Started on Sep 29, 2026.
Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Active fires nearby1 · 100 km
Burning near Buntok, Indonesia, an active wildfire spanning 280 hectares (692 acres) continues to advance during the dry season. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, alongside 44 recent heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context of heavy fire activity in Indonesia, where 5,392,535 hectares have burned so far in 2026—marking a total that sits 51 percent above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 530 ha (1,310 acres) — about 5.3 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 5,515,943 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 54% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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