Fire near Kalimantan oriental (ID)

0.10°N, 116.78°E · first detected on 23 September at 07:16

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 23 September at 07:16 to 23 October at 02:43, that is at least 30 days: the clustering window stops there, and the fire or heat source may be older, through 5,348 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 42,272 ha.

Detected extent: 42,272 ha
Cumulative power: 51,949 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 591 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 5,348
Estimated emissions: 54.2 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
23 October at 04:05	30 MW	1	Him9
23 October at 02:43	26 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 22:15	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 22:06	51 MW	4	Aqua
22 October at 22:05	20 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 21:45	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 21:35	19 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 21:15	19 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 20:11	44 MW	9	N20
22 October at 20:05	22 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 19:55	34 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 19:49	74 MW	16	N
22 October at 19:45	27 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 19:35	42 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 19:25	44 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 19:15	19 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 19:11	45 MW	6	N21
22 October at 19:05	20 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 18:55	37 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 18:35	41 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 16:25	16 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 14:55	92 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 14:45	119 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 14:35	119 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 14:25	152 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 14:23	82 MW	3	Terra
22 October at 14:15	79 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 14:05	186 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 13:55	42 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:45	65 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 13:35	123 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 13:25	75 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 13:15	31 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 11:35	18 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 11:25	38 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 11:05	25 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:55	42 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 10:45	26 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:35	41 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 10:25	125 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 10:15	78 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 10:05	178 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 09:55	138 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 09:46	144 MW	7	Aqua
22 October at 09:45	160 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 09:35	95 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 09:25	141 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 09:15	175 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 09:05	121 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 08:55	47 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 08:45	394 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 08:35	216 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 08:25	252 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 08:15	257 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 08:12	404 MW	34	N21
22 October at 07:55	126 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:45	191 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 07:35	74 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:27	36 MW	1	N20
22 October at 07:25	137 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 07:10	265 MW	31	N
22 October at 06:45	107 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 08:31	12 MW	1	N21
21 October at 07:48	32 MW	8	N20
20 October at 10:15	48 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:09	52 MW	3	Aqua
19 October at 08:05	10 MW	2	N
19 October at 07:27	15 MW	1	N21
18 October at 19:43	1 MW	1	N20
18 October at 08:22	117 MW	15	N
18 October at 07:48	291 MW	34	N21
18 October at 07:04	110 MW	16	N20
18 October at 02:43	19 MW	1	Terra
17 October at 20:04	2 MW	1	N20
17 October at 19:43	1 MW	1	N
17 October at 19:05	6 MW	1	N21
17 October at 08:44	34 MW	4	N
17 October at 08:05	65 MW	6	N21
16 October at 20:21	2 MW	2	N20
16 October at 20:02	3 MW	3	N
16 October at 19:26	3 MW	3	N21
16 October at 07:42	7 MW	2	N20
16 October at 07:23	28 MW	3	N
15 October at 20:21	12 MW	5	N
15 October at 19:43	27 MW	15	N21
15 October at 19:00	4 MW	4	N20
15 October at 14:44	6 MW	1	Terra
15 October at 10:18	14 MW	1	Aqua
15 October at 07:59	314 MW	36	N20
15 October at 07:40	355 MW	26	N
15 October at 07:04	120 MW	14	N21
14 October at 21:57	29 MW	4	Aqua
14 October at 20:41	28 MW	11	N
14 October at 20:04	87 MW	19	N21
