Started on Sep 18, 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
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Muara Sabak, Indonesia, where 11 heat detections have been recorded over the last 48 hours to map the spread of the front. Having started on September 16, 2026, the blaze has consumed 280 hectares, which equals 692 acres, during the local dry season.
This incident unfolds against a wider backdrop of severe fire activity across the country, where 4,112,468 hectares have burned so far in 2026, placing the total area burned 15% 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.
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 6,517,506 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 83% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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