Fire near Territoire du Nord (AU)

16.97°S, 135.42°E · first detected on 23 September at 06:06

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 06:06 to 13 October at 18:45, that is 21 days, through 3,536 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 59,761 ha.

Detected extent: 59,761 ha
Cumulative power: 54,522 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 2,495 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 3,536
Estimated emissions: 561 t of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 October 2026 to 13 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 23 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
14 October at 18:26	29 MW	13	N21
14 October at 17:41	37 MW	30	N20
14 October at 14:02	309 MW	3	Terra
14 October at 07:16	1,176 MW	44	N21
14 October at 06:32	2,215 MW	77	N20
14 October at 06:14	2,671 MW	133	N
13 October at 18:45	6 MW	1	N21
13 October at 18:03	6 MW	1	N20
13 October at 01:12	19 MW	1	Terra
12 October at 20:45	39 MW	4	Aqua
12 October at 19:05	21 MW	11	N21
12 October at 18:20	32 MW	20	N20
12 October at 17:24	44 MW	12	N21
12 October at 07:10	188 MW	23	N20
12 October at 06:53	202 MW	22	N
12 October at 06:14	300 MW	24	N21
11 October at 18:37	22 MW	13	N20
11 October at 18:20	37 MW	18	N
11 October at 17:41	48 MW	9	N21
11 October at 13:42	155 MW	11	Terra
11 October at 09:16	29 MW	1	Aqua
11 October at 07:29	18 MW	2	N20
11 October at 07:10	88 MW	9	N
11 October at 06:34	114 MW	11	N21
11 October at 05:49	43 MW	5	N20
10 October at 07:27	2 MW	1	N
10 October at 06:53	318 MW	21	N21
10 October at 06:08	181 MW	21	N20
10 October at 00:54	37 MW	1	Terra
9 October at 18:58	66 MW	14	N
9 October at 18:20	90 MW	28	N21
9 October at 17:35	44 MW	12	N20
9 October at 07:10	13 MW	1	N21
9 October at 06:25	67 MW	5	N20
9 October at 01:52	44 MW	2	Terra
8 October at 19:15	18 MW	6	N
8 October at 18:39	38 MW	14	N21
8 October at 17:56	40 MW	17	N20
8 October at 17:35	25 MW	9	N
8 October at 13:23	32 MW	2	Terra
8 October at 07:29	191 MW	10	N21
8 October at 06:46	15 MW	1	N20
8 October at 06:25	8 MW	1	N
8 October at 05:49	158 MW	15	N21
8 October at 01:14	78 MW	4	Terra
7 October at 20:51	871 MW	6	Aqua
7 October at 18:58	14 MW	7	N21
7 October at 18:13	304 MW	24	N20
7 October at 17:54	51 MW	11	N
7 October at 07:04	134 MW	21	N20
7 October at 06:44	125 MW	17	N
7 October at 06:08	333 MW	32	N21
6 October at 20:13	16 MW	2	Aqua
6 October at 18:33	34 MW	20	N20
6 October at 18:13	24 MW	17	N
6 October at 17:35	55 MW	26	N21
6 October at 13:45	121 MW	13	Terra
6 October at 09:24	114 MW	2	Aqua
6 October at 07:23	83 MW	16	N20
6 October at 07:04	234 MW	18	N
6 October at 01:33	56 MW	3	Terra
5 October at 18:52	0 MW	1	N20
5 October at 18:33	4 MW	4	N
5 October at 17:56	11 MW	6	N21
5 October at 08:46	976 MW	11	Aqua
5 October at 07:23	139 MW	25	N
5 October at 06:46	317 MW	18	N21
5 October at 06:02	70 MW	11	N20
4 October at 18:13	2 MW	3	N21
4 October at 08:10	198 MW	2	Aqua
4 October at 07:40	581 MW	40	N
4 October at 07:04	689 MW	36	N21
4 October at 06:19	625 MW	46	N20
4 October at 06:00	643 MW	41	N
3 October at 19:09	23 MW	17	N
3 October at 18:33	37 MW	24	N21
3 October at 17:48	23 MW	17	N20
3 October at 17:31	18 MW	9	N
3 October at 13:25	103 MW	5	Terra
3 October at 07:24	1,152 MW	86	N21
3 October at 06:40	698 MW	54	N20
3 October at 05:42	2,136 MW	54	N21
3 October at 01:14	110 MW	3	Terra
2 October at 18:52	8 MW	7	N21
2 October at 18:07	11 MW	10	N20
2 October at 17:48	7 MW	8	N
2 October at 08:31	1,540 MW	6	Aqua
2 October at 06:57	396 MW	51	N20
2 October at 06:38	348 MW	32	N
