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
Active fires nearby2 · 100 km
An active wildfire spanning 280 hectares, or 692 acres, continues to burn near Merauke, Indonesia, after igniting on October 16, 2026. Orbiting equipment is tracking a moderate heat signature from the active front, while satellite monitoring has registered 14 heat detections in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the incident during the dry season.
This ongoing fire develops within a broader national context where 7,440,160 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 108% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 280 ha (692 acres) — about 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 7,520,678 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 111% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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