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Wildfire near Sungaigerong (Sep 29 · S)

Ended · 500 hectares (1,236 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers2 days
500Hectares1,236Acres2Days it lasted

Started on Sep 29, 2026.

Wildfire near Sungaigerong (Sep 29 · S) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Sungaigerong (Sep 29 · S) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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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 near Sungaigerong, Indonesia, an active wildfire has scorched 500 hectares (1,236 acres) since it began on September 29, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 53 heat detections over the past 48 hours that cluster nearby to indicate how far the fire has spread across the landscape during the dry season.

This ongoing incident unfolds within a broader national crisis, as 5,392,535 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 51% above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 1 day. In total it burned about 500 ha (1,236 acres) — around 5.0 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 5,392,535 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 51% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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