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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.

⚠️ The fires shown are automatic satellite heat detections from NASA FIRMS. They are not verified on the ground and are not 100% accurate — they can include false alarms (industrial heat, gas flares, sun glint) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow official emergency sources.

Where Merauke · Papua
First detected16 Oct 2026 04:42 UTC
Last detected16 Oct 2026 05:18 UTC
Satellite detections15
Peak intensity121 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, 2026-10-16) Before — Merauke (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-06) Before · 2026-09-06 After · 2026-10-16

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 15

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
16 Oct 2026 05:18 UTC16firms
16 Oct 2026 05:18 UTC33firms
16 Oct 2026 05:18 UTC33firms
16 Oct 2026 05:18 UTC52firms
16 Oct 2026 05:18 UTC52firms
16 Oct 2026 05:18 UTC46firms
16 Oct 2026 05:18 UTC16firms
16 Oct 2026 05:18 UTC22firms
16 Oct 2026 05:18 UTC22firms
16 Oct 2026 04:42 UTC6firms
16 Oct 2026 04:42 UTC6firms
16 Oct 2026 04:42 UTC10firms
16 Oct 2026 04:42 UTC10firms
16 Oct 2026 04:42 UTC26firms
16 Oct 2026 04:42 UTC121firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 16 Oct 2026

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