Started on Sep 23, 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
Active fires nearby3 · 100 km
Burning in the dry season near Ketapang, Indonesia, an active wildfire has scorched 500 hectares (1,236 acres) since it started on September 19, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, while 46 separate heat detections have been registered in the area over the last 48 hours.
This incident unfolds during a broader national fire crisis, with 4,359,036 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure 22% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 280 ha (692 acres) — around 2.8 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 6,320,690 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 77% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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