Started on Oct 3, 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
Active fires nearby2 · 100 km
Burning for two days near Maba, Indonesia, an active 280-hectare (692-acre) wildfire is currently expanding at an approximate rate of 140 hectares per day. Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the front, alongside 27 heat detections clustering nearby over the last 48 hours to indicate the spread.
This incident unfolds during the typical fire season, the dry season. Across the country, 5,969,381 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 67 percent above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 280 ha (692 acres) — around 2.8 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 5,969,381 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 67% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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