2 October at 06:02	422 MW	27	N21
1 October at 18:26	16 MW	18	N20
1 October at 18:05	16 MW	14	N
1 October at 17:29	20 MW	13	N21
1 October at 13:45	12 MW	3	Terra
1 October at 07:16	65 MW	11	N20
1 October at 06:57	363 MW	44	N
1 October at 06:19	111 MW	13	N21
1 October at 01:35	156 MW	11	Terra
30 September at 18:26	6 MW	7	N
30 September at 17:50	18 MW	9	N21
30 September at 08:54	47 MW	3	Aqua
30 September at 07:36	292 MW	31	N20
30 September at 07:16	562 MW	58	N
30 September at 06:40	341 MW	30	N21
30 September at 05:53	3,969 MW	27	N20
29 September at 20:43	10 MW	1	Aqua
29 September at 19:05	643 MW	71	N20
29 September at 18:43	247 MW	79	N
29 September at 18:07	598 MW	121	N21
29 September at 17:24	107 MW	52	N20
29 September at 14:04	563 MW	11	Terra
29 September at 08:14	130 MW	1	Aqua
29 September at 07:33	70 MW	11	N
29 September at 06:57	570 MW	39	N21
29 September at 06:14	834 MW	67	N20
29 September at 05:53	639 MW	22	N
29 September at 01:54	1,833 MW	20	Terra
28 September at 20:06	128 MW	4	Aqua
28 September at 19:05	228 MW	42	N
28 September at 18:26	1,152 MW	197	N21
28 September at 17:41	1,088 MW	277	N20
28 September at 09:14	64 MW	1	Aqua
28 September at 07:16	117 MW	10	N21
28 September at 06:32	1,550 MW	111	N20
28 September at 06:14	2,585 MW	126	N
28 September at 01:16	4,887 MW	45	Terra
27 September at 19:22	306 MW	49	N
27 September at 18:45	484 MW	85	N21
27 September at 18:03	1,492 MW	194	N20
27 September at 17:41	709 MW	166	N
27 September at 14:25	1,199 MW	6	Terra
27 September at 08:37	120 MW	3	Aqua
27 September at 06:51	474 MW	16	N20
27 September at 06:32	83 MW	10	N
27 September at 05:55	203 MW	25	N21
26 September at 20:26	76 MW	10	Aqua
26 September at 19:05	85 MW	27	N21
26 September at 18:20	78 MW	69	N20
26 September at 17:58	111 MW	60	N
26 September at 17:24	232 MW	48	N21
26 September at 13:47	513 MW	25	Terra
26 September at 07:10	2,144 MW	117	N20
26 September at 06:51	2,131 MW	151	N
26 September at 06:14	3,712 MW	120	N21
26 September at 01:37	366 MW	6	Terra
25 September at 19:49	144 MW	2	Aqua
25 September at 18:37	198 MW	89	N20
25 September at 18:20	162 MW	92	N
25 September at 17:41	270 MW	62	N21
25 September at 13:08	41 MW	1	Terra
25 September at 08:59	123 MW	3	Aqua
25 September at 07:27	1,075 MW	28	N20
25 September at 07:10	260 MW	30	N
25 September at 06:32	619 MW	30	N21
25 September at 05:47	98 MW	2	N20
24 September at 20:49	242 MW	4	Aqua
24 September at 18:58	406 MW	54	N20
24 September at 18:37	213 MW	51	N
24 September at 18:01	171 MW	58	N21
24 September at 14:06	11,746 MW	48	Terra
24 September at 08:22	221 MW	2	Aqua
24 September at 07:27	96 MW	17	N
24 September at 06:53	109 MW	10	N21
24 September at 06:08	359 MW	24	N20
24 September at 05:47	119 MW	8	N
24 September at 01:56	908 MW	11	Terra
23 September at 18:56	46 MW	30	N
23 September at 18:20	98 MW	57	N21
23 September at 17:35	83 MW	43	N20
23 September at 13:30	948 MW	25	Terra
23 September at 07:10	211 MW	23	N21
23 September at 06:25	396 MW	26	N20
23 September at 06:06	1,121 MW	69	N
23 September at 01:18	95 MW	8	Terra
22 September at 19:15	228 MW	66	N
22 September at 18:39	331 MW	80	N21
22 September at 17:54	523 MW	120	N20
22 September at 17:35	635 MW	109	N
22 September at 14:27	987 MW	13	Terra
22 September at 08:44	594 MW	12	Aqua
22 September at 07:29	2,255 MW	79	N21
22 September at 06:46	1,292 MW	71	N20
22 September at 06:25	1,201 MW	60	N
22 September at 05:49	1,772 MW	81	N21
21 September at 20:34	10 MW	2	Aqua
21 September at 18:58	29 MW	17	N21

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