Started on Sep 29, 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
Active fires nearby2 · 100 km
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature at an active wildfire burning near Nipah Panjang, Indonesia, where 33 recent heat detections cluster nearby. Having started on September 29, 2026, the fire has grown to cover 730 hectares (1,804 acres) amid the local dry season.
This incident unfolds during a broader national fire crisis, with 5,392,535 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that stands 51% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 900 ha (2,224 acres) — around 9.0 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 6,134,111 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 72% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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