Fire near Kalimantan oriental (ID)

1.29°S, 116.43°E · first detected on 19 October at 08:05

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 19 October at 08:05 to 23 October at 02:43, that is 4 days, through 178 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,503 ha.

Detected extent: 1,503 ha
Cumulative power: 7,599 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 1,179 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 178
Estimated emissions: 6.9 kt of carbon; Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 19 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 6 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 02:43	6 MW	1	Terra
22 October at 23:25	18 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 23:15	17 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 22:45	18 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 22:25	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 22:06	12 MW	2	Aqua
22 October at 22:05	17 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 16:15	96 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 16:05	185 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 15:55	203 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 15:45	171 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 15:35	303 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 15:25	298 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 15:15	339 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 15:05	427 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 14:55	251 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 14:45	499 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 14:35	554 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 14:25	437 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 14:23	712 MW	9	Terra
22 October at 14:15	392 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 14:05	280 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 13:55	521 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 13:45	407 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 13:35	178 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 13:25	334 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 13:15	575 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 13:05	292 MW	3	Him9
22 October at 12:55	611 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 12:45	737 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 12:35	685 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 12:25	1,025 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 12:05	1,125 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 11:55	1,288 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 11:45	1,511 MW	9	Him9
22 October at 11:35	1,354 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 11:25	1,476 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 11:15	1,395 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 11:05	1,684 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 10:55	2,202 MW	9	Him9
22 October at 10:45	2,361 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 10:35	2,306 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 10:25	2,611 MW	9	Him9
22 October at 10:15	2,270 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 10:05	2,024 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 09:55	2,358 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 09:46	1,786 MW	7	Aqua
22 October at 09:45	2,816 MW	8	Him9
22 October at 09:35	1,847 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 09:25	2,254 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 09:15	2,262 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 09:05	2,134 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 08:55	1,753 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 08:50	875 MW	13	N
22 October at 08:45	2,018 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 08:35	1,685 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 08:25	1,821 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 08:15	1,628 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 08:12	2,056 MW	47	N21
22 October at 08:05	2,106 MW	7	Him9
22 October at 07:55	1,819 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 07:45	1,464 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 07:35	1,942 MW	6	Him9
22 October at 07:27	862 MW	3	N20
22 October at 07:25	1,263 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 07:15	1,172 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 07:08	598 MW	17	N
22 October at 07:05	1,239 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 06:55	1,051 MW	5	Him9
22 October at 06:45	579 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 06:35	598 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 06:25	598 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 06:15	588 MW	4	Him9
22 October at 06:05	142 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 05:55	106 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 05:45	142 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 05:15	77 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 05:05	106 MW	2	Him9
22 October at 02:45	27 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 02:25	21 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 02:15	22 MW	1	Him9
22 October at 02:05	22 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 23:05	23 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 22:55	29 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 22:45	24 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 22:15	43 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 22:05	33 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 21:55	37 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 21:45	56 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 21:35	32 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 21:30	61 MW	2	Aqua
21 October at 21:25	61 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 21:15	65 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 21:05	58 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 20:55	49 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 20:45	52 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 20:28	68 MW	12	N20
21 October at 20:25	35 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 20:15	23 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 20:09	66 MW	13	N
21 October at 20:05	53 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 19:55	48 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 19:45	70 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 19:35	23 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 19:32	67 MW	12	N21
21 October at 19:25	21 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 19:15	44 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:55	50 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:45	30 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 18:35	56 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:25	60 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:15	55 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 18:05	31 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 17:55	27 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 17:45	48 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 17:35	25 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 17:25	19 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 17:15	59 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 17:05	67 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 16:55	67 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 16:35	77 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 16:25	97 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 16:15	86 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 16:05	89 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 15:55	95 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 15:45	102 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 15:35	83 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 15:25	35 MW	1	Him9
21 October at 15:21	47 MW	1	Terra
21 October at 15:15	81 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 15:05	80 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 14:55	73 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 14:45	57 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 14:35	91 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 14:25	86 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 14:15	57 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 14:05	73 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 13:55	71 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 13:45	114 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 13:25	77 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 13:15	162 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 13:05	127 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 12:55	111 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 12:45	86 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 12:35	58 MW	2	Him9
21 October at 12:25	152 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 12:15	192 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 12:05	254 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 11:55	257 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 11:45	290 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 11:35	347 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 11:25	353 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 11:15	391 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 11:05	484 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 10:55	434 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 10:45	453 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 10:35	648 MW	5	Him9
21 October at 10:25	638 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 10:15	519 MW	6	Him9
21 October at 10:05	342 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:55	372 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:45	360 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:35	287 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:25	297 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:15	265 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 09:05	150 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 08:55	216 MW	4	Him9
21 October at 08:45	173 MW	3	Him9
21 October at 08:31	11 MW	1	N21
21 October at 07:48	82 MW	5	N20
20 October at 20:28	5 MW	4	N
20 October at 19:49	19 MW	7	N21
20 October at 19:07	14 MW	4	N20
20 October at 15:35	15 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 15:25	16 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:45	16 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 14:44	19 MW	1	Terra
20 October at 14:15	16 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 12:45	17 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 12:35	18 MW	1	Him9
20 October at 12:05	51 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:55	55 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:45	61 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:35	54 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:25	61 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:15	67 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 11:05	76 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:55	80 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:45	86 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:35	84 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 10:25	128 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 10:15	142 MW	3	Him9
20 October at 10:09	127 MW	4	Aqua
20 October at 10:05	119 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:55	115 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:45	121 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:35	147 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:25	136 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:15	116 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 09:05	114 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:55	127 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:45	108 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:35	130 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:25	157 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:15	156 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:05	122 MW	2	Him9
20 October at 08:05	94 MW	6	N20
20 October at 07:55	56 MW	1	Him9
19 October at 20:11	2 MW	1	N21
19 October at 19:26	2 MW	3	N20
19 October at 19:05	1 MW	1	N
19 October at 08:05	7 MW	2	N

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