Started on Oct 13, 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
An active wildfire spanning 330 hectares, or 815 acres, is currently burning near the city of Semuda in Indonesia, having started on October 13, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, while 49 separate heat detections over the past 48 hours indicate how far the fire has spread across the area.
The current blaze unfolds during the typical fire season, characterized locally as the dry season. This incident adds to a broader national crisis, with 7,143,877 hectares burned so far in 2026, a staggering 100% above the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 400 ha (988 acres) — about 4.0 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 7,143,877 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 100% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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