Fire near Kalimantan du Sud (ID)

3.33°S, 114.77°E · first detected on 23 September at 07:16

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 07:16 to 22 October at 22:06, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 4,220 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 49,528 ha.

Detected extent: 49,528 ha
Cumulative power: 29,276 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 260 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 4,220
Estimated emissions: 46.9 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 5 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.

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 30 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 22:06	22 MW	4	Aqua
22 October at 20:11	51 MW	29	N20
22 October at 19:49	68 MW	35	N
22 October at 19:13	52 MW	16	N21
22 October at 16:15	19 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 16:05	19 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 15:55	19 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 15:45	18 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 14:55	37 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 14:35	19 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 14:25	39 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 14:15	40 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 14:05	17 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:45	17 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:35	47 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 13:25	26 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:15	40 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 13:05	19 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 12:55	46 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 12:45	19 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 12:35	87 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 12:05	111 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 11:55	120 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 11:45	109 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 11:35	63 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 11:25	114 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 11:15	143 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 11:05	39 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:55	48 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:45	46 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:35	31 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:25	30 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:15	37 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:05	83 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:46	14 MW	1	Aqua
22 October at 09:25	148 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 09:15	292 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:05	223 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 08:55	381 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 08:48	284 MW	22	N
22 October at 08:45	281 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 08:35	235 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 08:25	305 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 08:15	108 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:12	1,104 MW	92	N21
22 October at 07:55	167 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 07:45	82 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:27	686 MW	65	N20
22 October at 07:25	447 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 07:15	582 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 07:08	260 MW	24	N
22 October at 07:05	840 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 06:55	382 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 06:35	104 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 20:30	30 MW	18	N20
21 October at 20:11	59 MW	30	N
21 October at 19:32	93 MW	37	N21
21 October at 15:21	36 MW	2	Terra
21 October at 12:15	19 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:45	23 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:35	27 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 11:05	24 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:55	66 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:45	27 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:35	56 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 10:25	43 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:15	45 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 10:05	66 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:55	86 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:45	140 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:35	122 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 09:25	29 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:15	61 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 09:05	204 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 08:55	341 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 08:45	481 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 08:29	496 MW	41	N21
21 October at 07:46	663 MW	55	N20
21 October at 07:26	523 MW	63	N
21 October at 03:05	86 MW	5	Terra
20 October at 20:28	7 MW	2	N
20 October at 19:52	33 MW	19	N21
20 October at 19:07	2 MW	1	N20
20 October at 14:44	11 MW	1	Terra
20 October at 12:45	38 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 12:25	18 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 11:35	20 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 10:09	163 MW	13	Aqua
