Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) and joint task forces said it had successfully extinguished 3,799.73 hectares of forest and land fires across six priority provinces in Sumatra and Kalimantan between September 24 and 30, 2026.
Reported by state media Antara, Berton Panjaitan, acting head of the BNPB’s Disaster Data, Information, and Communication Center, stated that firefighting operations are ongoing to narrow the gap between the total burned area and the area successfully put out, particularly on peatlands.
“We are working to reduce the extent of burned land by putting out the fires,” Berton stressed virtually during a press conference on forest and land fire response in Jakarta on Thursday.
According to BNPB data, South Sumatra recorded the largest extinguished area at 1,554.46 hectares, followed by Central Kalimantan with 846 hectares and Jambi with 477.50 hectares.
Meanwhile, in West Kalimantan, extinguished fire areas reached 413.30 hectares, followed by South Kalimantan with 349.44 hectares and Riau with 96.03 hectares.
Panjaitan noted that fire conditions on the ground remain dynamic, making data on fire and extinguished areas change from time to time.
South Sumatra has become a focal point following an increase in burned land over the last two days of the monitoring period. Nevertheless, containment efforts in the province are being intensified to further narrow the gap between burned areas and those successfully extinguished.
