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🇮🇩 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.

731
archived events
0
still active
0
with verified witnesses
0
with aircraft observed
1326
peak power (MW)
"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."
Source: kanari.io, NASA FIRMS, GOES and Meteosat MTG satellites plus AI-verified witness reports. Freely citable (CC BY 4.0).

Fire ignitions per day

012026-09-01: 12022026-09-02: 39032026-09-03: 25042026-09-04: 9052026-09-05: 4062026-09-06: 6072026-09-07: 34082026-09-08: 32092026-09-09: 26102026-09-10: 8112026-09-11: 6122026-09-12: 10132026-09-13: 34142026-09-14: 1152026-09-15: 47162026-09-16: 29172026-09-17: 38182026-09-18: 43192026-09-19: 25202026-09-20: 15212026-09-21: 31222026-09-22: 38232026-09-23: 27242026-09-24: 28252026-09-25: 11262026-09-26: 33272026-09-27: 21282026-09-28: 43292026-09-29: 38302026-09-30: 18

Most powerful fires of the month

PlaceFirst detection (UTC)DetectionsMW
Kelapa1 Sept, 23:3681326
Pangkalpinang2 Sept, 00:061955
Puruk Cahu21 Sept, 05:1034905
Namlea13 Sept, 03:0550785
Manismata17 Sept, 05:2736728
Kimaam17 Sept, 00:0633709
Wiralaga Mulya16 Sept, 05:1531695
Bayunglincir28 Sept, 05:4512600
Kimaam7 Sept, 01:4622572
Kepi18 Sept, 03:4613566

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.

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