Wildfire near Angoram Village (Sep 27), Papua New Guinea (2026)

Wildfire near Angoram Village (Sep 27) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Angoram Village (Sep 27) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 45 km east of Angoram Village.

Burning over a period of twenty-six days after igniting on September 27, 2026, a wildfire near Angoram Village, Papua New Guinea, has now ended. During its activity in the dry season, satellites detected a moderate heat signature from the fire front, reaching an estimated size of two hundred hectares, which translates to four hundred ninety-four acres, based on satellite hotspots.

Over the forty-eight hours leading up to observation, fourteen heat detections were registered by NASA FIRMS in the vicinity, illustrating the localized spread of the incident near Angoram Village before the fire ultimately ceased burning.

In context

This wildfire burned in Papua New Guinea for 2 days. In total it burned about 200 ha (494 acres) — around 2.0 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.