Moderate Wildfire ● Active

Active Fire Zone — 44 satellite detections (24h)

Event time: Last updated: 11 min ago Papua New Guinea
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NASA FIRMS satellite instruments (VIIRS) recorded 44 active-fire hotspot detections in this area during the last 24 hours, with a combined fire radiative power of approximately 326 MW. Detections are thermal anomalies: they may include agricultural burning, industrial heat sources and gas flares as well as wildfires, and are not confirmed ground reports.

Measurements

Coordinates-5.3967, 142.4112
Detections 24h44
Total Frp Mw326
SatelliteVIIRS NOAA-20 (NRT)
Data NoteThermal anomaly detections, not confirmed wildfire reports

Where this came from

Fire data from NASA FIRMS (LANCE)

This is an automated observation, not a warning. Nobody has assessed it and no authority has issued instructions based on it.

Not rated by source. NASA FIRMS does not publish a severity for this; the level shown is our own classification.

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Source updated 11 minutes ago (Oct 19, 2026 19:44 UTC) · we last heard from NASA FIRMS 11 minutes ago

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