Started on Oct 17, 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
Burning actively near Pembuanghulu, Indonesia, an active wildfire has consumed 430 hectares, equivalent to 1,063 acres, since it started on October 4, 2026. Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the front, alongside twenty heat detections clustered nearby over the past forty-eight hours, marking the current spread of the incident during the dry season.
This ongoing fire occurs against a broader backdrop of heightened activity across Indonesia, where 6,134,111 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 72% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 1 day. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 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 7,520,678 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 111% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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