Fire near Territoire du Nord (AU)

20.78°S, 129.32°E · first detected on 20 October at 15:07

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 20 October at 15:07 to 22 October at 02:09, through 290 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 4,811 ha.

Detected extent: 4,811 ha
Cumulative power: 3,508 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 117 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 290
Estimated emissions: 36.5 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 20 October 2026 to 20 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 20 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 4 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 09:17	387 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:07	226 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 08:57	1,269 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 08:47	1,997 MW	9	Him9
22 October at 08:37	782 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 08:27	2,321 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 08:17	1,749 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 08:07	1,172 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 07:57	1,254 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 07:47	897 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 07:37	989 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 07:07	170 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:01	905 MW	55	N
22 October at 06:57	1,726 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 06:47	2,185 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 06:37	794 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 06:27	1,323 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 06:17	1,674 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 06:07	243 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 05:57	1,964 MW	10	Him9
22 October at 05:47	1,855 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 05:37	1,205 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 05:27	497 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 05:17	2,009 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 05:07	3,031 MW	9	Him9
22 October at 04:57	871 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 04:37	529 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 04:27	1,276 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 04:17	2,050 MW	10	Him9
22 October at 04:07	1,360 MW	9	Him9
22 October at 03:57	1,026 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 03:47	2,513 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 03:37	2,377 MW	9	Him9
22 October at 03:27	818 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 03:17	1,103 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 03:07	2,810 MW	9	Him9
22 October at 02:57	1,084 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 02:47	531 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 02:37	405 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 02:27	101 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 02:17	497 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 02:09	284 MW	8	Terra
22 October at 02:07	138 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 01:27	310 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 01:17	58 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 01:07	211 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 00:57	102 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 00:47	68 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 00:37	93 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 00:27	97 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 00:17	119 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 00:07	51 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 23:57	90 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 23:47	121 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 23:37	301 MW	7	Him9
21 October at 23:27	218 MW	7	Him9
21 October at 23:17	82 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 23:07	301 MW	6	Him9
21 October at 22:57	755 MW	11	Him9
21 October at 22:47	546 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 22:37	1,149 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 19:57	45 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 19:47	73 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 19:37	43 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 18:52	36 MW	7	N20
21 October at 18:35	55 MW	14	N
21 October at 17:57	1,891 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 17:56	461 MW	40	N21
21 October at 16:07	67 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 15:57	741 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 15:47	758 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 15:17	14 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 14:57	15 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 14:47	120 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 14:37	775 MW	7	Him9
21 October at 14:27	536 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 14:17	185 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 14:07	106 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 13:38	186 MW	2	Terra
21 October at 13:37	20 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 13:27	293 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 13:17	1,405 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 13:07	2,400 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 12:57	1,256 MW	6	Him9
21 October at 12:47	288 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 12:37	1,027 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 12:27	2,975 MW	12	Him9
21 October at 12:17	2,565 MW	7	Him9
21 October at 12:07	1,229 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:57	3,522 MW	7	Him9
21 October at 11:47	2,553 MW	6	Him9
21 October at 11:37	2,174 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 11:27	1,992 MW	7	Him9
21 October at 11:17	3,720 MW	6	Him9
21 October at 11:07	768 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 10:57	1,046 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 07:23	6 MW	1	N
21 October at 06:44	94 MW	11	N21
20 October at 19:11	30 MW	4	N20
20 October at 18:52	989 MW	117	N
20 October at 18:16	1,785 MW	143	N21
20 October at 15:37	2,136 MW	9	Him9
20 October at 15:27	6,267 MW	9	Him9
20 October at 15:17	1,962 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 15:07	752 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:17	123 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:27	97 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:05	624 MW	3	Aqua
20 October at 09:57	1,043 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 09:47	546 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 09:37	366 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 09:27	409 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:27	131 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 07:59	55 MW	6	N20
20 October at 07:04	249 MW	11	N21
20 October at 06:37	896 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 06:27	3,323 MW	6	Him9
20 October at 06:19	4,268 MW	65	N20
20 October at 06:17	3,864 MW	7	Him9
20 October at 06:07	7,866 MW	12	Him9
20 October at 05:57	6,320 MW	11	Him9
20 October at 05:47	2,415 MW	7	Him9
20 October at 05:37	1,026 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 05:27	3,090 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 05:17	2,191 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 05:07	1,710 MW	6	Him9
20 October at 04:57	2,060 MW	8	Him9
20 October at 04:37	1,044 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 04:27	1,083 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 04:17	545 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 04:07	759 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 03:57	621 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 03:47	758 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 03:37	446 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 03:27	742 MW	5	Him9
20 October at 03:07	844 MW	4	Him9
20 October at 02:57	259 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 02:47	265 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 02:37	108 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 02:28	924 MW	5	Terra
20 October at 02:27	483 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 02:17	556 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 02:07	392 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 01:17	62 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 01:07	103 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 00:57	120 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 00:47	41 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 00:37	127 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 00:27	43 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 00:17	21 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 22:47	28 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 22:27	33 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 22:17	55 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 22:07	36 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 21:57	51 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 21:47	180 MW	4	Him9
19 October at 21:37	562 MW	6	Him9
19 October at 21:27	1,058 MW	6	Him9
19 October at 21:17	441 MW	5	Him9
19 October at 21:07	36 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 20:57	87 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 20:47	130 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 20:37	22 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 20:27	56 MW	2	Him9
19 October at 20:17	18 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 19:09	20 MW	6	N
19 October at 18:35	47 MW	15	N21
19 October at 17:50	7 MW	2	N20

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