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Wildfire near Ketapang (Sep 17 · SW)

Active · 530 hectares (1,310 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbersDay 2
530Hectares1,310Acres2Days burning

Started on Sep 17, 2026.

Wildfire near Ketapang (Sep 17 · SW) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Ketapang (Sep 17 · SW) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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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 nearby4 · 100 km
13KM NEWildfire near Ketapang (Sep 17 · S)600 ha42KM NWildfire near Sukadana (Sep 17)400 ha56KM NEWildfire near Ketapang (Sep 17 · N)500 ha80KM SWildfire near Ketapang (Sep 18)230 ha
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An active wildfire spanning 400 hectares (988 acres) is currently burning in Indonesia, located near the city of Ketapang. First detected on September 17, 2026, the fire is spreading through the region during the dry season. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 31 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, indicating the extent to which the fire has spread across the landscape.

This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 4,112,468 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, placing the cumulative burned area 15% above the two-decade average for the nation.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 530 ha (1,310 acres) — about 5.3 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 4,223,827 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 18% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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