Fire near Kalimantan central (ID)

2.93°S, 114.35°E · first detected on 27 September at 08:16

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 27 September at 08:16 to 23 October at 15:01, that is 26 days, through 1,116 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 10,787 ha.

Detected extent: 10,787 ha
Cumulative power: 5,674 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 66 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 1,116
Estimated emissions: 16.0 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 October 2026 to 22 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 22 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 29 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 19:45	39 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 19:35	24 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 19:25	44 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 19:15	35 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 19:05	16 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 18:55	15 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 16:35	18 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 16:25	18 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 16:15	15 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 15:55	16 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 15:01	79 MW	12	Terra
23 October at 14:45	18 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 13:05	16 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 08:29	76 MW	8	N
23 October at 07:53	181 MW	27	N21
23 October at 04:25	22 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 22:06	69 MW	8	Aqua
22 October at 20:11	102 MW	36	N20
22 October at 19:49	120 MW	52	N
22 October at 19:15	17 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 19:13	78 MW	22	N21
22 October at 17:55	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 17:45	47 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 17:35	48 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 17:25	46 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 17:15	46 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 17:05	48 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 16:55	41 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 16:35	24 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 16:25	42 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 16:15	56 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 16:05	55 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 15:55	62 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 15:45	87 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 15:35	90 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 15:25	74 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 15:15	74 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 15:05	71 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 14:55	52 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 14:45	29 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 14:35	67 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 14:25	20 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 14:15	47 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 14:05	70 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 13:55	19 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:45	43 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 13:35	20 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:25	82 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 13:15	60 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 13:05	54 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 12:45	106 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 12:35	82 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 12:25	93 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 12:05	140 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 11:55	55 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 11:45	90 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 11:35	178 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 11:25	124 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 11:15	39 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 11:05	35 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:55	106 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 10:45	139 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 10:35	168 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 10:25	232 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 10:15	239 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 10:05	156 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:55	127 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:45	109 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:35	124 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:25	44 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 09:15	83 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:05	36 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:55	41 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:48	80 MW	9	N
22 October at 08:45	52 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:35	36 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:15	37 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:12	435 MW	59	N21
22 October at 07:35	61 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:27	408 MW	37	N20
22 October at 07:25	59 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:15	157 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 07:08	111 MW	8	N
22 October at 07:05	54 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 06:55	51 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 06:45	64 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 06:35	52 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 06:25	47 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 05:55	39 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 05:45	43 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 20:30	26 MW	15	N20
21 October at 20:11	64 MW	35	N
21 October at 19:32	83 MW	30	N21
21 October at 15:21	12 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 11:25	25 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:15	26 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:05	48 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:55	33 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:45	36 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:35	64 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:25	33 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:45	39 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:35	32 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 08:29	31 MW	6	N21
21 October at 07:46	69 MW	9	N20
21 October at 07:27	33 MW	6	N
21 October at 03:05	22 MW	2	Terra
20 October at 20:28	9 MW	5	N
20 October at 19:52	25 MW	16	N21
20 October at 19:07	2 MW	1	N20
20 October at 14:44	43 MW	3	Terra
20 October at 13:45	17 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:05	27 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:55	47 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:09	108 MW	10	Aqua
20 October at 08:05	53 MW	14	N20
19 October at 20:11	19 MW	10	N21
19 October at 19:26	5 MW	5	N20
18 October at 19:45	16 MW	13	N20
18 October at 19:26	4 MW	4	N
18 October at 08:25	12 MW	3	N
17 October at 22:14	10 MW	1	Aqua
17 October at 20:04	59 MW	27	N20
17 October at 19:43	50 MW	27	N
17 October at 19:07	20 MW	11	N21
17 October at 08:42	14 MW	3	N
17 October at 08:05	92 MW	12	N21
17 October at 07:23	13 MW	2	N20
16 October at 20:21	12 MW	7	N20
16 October at 20:04	25 MW	17	N
16 October at 19:26	18 MW	11	N21
15 October at 19:45	2 MW	2	N21
15 October at 10:16	52 MW	4	Aqua
15 October at 07:59	48 MW	8	N20
14 October at 22:00	6 MW	1	Aqua
14 October at 20:41	4 MW	2	N
14 October at 20:04	23 MW	9	N21
14 October at 19:20	19 MW	9	N20
14 October at 08:18	222 MW	30	N20
14 October at 07:57	26 MW	6	N
14 October at 07:23	159 MW	19	N21
13 October at 20:21	23 MW	8	N21
13 October at 19:37	119 MW	27	N20
13 October at 19:20	21 MW	6	N
13 October at 15:04	38 MW	6	Terra
12 October at 10:01	116 MW	3	Aqua
12 October at 08:35	33 MW	6	N
12 October at 07:59	114 MW	18	N21
12 October at 07:16	4 MW	1	N20
11 October at 20:15	4 MW	3	N20
11 October at 19:56	10 MW	7	N
11 October at 19:20	1 MW	1	N21
10 October at 20:15	4 MW	3	N
10 October at 19:39	5 MW	5	N21
9 October at 19:13	1 MW	1	N20
8 October at 20:15	2 MW	1	N21
8 October at 19:32	9 MW	5	N20
8 October at 19:13	2 MW	1	N
8 October at 15:06	20 MW	3	Terra
8 October at 08:29	41 MW	6	N20
8 October at 08:10	132 MW	18	N
7 October at 20:36	3 MW	2	N21
7 October at 19:52	34 MW	28	N20
7 October at 19:32	10 MW	7	N
7 October at 10:07	8 MW	1	Aqua
7 October at 08:29	23 MW	3	N
7 October at 07:53	543 MW	67	N21
7 October at 07:08	41 MW	7	N20
6 October at 20:11	6 MW	5	N20
6 October at 19:49	13 MW	10	N
5 October at 20:11	9 MW	7	N
5 October at 19:32	18 MW	8	N21
5 October at 14:46	17 MW	1	Terra
5 October at 10:28	12 MW	1	Aqua
5 October at 07:27	6 MW	2	N
4 October at 19:52	16 MW	9	N21
4 October at 08:05	88 MW	18	N20
4 October at 07:46	34 MW	5	N
4 October at 07:10	13 MW	2	N21
3 October at 08:03	35 MW	6	N
2 October at 19:43	1 MW	1	N20
1 October at 20:04	2 MW	2	N20
1 October at 19:43	1 MW	1	N
1 October at 08:42	43 MW	12	N
1 October at 08:05	362 MW	51	N21
1 October at 07:23	157 MW	30	N20
30 September at 20:04	1 MW	1	N
29 September at 19:45	2 MW	1	N21
29 September at 07:57	23 MW	5	N20
28 September at 08:18	14 MW	3	N20
28 September at 07:57	30 MW	3	N
28 September at 07:23	8 MW	1	N21
27 September at 08:35	53 MW	4	N20
27 September at 08:16	9 MW	2	N

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