Started on Sep 21, 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
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active wildfire near Kerang, Indonesia, where 37 heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours. Burning during the typical fire season of the dry season, the blaze has grown to cover 750 hectares, or 1,853 acres, since it started on September 19, 2026.
This incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 4,497,134 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 26 percent above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 250 ha (618 acres) — around 2.5 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 6,517,506 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 83% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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