Started on Oct 4, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature over an active wildfire burning near Bogia District, Papua New Guinea, where twenty heat detections have been registered over the last forty-eight hours.
The fire, which has burned 250 ha (618 acres) since it started on September 29, 2026, is currently progressing through the area during the dry season.
In context
This wildfire burned in Papua New Guinea for 2 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 km².
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
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