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Fire near Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -2.691, 112.996 · first seen 22 September 2026, 05:33 UTC
5,853 MWpeak summed radiative power, 22 Sep
357detections on that day
17 kmwidest extent of the group
2days in the record
First detected 22 September 2026, 05:33 UTC, 18 km SSE of Sampit. Last detected 23 September 2026, 18:34 UTC. Named places of 1,000 people or more within 25 km had a combined population of 166,773 (GeoNames).
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | 5,853 | 357 | 17 | 72% |
| 2026-09-23 | 4,172 | 380 | 12 | 74% |
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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