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 an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Piru, Indonesia, which has already consumed 400 hectares, or 988 acres, since it started on October 4, 2026. Monitoring systems have detected 18 separate heat signatures clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the active spread of the front across the landscape during the dry season.
This blaze unfolds against a severe national backdrop, contributing to a staggering 6,134,111 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026—a figure tracking 72% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 430 ha (1,063 acres) — about 4.3 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 6,134,111 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 72% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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