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Fire near Merauke

Status: ✓ Confirmed

This fire is confirmed by an EFFIS burnt-area perimeter or by repeated, intense satellite detections.

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Where Merauke · Papua
First detected9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC
Last detected9 Oct 2026 04:27 UTC
Satellite detections27
Peak intensity107 MW
Active days1

Satellite before & after

High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.

After — Merauke (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-08) Before — Merauke (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-08) Before · 2026-09-08 After · 2026-10-08

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 27

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
9 Oct 2026 04:27 UTC107firms
9 Oct 2026 04:27 UTC57firms
9 Oct 2026 04:27 UTC13firms
9 Oct 2026 04:27 UTC30firms
9 Oct 2026 04:27 UTC8firms
9 Oct 2026 04:08 UTC8firms
9 Oct 2026 04:08 UTC4firms
9 Oct 2026 04:08 UTC9firms
9 Oct 2026 04:08 UTC10firms
9 Oct 2026 04:08 UTC8firms
9 Oct 2026 04:08 UTC8firms
9 Oct 2026 04:08 UTC13firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC26firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC25firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC25firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC6firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC6firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC3firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC3firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC6firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC11firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC25firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC25firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC26firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC26firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC11firms
9 Oct 2026 03:32 UTC3firms

Official & data sources

EFFIS / Copernicus fire viewer ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ SiPongi — Indonesia Ministry of Forestry (KLHK) & BNPB ↗

All fires on 9 Oct 2026

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