Wildfire near Moanemani, Indonesia (2026)

Wildfire near Moanemani — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Moanemani — 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

An active wildfire is burning near Moanemani, Indonesia, after igniting on October 24, 2026. Operating during the dry season, the fire has reached an estimated size of 200 hectares, or roughly 494 acres, derived from satellite hotspot analysis.

Satellite observations from NASA FIRMS show 16 heat detections over the past 48 hours clustered near the area, indicating the extent of the fire's spread, while instruments register a moderate heat intensity from the burning front.

This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 8,419,231 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 136 percent above the country's two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 200 ha (494 acres) — about 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.