14 October at 19:20	166 MW	24	N20
14 October at 19:00	62 MW	7	N
14 October at 09:39	40 MW	2	Aqua
14 October at 08:18	370 MW	62	N20
14 October at 07:59	759 MW	88	N
14 October at 07:23	1,109 MW	63	N21
13 October at 20:21	8 MW	3	N21
13 October at 19:37	29 MW	21	N20
13 October at 19:17	25 MW	12	N
13 October at 15:04	30 MW	2	Terra
13 October at 02:48	22 MW	2	Terra
12 October at 19:00	59 MW	21	N21
12 October at 14:27	337 MW	13	Terra
12 October at 10:01	513 MW	25	Aqua
12 October at 08:36	69 MW	8	N
12 October at 07:59	246 MW	29	N21
12 October at 07:16	119 MW	16	N20
11 October at 21:42	48 MW	3	Aqua
11 October at 20:15	49 MW	22	N20
11 October at 19:56	88 MW	45	N
11 October at 19:20	114 MW	39	N21
11 October at 15:25	22 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 08:18	215 MW	22	N21
11 October at 07:33	81 MW	6	N20
11 October at 07:16	167 MW	26	N
10 October at 20:13	2 MW	1	N
10 October at 18:54	12 MW	3	N20
10 October at 14:46	23 MW	2	Terra
9 October at 20:34	10 MW	5	N
9 October at 19:56	51 MW	23	N21
9 October at 19:11	30 MW	8	N20
9 October at 08:12	6 MW	1	N20
9 October at 07:53	94 MW	12	N
8 October at 21:28	70 MW	2	Aqua
8 October at 20:15	25 MW	9	N21
8 October at 19:32	122 MW	38	N20
8 October at 19:11	54 MW	23	N
8 October at 08:12	33 MW	2	N
7 October at 19:49	302 MW	106	N20
7 October at 19:30	146 MW	82	N
7 October at 18:54	171 MW	31	N21
7 October at 10:07	482 MW	20	Aqua
7 October at 08:29	68 MW	7	N
7 October at 07:53	359 MW	36	N21
7 October at 07:10	84 MW	12	N20
6 October at 20:11	34 MW	3	N20
6 October at 19:49	164 MW	89	N
6 October at 19:13	116 MW	10	N21
6 October at 15:27	927 MW	10	Terra
6 October at 08:12	2,677 MW	106	N21
6 October at 07:27	781 MW	6	N20
6 October at 07:08	994 MW	45	N
6 October at 03:07	101 MW	3	Terra
5 October at 20:28	96 MW	30	N20
5 October at 20:09	251 MW	62	N
5 October at 19:32	363 MW	95	N21
5 October at 14:49	10 MW	1	Terra
5 October at 08:31	132 MW	9	N21
5 October at 07:48	1,097 MW	71	N20
4 October at 22:10	390 MW	13	Aqua
4 October at 20:28	363 MW	126	N
4 October at 19:49	421 MW	106	N21
4 October at 19:05	337 MW	80	N20
4 October at 14:08	63 MW	1	Terra
4 October at 09:52	79 MW	3	Aqua
4 October at 08:05	395 MW	41	N20
4 October at 07:10	322 MW	21	N21
3 October at 21:32	1,272 MW	16	Aqua
3 October at 20:45	20 MW	7	N
3 October at 20:11	162 MW	52	N21
3 October at 19:26	1,279 MW	87	N20
3 October at 19:07	651 MW	76	N
3 October at 15:08	762 MW	8	Terra
3 October at 08:26	517 MW	49	N20
3 October at 08:05	1,400 MW	92	N
3 October at 07:27	80 MW	2	N21
3 October at 02:50	5 MW	1	Terra
2 October at 22:32	91 MW	2	Aqua
2 October at 20:28	168 MW	27	N21
2 October at 19:43	440 MW	118	N20
2 October at 19:24	327 MW	70	N
2 October at 18:48	440 MW	55	N21
2 October at 14:29	2,077 MW	27	Terra
2 October at 10:13	852 MW	9	Aqua
2 October at 08:22	591 MW	59	N
2 October at 07:48	902 MW	60	N21
2 October at 07:04	196 MW	20	N20
1 October at 21:55	50 MW	5	Aqua
1 October at 20:02	117 MW	43	N20
1 October at 19:43	126 MW	65	N
1 October at 19:05	82 MW	18	N21
1 October at 08:44	28 MW	4	N
1 October at 08:05	253 MW	22	N21
1 October at 07:23	139 MW	11	N20
30 September at 20:21	3 MW	3	N20
30 September at 20:02	62 MW	30	N
30 September at 19:26	75 MW	30	N21
30 September at 14:49	66 MW	7	Terra
30 September at 08:25	95 MW	10	N21
30 September at 07:40	318 MW	49	N20
30 September at 07:23	183 MW	20	N
30 September at 06:44	7 MW	1	N21
30 September at 02:30	35 MW	2	Terra
29 September at 22:17	17 MW	1	Aqua
29 September at 20:19	39 MW	16	N
29 September at 19:43	67 MW	41	N21
29 September at 19:00	25 MW	15	N20
29 September at 09:58	64 MW	6	Aqua
29 September at 07:59	284 MW	34	N20
29 September at 07:40	143 MW	11	N
29 September at 07:04	84 MW	9	N21
28 September at 21:38	452 MW	15	Aqua
28 September at 20:41	59 MW	25	N
28 September at 20:04	236 MW	55	N21
28 September at 19:17	162 MW	38	N20
28 September at 19:00	188 MW	35	N
28 September at 15:10	475 MW	14	Terra
28 September at 08:18	1,039 MW	73	N20
28 September at 07:57	869 MW	65	N
28 September at 02:50	593 MW	16	Terra
27 September at 20:21	777 MW	94	N21
27 September at 19:37	658 MW	110	N20
27 September at 19:17	327 MW	64	N
27 September at 14:32	1,350 MW	21	Terra
27 September at 10:20	188 MW	4	Aqua
27 September at 08:37	175 MW	17	N20
27 September at 08:18	265 MW	21	N
27 September at 07:42	965 MW	58	N21
27 September at 06:55	425 MW	31	N20
26 September at 19:56	297 MW	59	N20
26 September at 19:39	240 MW	75	N
26 September at 19:00	214 MW	64	N21
26 September at 15:29	342 MW	5	Terra
26 September at 09:42	246 MW	10	Aqua
26 September at 08:35	210 MW	22	N
26 September at 07:59	169 MW	21	N21
26 September at 07:16	206 MW	19	N20
26 September at 06:55	26 MW	3	N
26 September at 03:09	69 MW	1	Terra
25 September at 21:23	115 MW	2	Aqua
25 September at 20:15	272 MW	51	N20
25 September at 19:56	217 MW	72	N
25 September at 19:20	299 MW	43	N21
25 September at 14:51	645 MW	38	Terra
25 September at 08:20	280 MW	30	N21
25 September at 07:33	308 MW	33	N20
25 September at 07:16	247 MW	38	N
24 September at 20:13	69 MW	29	N
24 September at 19:39	121 MW	41	N21
24 September at 18:54	98 MW	23	N20
24 September at 14:12	957 MW	10	Terra
24 September at 10:05	146 MW	10	Aqua
24 September at 07:55	444 MW	66	N20
24 September at 07:33	123 MW	12	N
24 September at 06:57	251 MW	32	N21

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