Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 54 in the Last 24 Hours (Monday, January 5, 2026)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring in the last 24 hours shows that 54 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 26 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Monday (1/5/2026) at 11:36 AM WIB. Of the 54 detected hotspots, all 54 were of medium scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. Low scale has a range of 0 - 29, medium scale 30 - 79, and high scale 80 - 100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most detected hotspots were in North Maluku with 16 points. East Nusa Tenggara ranked second with 14 hotspots. Central Sulawesi was in third position with 6 hotspots.

A total of 6 hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi, followed by Riau with 3 hotspots, and Jambi and Central Java each having 2 hotspots detected.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area that has a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and is not the number of forest and land fire incidents.

However, a large number of clustered hotspots in an area indicates the occurrence of forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data from remote sensing satellite detection is still the most effective in monitoring forest and land fires over a large area.

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