Right now
The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 8 hours ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
Nothing else has been detected within 20 km in the last 24 hours.
The satellite has seen heat at this spot on 35 earlier days since 9 March 2026, in 6 of the twelve months of the year. Heat that is there in every season usually comes from industry (a steelworks, a refinery flare, a gas field) or from routine burning, not from a wildfire. NASA's data do not say which.
138 satellite detections of this fire · 20 September – 27 October 2026
A satellite sees a burning fire on each of its passes. This page gathers every detection of this fire; the address of each one leads here.
| Day and time (UTC) | Radiative power | Distance from Kendari |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 04:38 | 192 MW | 23 km |
| 26 Oct 17:39 | 198 MW | 29 km |
| 26 Oct 04:55 | 129 MW | 30 km |
| 24 Oct 16:35 | 266 MW | 27 km |
| 24 Oct 16:35 | 684 MW | 24 km |
| 24 Oct 05:33 | 680 MW | 24 km |
| 24 Oct 04:51 | 453 MW | 21 km |
| 23 Oct 17:52 | 398 MW | 22 km |
| 23 Oct 17:52 | 564 MW | 22 km |
| 23 Oct 16:56 | 524 MW | 22 km |
| 23 Oct 05:53 | 452 MW | 21 km |
| 23 Oct 05:08 | 300 MW | 18 km |
| 22 Oct 18:11 | 528 MW | 29 km |
| 22 Oct 18:11 | 133 MW | 15 km |
| 22 Oct 17:13 | 512 MW | 30 km |
| 22 Oct 06:10 | 468 MW | 30 km |
| 22 Oct 05:27 | 347 MW | 20 km |
| 22 Oct 05:27 | 95 MW | 28 km |
| 21 Oct 17:32 | 223 MW | 20 km |
| 20 Oct 17:52 | 476 MW | 13 km |
| 20 Oct 17:07 | 320 MW | 27 km |
| 20 Oct 06:05 | 278 MW | 24 km |
| 20 Oct 06:03 | 743 MW | 28 km |
| 20 Oct 05:08 | 729 MW | 29 km |
| 19 Oct 17:26 | 132 MW | 17 km |
| 19 Oct 17:26 | 761 MW | 25 km |
| 19 Oct 17:26 | 281 MW | 20 km |
| 19 Oct 16:30 | 724 MW | 25 km |
| 19 Oct 16:30 | 702 MW | 25 km |
| 19 Oct 05:27 | 688 MW | 25 km |
and 108 earlier detections
This page covers the record dated 1 October 2026. Browse recent observations in this area:
Recorded by satellite 26 days ago.
A thermal anomaly is a snapshot of one satellite pass, not a record of a fire’s life: we cannot say whether it kept burning after that pass.
It is the 60th strongest of the 166 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 9 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 62 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) reported 30 fire pixels with a combined fire radiative power of 160 MW, at nominal confidence, 17 km from Kendari.
The 30 pixels cover about 4.2 km² — that is the footprint of the detection grid at 375 m resolution, not an estimate of how much land burned.
FIRMS does not report burned area, and neither do we.
Urban PEI: 173,951 within a heuristic 35 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 9 March 2026
- August 3, 2026 · 0.4 km
- September 9, 2026 · 0.5 km
- August 27, 2026 · 0.5 km
How we know
One source: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS). Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 48 out of 100.
This is our versioned heuristic index, not source severity or a calibrated probability. Urban PEI does not count unique people.
Computed under scoring rules v5. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Archived as “Critical” under the rule in force until 4 October 2026, which read the radiative power and the people nearby. A satellite sees heat, not an emergency: since then every detection is shown as low or medium; this one as “Low”.
Series begins 8 March 2026. Comparisons refer to that period only. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.
This data is aggregated algorithmically from scientific sources. Not a replacement for official emergency warnings.
Event data
| Type | Persistent heat source |
| Severity | Low |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 48 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.74/1 |
| Coordinates | -3.8760, 122.4033 |
| Nearest city | Kendari (17 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 174.0K within 35 km |
| Impact tier | severe |
| Timestamp | 2026-10-01T18:04:00.000Z |
| Source | https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@122.403,-3.876,9z |
| Licence | US public domain (NASA) · NASA FIRMS (LANCE) |
Physical priority index · v5. Heuristic priority, not calibrated probability, predictive accuracy or damage. The legacy data-support index combines assigned source support and field availability. Urban PEI is distance-weighted and does not count unique people; zero does not establish that nobody is present. Model cards.
Source and revision timeline
Source: firms. Occurrence: 2026-10-01T18:04:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-06-10T07:47:16.474Z. Material modification: 2026-10-27T06:36:27.169Z.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
Score breakdown
Technical details
| Brightness | 352.08 |
| Frp | 159.99 |
| PixelCount | 30 |
| Confidence | nominal |
Safety information
Heat shows up at this spot regularly, which usually means an industrial plant or routine burning rather than a wildfire. Nothing on this page is an alert. In a real emergency, follow local authorities.
Review the area, threshold and delivery channel in your account.
In the news nearby
A list of links found by GDELT for this place and this hazard in the last seven days. External, not ours: we have not read them and do not vouch for them.
No news is listed: GDELT was not available when this page was rendered.
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