Started on Sep 19, 2026.
Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Driven by the dry season, an active wildfire spanning 280 hectares (692 acres) is burning near Ketapang, Indonesia, having started on September 18, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the blaze, accompanied by 83 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to mark the fire's spread across the area.
This incident occurs within a broader national context where 4,223,827 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a total running 18% 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 230 ha (568 acres) — about 2.3 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 4,359,036 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 22% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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