Started on Sep 23, 2026.
True view
Fire view
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
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Active fires nearby1 · 100 km
Burning through 200 hectares (494 acres) of land near Bogia District, Papua New Guinea, an active wildfire has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 100 hectares per day over its two days of burning since starting on September 22, 2026.
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, alongside 15 heat detections clustering nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread of the incident.
This fire activity is occurring during the typical fire season, known locally as the dry season.
In context
This wildfire burned in Papua New Guinea for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 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.
We'll email you if it grows, if it gets more contained, or if it goes out.
At most one alert every 6 hours, and only when something changes.
No account. One-click unsubscribe. · Privacy
Community reports
Reports from people near the fire · unverified
Be the first to report what is happening →
Not official emergency information. In an emergency, contact fire services/authorities.