Started on Sep 26, 2026.
Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
An active wildfire spanning 280 hectares, or 692 acres, is currently burning near Tongkiling, Indonesia, having started on September 25, 2026. Operating within the dry season, the blaze is generating a peak fire radiative power that has prompted satellites to pick up an intense heat signature.
Mapping data indicates that orbital instruments have registered 25 separate heat detections in the immediate vicinity over the past 48 hours, illustrating the active spread of the front. This incident unfolds during a broader national crisis, as Indonesia has recorded 5,091,288 hectares burned so far in 2026, a total tracking 43 percent above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 280 ha (692 acres) — around 2.8 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 6,320,690 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 77% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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