Wildfire near Batusopang, Indonesia (2026)

Wildfire near Batusopang — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Batusopang — 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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 55 km south of Batusopang.

Satellite monitoring indicated a moderate heat signature from the wildfire that recently burned near Batusopang, Indonesia, during the dry season. The incident registered 13 heat detections in a 48-hour period, pointing to a footprint that reached an estimated 780 hectares, or about 1,927 acres.

Burning across a two-day span after starting on October 21, 2026, the fire has now ended. National figures indicate a broader crisis, with 8,290,324 hectares burned so far in 2026, a total running 132% above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 780 ha (1,927 acres) — around 7.8 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.