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Fire near Kuala Pembuang, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, October 2026

Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -3.214, 112.095 · first seen 2 October 2026, 17:26 UTC

6,397 MWpeak summed radiative power, 3 Oct
624detections on that day
29 kmwidest extent of the group
4days in the record

First detected 2 October 2026, 17:26 UTC, 50 km WNW of Kuala Pembuang. Last detected 5 October 2026, 18:28 UTC.

Day by day

2026-10-02: 3,330 MW2 Oct2026-10-03: 6,397 MW3 Oct2026-10-04: 6,031 MW4 Oct2026-10-05: 3,908 MW5 Oct6,397 MW

Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.

Day (UTC)MWDetectionsExtent kmNight
2026-10-023,3302781638%
2026-10-036,3976242946%
2026-10-046,0316212945%
2026-10-053,9084732255%

MW is fire radiative power summed over every detection grouped into the fire in a 24-hour window, across three satellites. Extent is the width of the group of detections, not a mapped perimeter. Night is the share of detections from the night pass. How these are measured.

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