1 October at 01:35	38 MW	2	Terra
30 September at 18:43	29 MW	16	N20
30 September at 18:26	16 MW	19	N
30 September at 17:48	3 MW	1	N21
30 September at 08:54	953 MW	9	Aqua
30 September at 07:36	42 MW	3	N20
30 September at 07:16	166 MW	22	N
30 September at 06:40	252 MW	37	N21
30 September at 05:55	146 MW	13	N20
29 September at 19:05	8 MW	9	N20
29 September at 18:43	11 MW	11	N
29 September at 18:07	32 MW	20	N21
29 September at 14:06	49 MW	5	Terra
29 September at 07:36	112 MW	17	N
29 September at 06:57	294 MW	24	N21
29 September at 06:14	567 MW	43	N20
29 September at 05:53	435 MW	37	N
29 September at 01:54	19 MW	1	Terra
28 September at 19:22	1 MW	1	N20
28 September at 19:02	14 MW	8	N
28 September at 18:26	39 MW	30	N21
28 September at 17:41	68 MW	39	N20
26 September at 01:37	92 MW	10	Terra
25 September at 18:37	41 MW	22	N20
25 September at 18:20	20 MW	13	N
25 September at 08:59	378 MW	8	Aqua
25 September at 07:29	2,001 MW	165	N20
25 September at 07:10	3,141 MW	171	N
25 September at 06:34	929 MW	38	N21
25 September at 05:49	120 MW	7	N20
25 September at 00:57	210 MW	3	Terra
24 September at 20:49	25 MW	4	Aqua
24 September at 18:58	383 MW	155	N20
24 September at 18:37	321 MW	212	N
24 September at 18:01	496 MW	191	N21
24 September at 14:06	541 MW	26	Terra
24 September at 07:27	175 MW	15	N
24 September at 06:53	1,031 MW	63	N21
24 September at 06:08	1,227 MW	102	N20
24 September at 01:56	389 MW	14	Terra
23 September at 20:11	85 MW	4	Aqua
23 September at 19:15	194 MW	72	N20
23 September at 18:56	249 MW	127	N
23 September at 18:20	261 MW	143	N21
23 September at 17:35	240 MW	101	N20
23 September at 13:30	381 MW	10	Terra
23 September at 09:22	342 MW	3	Aqua
23 September at 07:48	2,215 MW	59	N
23 September at 07:10	2,782 MW	116	N21
23 September at 06:25	3,432 MW	85	N20
23 September at 06:08	2,815 MW	80	N
23 September at 01:16	433 MW	12	Terra
22 September at 19:15	89 MW	64	N
22 September at 18:37	173 MW	76	N21
22 September at 17:54	167 MW	65	N20
22 September at 17:33	238 MW	60	N
22 September at 14:27	318 MW	7	Terra
22 September at 08:44	716 MW	18	Aqua
22 September at 07:29	89 MW	5	N21
22 September at 06:46	84 MW	14	N20
22 September at 06:25	1,075 MW	71	N
22 September at 05:49	144 MW	10	N21
21 September at 20:34	14 MW	2	Aqua
21 September at 18:58	93 MW	37	N21
21 September at 18:13	83 MW	45	N20
21 September at 17:54	68 MW	48	N
21 September at 13:49	182 MW	19	Terra

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