Started on Oct 11, 2026.
Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Active fires nearby4 · 100 km
Burning actively near Muting, Indonesia, a wildfire has scorched 180 hectares (445 acres) since it started on September 30, 2026, during the dry season. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 29 heat detections clustering nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate how far the blaze has spread.
This active fire unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 5,515,943 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 54 percent above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 630 ha (1,557 acres) — around 6.3 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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