How long did the Paser fire last?

According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 11 October 2026 to 23 October 2026 (13 days). The perimeter dates it from 18 October 2026 to 23 October 2026.

How much area did it burn?

The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 1,622 hectares (16.2 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.

Which municipalities burned?

The fire only entered Paser (1,633 ha, 0.2 %).

Is the Paser fire still active?

No fire detections since 23 Oct 2026, 16:54 UTC. A lack of detections is not an official extinction.

Where does this data come from?

From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Indonesia (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.

ID · Indonesia · 2026-10-11 → 2026-10-23

Paser fire, October 2026 Paser

Dying down · last detection 23 Oct 2026, 16:54 UTC

The fire started on 11 October 2026 in Paser, Indonesia, and satellites saw it burning for 13 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 1,622 hectares from heat detections, spread across a single municipality.

It is the 87th largest in East Kalimantan since 2016 (of 98 with a page). Number 888 in Indonesia in 2026, of 1005.

Is it still active?

No detections since 23 Oct 2026, 16:54 UTC. That usually means no flame is visible from space any more, although hotspots may remain. Satellites pass a few times a day and cloud or smoke can hide the fire: a lack of detections is not an official extinction. Each country’s emergency service declares a fire contained or out.

Burnt area: 1,622ha; GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration: 13days; 11 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
Municipalities hit: 1; regencies
Started on: 11 Oct; 2026
Heat detections: 30; in a single hotspot: 55 MW
Energy released: 270MW; sum of detected power

Play back 23 Oct 2026

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 11 Oct23 Oct

How it evolved, day by day

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Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.

What happened to each town

Paser where it started

1,633 ha reached on 11 Oct

0.2 %

Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the GWIS perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance is from the town centre to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

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Before · 4 Oct 2026

After · 23 Oct 2026

Before After

If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.

Detections table · 30Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.

⬇ Download CSV Times in UTC. Each detection is a 375 m pixel: a large fire yields hundreds per pass.

Date and time	Satellite	FRP (MW)	Lat	Lon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Paser fire last?: According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 11 October 2026 to 23 October 2026 (13 days). The perimeter dates it from 18 October 2026 to 23 October 2026.
How much area did it burn?: The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 1,622 hectares (16.2 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?: The fire only entered Paser (1,633 ha, 0.2 %).
Is the Paser fire still active?: No fire detections since 23 Oct 2026, 16:54 UTC. A lack of detections is not an official extinction.
Where does this data come from?: From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Indonesia (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.

Where to verify it

A satellite detection is not an official report. Final figures and the fire’s status are published by each country’s emergency service.

Emergency number: 112

Satellite cross-check

NASA FIRMS ↗
GWIS · Copernicus ↗

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Where this data comes from

The perimeter comes from the Copernicus Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), which rebuilds it from MODIS and VIIRS heat detections and publishes it under CC BY 4.0. It is not measured on imagery as in Europe, so it is an estimate. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. Municipal boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM2 (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ from each country’s official figure.