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
Burning through the dry season in West Kotawaringin, Indonesia, an active wildfire has expanded across 480 hectares (1,186 acres) since it began on October 13, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, alongside 45 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48个小时.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 7,143,877 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that stands 100% above the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire burned in Indonesia for 2 days. In total it burned about 480 ha (1,186 acres) — around 4.8 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 7,440,160 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 108% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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