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Wildfire near Jenamas

Active · 480 hectares (1,186 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbersDay 2
480Hectares1,186Acres2Days burning

Started on Sep 18, 2026.

Wildfire near Jenamas — Sentinel-2 SWIR

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

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

Burning actively near the city of Jenamas, Indonesia, the Jenamas wildfire has expanded across 330 hectares (815 acres) since it started on September 18, 2026. Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the burning front, while NASA FIRMS has registered 31 heat detections in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours, indicating the current spread of the fire during the dry season.

This active fire contributes to a broader national crisis in Indonesia, where 4,223,827 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 18% above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 480 ha (1,186 acres) — about 4.8 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 4,223,827 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 18% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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