Fire near Territoire du Nord (AU)

18.27°S, 131.72°E · first detected on 14 October at 14:02

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 14 October at 14:02 to 23 October at 01:09, that is 8 days, through 4,438 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 67,736 ha.

Detected extent: 67,736 ha
Cumulative power: 105,914 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 746 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 4,438
Estimated emissions: 49.9 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 14 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.

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 17 October 2026

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

Before · 12 October 2026During · 17 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 11 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
23 October at 04:37	754 MW	5	Him9
23 October at 04:27	62 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 04:17	500 MW	2	Him9
23 October at 03:37	2,881 MW	6	Him9
23 October at 03:27	740 MW	3	Him9
23 October at 03:17	1,825 MW	4	Him9
23 October at 03:07	1,046 MW	7	Him9
23 October at 02:57	435 MW	4	Him9
23 October at 02:47	1,375 MW	8	Him9
23 October at 02:37	1,151 MW	9	Him9
23 October at 02:27	1,145 MW	6	Him9
23 October at 02:17	1,399 MW	10	Him9
23 October at 02:07	1,264 MW	10	Him9
23 October at 01:27	683 MW	5	Him9
23 October at 01:17	302 MW	3	Him9
23 October at 01:09	427 MW	10	Terra
23 October at 01:07	49 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 00:57	325 MW	3	Him9
23 October at 00:47	278 MW	3	Him9
23 October at 00:37	419 MW	5	Him9
23 October at 00:27	149 MW	3	Him9
23 October at 00:07	329 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 22:57	760 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 22:47	685 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 22:27	1,461 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 22:17	1,281 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 22:07	510 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 21:07	613 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 20:57	2,138 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 20:32	36 MW	2	Aqua
22 October at 19:37	524 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 18:35	53 MW	16	N20
22 October at 18:13	327 MW	53	N
22 October at 18:07	157 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 17:57	661 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 17:47	436 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 17:37	76 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 17:35	1,055 MW	122	N21
22 October at 17:17	237 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 17:07	632 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 16:57	2,007 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 16:37	1,687 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 16:27	1,306 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 16:17	208 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 15:37	135 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 15:17	1,351 MW	11	Him9
22 October at 15:07	2,114 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 14:57	870 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 14:47	1,528 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 14:37	89 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 14:19	290 MW	6	Terra
22 October at 14:17	1,411 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 14:07	2,802 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 10:07	58 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:47	319 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 09:37	136 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 08:57	729 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 08:47	2,697 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 08:37	2,215 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 08:27	159 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:17	1,932 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 08:07	2,505 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 07:57	7,571 MW	12	Him9
22 October at 07:47	5,544 MW	11	Him9
22 October at 07:37	1,813 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 07:27	2,572 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 07:23	4,346 MW	131	N20
22 October at 07:17	4,318 MW	10	Him9
22 October at 07:07	4,757 MW	12	Him9
22 October at 07:04	3,794 MW	157	N
22 October at 06:57	8,930 MW	22	Him9
22 October at 06:47	2,427 MW	10	Him9
22 October at 06:37	955 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 06:27	2,396 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 06:25	3,050 MW	113	N21
22 October at 06:17	695 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 06:07	707 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 05:57	336 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 05:47	110 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 05:37	1,852 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 05:27	2,602 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 05:17	1,834 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 05:07	1,887 MW	10	Him9
22 October at 04:57	2,497 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 04:37	395 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 04:27	1,835 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 03:57	207 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 03:47	200 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 03:27	362 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 03:17	218 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 03:07	148 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 02:57	779 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 02:47	354 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 02:37	235 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 02:27	548 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 02:17	295 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 02:09	1,556 MW	19	Terra
