Wildfire near Leksula, Indonesia (2026)

Wildfire near Leksula — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Leksula — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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

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The story so far

About 35 km northwest of Leksula.

Burning near Leksula, Indonesia, the wildfire that started on October 24, 2026, has now ended after spanning two days during the dry season. The fire reached an estimated size of 200 ha (494 acres), accompanied by five NASA FIRMS heat detections over a 48-hour period and a moderate satellite heat intensity.

This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 8,419,231 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 136% above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 200 ha (494 acres) — around 2.0 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.