Wildfire near Banjarbaru, Indonesia (2026)

Wildfire near Banjarbaru — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Banjarbaru — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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The story so far

About 25 km southwest of Banjarbaru.

Following a two-day run that started on October 22, 2026, the wildfire near Banjarbaru, Indonesia, has officially ended. Burning through the dry season, the incident left behind an estimated size of 200 hectares, equivalent to 494 acres, derived from satellite hotspot analysis.

During the final stages of the event, satellites picked up a low heat signature, with only 1 heat detection recorded over the preceding 48 hours, indicating that the active threat had subsided significantly before the fire ceased.

Across the broader national landscape in 2026, a total of 8,371,663 hectares have burned so far, marking a figure that is 134% above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 200 ha (494 acres) — around 2.0 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.