Started on Sep 24, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Burning near Bitung in Indonesia, an active wildfire has expanded across 230 hectares, equivalent to 568 acres, since it started on September 24, 2026. Satellites orbiting the region are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, alongside 12 separate heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread of the fire during the dry season.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 4,948,429 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 39 percent above the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 km².
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
The bigger picture in Indonesia
Across Indonesia, roughly 6,320,690 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 77% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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