Started on Oct 4, 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 a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Nanga Bulik, Indonesia, which has already consumed 200 hectares, or 494 acres, since it started on October 4, 2026. Orbiting equipment has detected 12 heat signatures clustering nearby over the last 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the fire front across the landscape during the dry season.
This incident unfolds against a much wider regional crisis in Indonesia, where 6,134,111 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 72% above the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 280 ha (692 acres) — around 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 6,320,690 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 77% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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