Wildfire near Kahala (Oct 21), Indonesia (2026)

This fire in numbersDay 2

400Hectares · estimated988Acres · estimated2Days burning

Started on Oct 21, 2026.

Wildfire near Kahala (Oct 21) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Kahala (Oct 21) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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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

About 10 km east of Kahala.

An active wildfire burning near Kahala, Indonesia, has reached an estimated size of 250 hectares, or approximately 618 acres, since it started on October 20, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active fire front, accompanied by 11 heat detections over the past 48 hours clustered nearby to indicate how far the fire has spread during the dry season.

This ongoing blaze occurs within a broader national context where 7,910,815 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 122 percent above the two-decade average for the country.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 400 ha (988 acres) — about 4.0 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.