Started on Oct 16, 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
Burning actively in Maluku Barat Daya, Indonesia, a 200-hectare (494-acre) wildfire that started on October 16, 2026, is currently producing a moderate heat signature as detected by satellites, with eight heat detections clustering nearby over the last 48 hours.
The blaze is occurring amid the region's typical fire season, the dry season. Meanwhile, national figures show that 7,440,160 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, a total running 108% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 1 day. In total it burned about 200 ha (494 acres) — around 2.0 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 7,440,160 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 108% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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