Wildfire near Muara Sugihan, Indonesia (2026)

Wildfire near Muara Sugihan — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Muara Sugihan — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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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

Summary written on Sep 30, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning in the dry season near Muara Sugihan, Indonesia, an active wildfire has scorched 400 hectares, or 988 acres, since it started on September 29, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the front, while 17 separate heat detections cluster nearby over the past 48 hours to mark how far the fire has spread.

This incident unfolds during a broader national fire crisis, with 5,392,535 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026—a staggering 51% above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 400 ha (988 acres) — around 4.0 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.