20 October at 08:05	336 MW	43	N20
20 October at 07:08	109 MW	15	N21
19 October at 19:26	3 MW	2	N20
19 October at 08:25	5 MW	1	N20
19 October at 08:03	41 MW	13	N
19 October at 07:27	31 MW	5	N21
18 October at 20:30	1 MW	1	N21
18 October at 19:45	32 MW	22	N20
18 October at 19:26	14 MW	5	N
18 October at 08:44	11 MW	1	N20
18 October at 08:25	95 MW	16	N
17 October at 22:14	47 MW	5	Aqua
17 October at 20:04	110 MW	45	N20
17 October at 19:43	113 MW	50	N
17 October at 19:07	86 MW	41	N21
17 October at 08:42	48 MW	11	N
17 October at 08:05	456 MW	44	N21
17 October at 07:23	113 MW	17	N20
16 October at 20:04	11 MW	5	N
16 October at 19:26	2 MW	1	N21
16 October at 07:40	7 MW	1	N20
16 October at 07:21	9 MW	2	N
15 October at 20:21	1 MW	1	N
15 October at 19:45	33 MW	27	N21
15 October at 14:44	73 MW	9	Terra
15 October at 10:16	148 MW	8	Aqua
15 October at 07:58	119 MW	19	N20
15 October at 07:01	45 MW	3	N21
15 October at 02:26	31 MW	1	Terra
14 October at 22:00	55 MW	3	Aqua
14 October at 20:41	33 MW	9	N
14 October at 20:04	83 MW	23	N21
14 October at 19:20	58 MW	16	N20
14 October at 08:18	204 MW	23	N20
14 October at 07:57	392 MW	41	N
14 October at 07:23	300 MW	25	N21
14 October at 03:25	179 MW	5	Terra
13 October at 20:21	102 MW	14	N21
13 October at 19:37	207 MW	51	N20
13 October at 19:20	93 MW	26	N
13 October at 15:04	322 MW	17	Terra
13 October at 10:37	752 MW	10	Aqua
13 October at 02:48	8 MW	1	Terra
12 October at 19:02	14 MW	7	N21
12 October at 10:01	322 MW	17	Aqua
12 October at 08:35	176 MW	36	N
12 October at 07:58	559 MW	44	N21
12 October at 07:16	103 MW	17	N20
11 October at 21:42	11 MW	1	Aqua
11 October at 20:15	27 MW	11	N20
11 October at 19:56	52 MW	25	N
11 October at 19:20	57 MW	17	N21
11 October at 15:25	27 MW	2	Terra
11 October at 08:18	42 MW	3	N21
11 October at 07:14	97 MW	13	N
10 October at 20:36	6 MW	4	N20
10 October at 20:15	29 MW	9	N
10 October at 19:40	38 MW	17	N21
10 October at 18:56	4 MW	3	N20
10 October at 14:46	55 MW	4	Terra
10 October at 10:22	12 MW	1	Aqua
10 October at 08:35	69 MW	5	N21
10 October at 07:53	39 MW	11	N20
10 October at 07:33	181 MW	25	N
10 October at 06:55	77 MW	5	N21
9 October at 20:34	4 MW	4	N
9 October at 19:58	16 MW	9	N21
9 October at 19:13	6 MW	4	N20
9 October at 08:12	61 MW	11	N20
9 October at 07:16	12 MW	4	N21
8 October at 20:15	13 MW	7	N21
8 October at 19:32	16 MW	9	N20
8 October at 15:06	39 MW	4	Terra
8 October at 08:29	209 MW	47	N20
8 October at 08:10	443 MW	65	N
8 October at 07:33	136 MW	14	N21
7 October at 20:36	4 MW	2	N21
7 October at 19:52	27 MW	15	N20
7 October at 19:32	17 MW	12	N
7 October at 18:56	6 MW	3	N21
7 October at 10:07	102 MW	12	Aqua
7 October at 07:53	27 MW	4	N21
6 October at 20:11	4 MW	6	N20
6 October at 19:49	13 MW	11	N
6 October at 19:13	8 MW	3	N21
6 October at 08:48	12 MW	2	N
6 October at 08:12	657 MW	60	N21
6 October at 07:27	754 MW	63	N20
6 October at 07:08	19 MW	3	N
5 October at 20:28	3 MW	4	N20
5 October at 20:11	10 MW	9	N
5 October at 19:32	6 MW	6	N21
5 October at 10:28	84 MW	4	Aqua
5 October at 07:25	6 MW	2	N
4 October at 20:28	8 MW	4	N
4 October at 19:52	20 MW	12	N21
4 October at 19:07	4 MW	3	N20
4 October at 09:52	201 MW	12	Aqua
4 October at 08:05	551 MW	76	N20
4 October at 07:46	277 MW	19	N
4 October at 07:08	286 MW	28	N21
3 October at 20:11	3 MW	2	N21
3 October at 19:26	8 MW	6	N20
3 October at 08:25	200 MW	17	N20
3 October at 08:03	329 MW	45	N
3 October at 07:27	72 MW	12	N21
2 October at 19:45	16 MW	10	N20
2 October at 19:26	1 MW	2	N
2 October at 14:29	28 MW	1	Terra
2 October at 10:13	243 MW	17	Aqua
2 October at 08:42	40 MW	6	N20
2 October at 08:25	146 MW	28	N
2 October at 07:46	147 MW	20	N21
2 October at 07:01	35 MW	3	N20
1 October at 21:57	29 MW	2	Aqua
1 October at 20:04	31 MW	14	N20
1 October at 19:43	32 MW	13	N
1 October at 19:07	23 MW	16	N21
1 October at 09:35	42 MW	1	Aqua
1 October at 08:42	342 MW	31	N
1 October at 08:05	540 MW	41	N21
1 October at 07:23	328 MW	51	N20
30 September at 20:04	7 MW	5	N
30 September at 19:26	8 MW	4	N21
30 September at 14:49	63 MW	4	Terra
30 September at 08:22	95 MW	14	N21
30 September at 07:40	27 MW	4	N20
30 September at 07:21	60 MW	7	N
29 September at 20:43	3 MW	2	N20
29 September at 20:21	2 MW	1	N
29 September at 19:45	8 MW	5	N21
29 September at 09:56	18 MW	2	Aqua
29 September at 07:57	238 MW	30	N20
29 September at 07:40	44 MW	11	N
29 September at 07:01	28 MW	5	N21
28 September at 20:04	10 MW	6	N21
28 September at 19:20	13 MW	8	N20
28 September at 19:00	1 MW	1	N
28 September at 08:18	49 MW	13	N20
28 September at 07:57	116 MW	22	N
28 September at 07:23	37 MW	6	N21
27 September at 19:37	5 MW	2	N20
27 September at 19:20	4 MW	2	N
27 September at 10:20	55 MW	5	Aqua
27 September at 08:35	87 MW	13	N20
27 September at 08:16	394 MW	38	N
27 September at 07:40	22 MW	4	N21
26 September at 19:58	17 MW	14	N20
26 September at 19:39	10 MW	7	N
26 September at 08:35	75 MW	10	N
26 September at 07:59	124 MW	21	N21
26 September at 07:14	242 MW	22	N20
25 September at 20:15	4 MW	2	N20
25 September at 19:20	5 MW	3	N21
25 September at 14:49	35 MW	4	Terra
25 September at 08:54	13 MW	1	N
25 September at 08:18	123 MW	14	N21
25 September at 07:14	7 MW	1	N
24 September at 20:34	1 MW	1	N20
24 September at 20:15	20 MW	12	N
24 September at 19:40	51 MW	27	N21
24 September at 08:36	27 MW	2	N21
24 September at 07:33	16 MW	3	N

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