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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now
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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
The story so far
A wildfire in Bogia District, Papua New Guinea, burned across an estimated 230 hectares after starting on September 23, 2026. The incident unfolded over a span of 29 days during the dry season before ultimately ending.
During its progression, the fire generated moderate heat intensity as observed by satellite monitoring. In the final stages of the event, satellites continued to detect nine heat signatures over a 48-hour period in the area.
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. 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.
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