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Wildfire near Jenamas

Ended · 180 hectares (445 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
180Hectares445Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 24, 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 near Jenamas, Indonesia, an active wildfire has consumed 180 hectares (445 acres) since it began on September 24, 2026. The fire is currently active within the region's typical fire season during the dry season, maintaining a moderate heat intensity as satellites pick up its thermal signature.

Orbiting sensors have detected 20 heat signatures near the fire in the last 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the incident. This fire unfolds against a broader national backdrop, as 4,948,429 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 39% above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 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 7,009,661 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 96% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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