Wildfire near Bobong, Indonesia (2026)

This fire in numbersDay 2

380Hectares · estimated939Acres · estimated2Days burning

Started on Oct 20, 2026.

Wildfire near Bobong — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Bobong — 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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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Bobong, Indonesia, which has already been active for two days since starting on October 19, 2026. The firefront is spreading through the region during the dry season, generating twenty separate heat detections over the past forty-eight hours that indicate a cluster of active burning nearby. Based on these satellite hotspots, the fire is currently at a rough estimated size of 480 hectares, or approximately 1,186 acres.

This ongoing incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop of significant fire activity in Indonesia, where 7,804,252 hectares have already burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 119% above the two-decade average for the country.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 380 ha (939 acres) — about 3.8 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.