Started on Oct 11, 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
An active wildfire spanning 1,300 hectares, or 3,212 acres, is currently burning near Getentiri in Indonesia after starting on October 5, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 71 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate how far the blaze has spread.
This incident unfolds during the typical fire season, characterized locally as the dry season. The current blaze contributes to a broader national trend in 2026, where 6,320,690 hectares have burned so far, tracking 77 percent 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.
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 7,009,661 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 96% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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