Started on Sep 19, 2026.
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 the Bogia District of Papua New Guinea, where an active wildfire has burned 430 ha (1,063 acres) since it started on September 19, 2026. The fire is currently burning during the dry season, a period that typically marks the region's fire season.
Monitoring systems have registered 24 heat detections within the last 48 hours, illustrating the current spread and active footprint of the blaze across the local landscape.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Papua New Guinea for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 280 ha (692 acres) — about 2.8 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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