Started on Oct 7, 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 Pulang Pisau, Indonesia, where 36 thermal detections over the past 48 hours trace the footprint of a blaze that has grown to 530 hectares, or 1,310 acres, since it started on October 4, 2026.
This ongoing fire unfolds within the region's typical dry season, contributing to a broader national crisis that has seen 6,134,111 hectares burn across Indonesia so far in 2026, a total running 72% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 530 ha (1,310 acres) — around 5.3 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 7,009,661 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 96% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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