Wildfire near Kimaam (Sep 22), Indonesia (2026)

Wildfire near Kimaam (Sep 22) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Kimaam (Sep 22) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 10 km southwest of Kimaam.

Summary written on Sep 21, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Kimaam, Indonesia, where 12 separate heat detections have clustered over the past 48 hours to map the blaze's rapid spread. Having ignited on September 21, 2026, the active fire has already consumed 200 hectares, which translates to 494 acres.

This ongoing incident unfolds during the typical fire season, characterized locally as the dry season. The local emergency compounds a broader national crisis, as official figures show that 4,660,102 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a significant total that sits 31 percent above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 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.