Started on Oct 17, 2026.
Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Burning through 430 hectares (1,063 acres) of land near the city of Ilaga in Indonesia, an active wildfire has satellites picking up an intense heat signature. The blaze, which first started on October 17, 2026, currently shows a dense cluster of 23 heat detections over a 48-hour window, illustrating the extent of the spread across the landscape during the dry season.
This ongoing incident unfolds against a wider national backdrop of significant fire activity. So far in 2026, a total of 7,520,678 hectares have burned across the country, a figure that surges 111% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 430 ha (1,063 acres) — about 4.3 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 7,631,677 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 114% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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