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Wildfire near Pagatan

Active · 150 hectares (371 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbersDay 2
150Hectares371Acres2Days burning

Started on Sep 19, 2026.

Wildfire near Pagatan — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Pagatan — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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

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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

Burning near Pagatan, Indonesia, an active wildfire has consumed 180 hectares, or 445 acres, since it started on September 19, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, while 13 heat detections cluster nearby to trace how far the fire has spread.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, the dry season. Across the country, 4,359,036 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 22 percent above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 150 ha (371 acres) — about 1.5 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 4,359,036 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 22% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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