Started on Oct 11, 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
A moderate heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites over a 250-hectare (618-acre) active wildfire burning near Sungaigerong, Indonesia, which has already generated 23 nearby heat detections over the past 48 hours to mark its active spread.
First spotted on October 3, 2026, this incident unfolds during the typical fire season, characterized locally as the dry season.
This event forms part of a broader national crisis, with 5,969,381 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure standing 67% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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 7,009,661 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 96% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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