Started on Oct 13, 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 an intense heat signature over an active wildfire burning near Kuala Pembuang, Indonesia, where 34 thermal detections in the past 48 hours trace the widespread cluster of the spreading blaze. Having started on October 13, 2026, the fire has grown to consume 300 hectares, equivalent to 741 acres.
This burning activity unfolds against the backdrop of the region's typical fire season during the dry season. Across the country, the larger picture reveals a severe year for blazes, with 7,225,054 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 102% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 150 ha (371 acres) — about 1.5 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 7,225,054 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 102% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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