🇮🇩 Indonesia: wildfires in September 2026
Unit: archived detection events, grouped by first-detection day and a roughly 11 km cell. One physical fire can span multiple records; hotspots can also be agricultural, industrial or urban. These counts are not a census of confirmed wildfires. The archive starts on August 3, 2026; the current month is incomplete.
Indonesia, September 2026: 731 detection events archived over the covered period using kanari thresholds. Updated 18 October at 06:44.
Busiest day: 15 September, with 47 ignitions detected. +66% compared with August 2026.
"In September 2026, kanari archived 731 detection events in Indonesia, with 0 still active at the last update. This is not a count of distinct confirmed physical wildfires. Peak observed fire radiative power: 1326 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelapa | 1 Sept, 23:36 | 8 | 1326 |
| Pangkalpinang | 2 Sept, 00:06 | 1 | 955 |
| Puruk Cahu | 21 Sept, 05:10 | 34 | 905 |
| Namlea | 13 Sept, 03:05 | 50 | 785 |
| Manismata | 17 Sept, 05:27 | 36 | 728 |
| Kimaam | 17 Sept, 00:06 | 33 | 709 |
| Wiralaga Mulya | 16 Sept, 05:15 | 31 | 695 |
| Bayunglincir | 28 Sept, 05:45 | 12 | 600 |
| Kimaam | 7 Sept, 01:46 | 22 | 572 |
| Kepi | 18 Sept, 03:46 | 13 | 566 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Archived detection events, Indonesia, September 2026: 731 records. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-10-18.
Methodology: only significant fires are archived (corroborated by witnesses, or above detection and power thresholds); totals are not comparable to exhaustive official tallies. Full methodology and licence.
Other countries
World · United States · Canada · Mexico · Brazil · Argentina · Chile · Bolivia · Peru · Colombia · Australia · New Zealand · Thailand · India · Russia · Kazakhstan · Mongolia · China · Turkey · Greece · Italy · Spain · Portugal · France · Croatia · Albania · North Macedonia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Bulgaria · Romania · Ukraine · Germany · United Kingdom · Sweden · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · South Africa · Mozambique · Angola · DR Congo · Zambia · Tanzania · Kenya