22 October at 02:07	610 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 01:27	133 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 01:17	177 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 01:07	90 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 00:57	35 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:37	24 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:27	26 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:17	39 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 22:07	673 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 16:57	413 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 16:17	353 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 16:07	1,092 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 15:27	1,902 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 13:57	1,329 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 13:47	584 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 13:07	154 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:57	200 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:17	552 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 11:07	1,537 MW	7	Him9
21 October at 10:57	1,263 MW	6	Him9
21 October at 09:03	467 MW	6	Aqua
21 October at 08:47	708 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 07:42	3,364 MW	55	N20
21 October at 07:23	453 MW	24	N
21 October at 06:46	3,699 MW	83	N21
21 October at 06:02	2,887 MW	98	N20
21 October at 01:29	520 MW	26	Terra
20 October at 20:56	1,121 MW	16	Aqua
20 October at 19:11	27 MW	17	N20
20 October at 18:52	232 MW	68	N
20 October at 18:13	222 MW	95	N21
20 October at 15:27	24 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 15:17	22 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 15:07	15 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:57	21 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:47	21 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:38	76 MW	2	Terra
20 October at 14:37	71 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 14:27	169 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 14:17	40 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 13:57	18 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:47	54 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 13:37	21 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 13:27	88 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 13:17	74 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 13:07	149 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 12:57	260 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 12:47	273 MW	6	Him9
20 October at 12:37	490 MW	6	Him9
20 October at 12:27	716 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 12:17	1,114 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 12:07	315 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 11:57	1,880 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 11:47	1,517 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 11:37	739 MW	9	Him9
20 October at 11:27	456 MW	7	Him9
20 October at 11:17	630 MW	10	Him9
20 October at 11:07	1,539 MW	13	Him9
20 October at 10:57	441 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 10:47	212 MW	6	Him9
20 October at 10:37	690 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 10:27	2,353 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 10:17	5,122 MW	11	Him9
20 October at 10:07	1,495 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 09:57	1,565 MW	9	Him9
20 October at 09:47	3,401 MW	10	Him9
20 October at 09:37	6,154 MW	13	Him9
20 October at 09:27	6,182 MW	12	Him9
20 October at 09:17	4,179 MW	7	Him9
20 October at 09:07	3,068 MW	12	Him9
20 October at 08:57	1,143 MW	7	Him9
20 October at 08:47	1,392 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 08:37	6,114 MW	14	Him9
20 October at 08:27	5,720 MW	19	Him9
20 October at 08:27	3,154 MW	14	Aqua
20 October at 08:17	10,927 MW	22	Him9
20 October at 08:07	10,033 MW	24	Him9
20 October at 07:57	8,573 MW	23	Him9
20 October at 07:47	7,037 MW	28	Him9
20 October at 07:37	8,988 MW	37	Him9
20 October at 07:04	12,025 MW	257	N21
20 October at 06:37	13,905 MW	31	Him9
20 October at 06:27	14,428 MW	27	Him9
20 October at 06:19	16,644 MW	447	N20
20 October at 06:17	16,909 MW	35	Him9
20 October at 06:07	10,650 MW	29	Him9
20 October at 05:57	14,863 MW	28	Him9
20 October at 05:47	10,744 MW	26	Him9
20 October at 05:37	9,753 MW	24	Him9
20 October at 05:27	13,688 MW	29	Him9
20 October at 05:17	10,776 MW	22	Him9
20 October at 05:07	9,044 MW	19	Him9
20 October at 04:57	12,946 MW	24	Him9
20 October at 04:37	11,424 MW	21	Him9
20 October at 04:27	13,303 MW	23	Him9
20 October at 04:17	11,505 MW	27	Him9
20 October at 04:07	10,246 MW	25	Him9
20 October at 03:57	7,696 MW	25	Him9
20 October at 03:47	6,699 MW	19	Him9
20 October at 03:37	6,051 MW	24	Him9
20 October at 03:27	6,142 MW	19	Him9
20 October at 03:17	6,064 MW	14	Him9
20 October at 03:07	2,796 MW	14	Him9
20 October at 02:57	2,729 MW	10	Him9
20 October at 02:47	4,718 MW	13	Him9
20 October at 02:37	1,955 MW	7	Him9
20 October at 02:27	1,454 MW	6	Him9
20 October at 02:17	1,091 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 02:07	932 MW	6	Him9
19 October at 20:17	1,785 MW	14	Aqua
19 October at 19:30	310 MW	60	N20
19 October at 19:09	444 MW	132	N
19 October at 18:35	820 MW	161	N21
19 October at 17:50	1,434 MW	136	N20
19 October at 14:00	676 MW	33	Terra
19 October at 09:26	3,516 MW	24	Aqua
19 October at 07:59	4,144 MW	80	N
19 October at 07:23	1,105 MW	48	N21
19 October at 06:40	2,082 MW	100	N20
19 October at 06:19	5,696 MW	171	N
19 October at 01:50	156 MW	8	Terra
18 October at 21:17	84 MW	3	Aqua
18 October at 19:28	2,003 MW	88	N
18 October at 18:52	162 MW	46	N21
18 October at 18:07	669 MW	67	N20
18 October at 17:48	498 MW	50	N
18 October at 13:21	127 MW	3	Terra
18 October at 08:48	2,821 MW	13	Aqua
18 October at 07:42	174 MW	6	N21
18 October at 06:57	428 MW	27	N20
18 October at 06:38	831 MW	71	N
18 October at 06:02	736 MW	52	N21
18 October at 01:12	64 MW	2	Terra
17 October at 20:38	19 MW	3	Aqua
17 October at 19:09	94 MW	48	N21
17 October at 18:28	106 MW	76	N20
17 October at 18:07	113 MW	61	N
17 October at 17:29	88 MW	32	N21
17 October at 14:19	13 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 07:16	1,249 MW	38	N20
17 October at 06:57	441 MW	29	N
17 October at 06:19	2,390 MW	98	N21
17 October at 02:09	2,228 MW	19	Terra
16 October at 18:45	1,020 MW	183	N20
16 October at 18:26	984 MW	187	N
16 October at 17:50	2,591 MW	154	N21
16 October at 13:42	43 MW	3	Terra
16 October at 09:12	1,337 MW	15	Aqua
16 October at 07:36	982 MW	98	N20
16 October at 07:16	921 MW	89	N
16 October at 06:40	1,046 MW	82	N21
16 October at 01:31	832 MW	16	Terra
15 October at 21:02	18 MW	2	Aqua
15 October at 19:05	38 MW	23	N20
15 October at 18:45	43 MW	36	N
15 October at 18:07	49 MW	24	N21
15 October at 14:40	37 MW	1	Terra
15 October at 07:53	173 MW	12	N20
15 October at 07:33	262 MW	16	N
15 October at 06:57	439 MW	49	N21
15 October at 06:14	10 MW	1	N20
14 October at 14:02	176 MW	6	Terra

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