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Wildfire near Semuda (Sep 19 · W)

Active · 330 hectares (815 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbersDay 2
330Hectares815Acres2Days burning

Started on Sep 19, 2026.

Wildfire near Semuda (Sep 19 · W) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Semuda (Sep 19 · W) — 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 actively in Indonesia near Semuda, an active wildfire has consumed 330 hectares (815 acres) since it began on September 19, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, while 59 nearby heat detections highlight how far the fire has spread across the area during the dry season.

This incident unfolds within a broader national crisis, as 4,359,036 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a total that is 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 330 ha (815 acres) — about 3.3 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 4,359,036 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 22% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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