Wildfire near Longkali (Sep 23), Indonesia (2026)

Wildfire near Longkali (Sep 23) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Longkali (Sep 23) — 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

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 25 km north of Longkali.

A moderate heat signature marked the final phase of a wildfire near Longkali, Indonesia, which burned over a span of twenty-nine days during the dry season after starting on September 23, 2026. By the time the fire ended, satellite tracking recorded sixty-three heat detections over a forty-eight hour window, helping yield an estimated footprint of two hundred hectares, or four hundred ninety-four acres.

This incident unfolded amid a severe national fire year. Across the country, 8,082,546 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 126% 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.