KLHK: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 2,375 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, August 30, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the last 24-hour monitoring shows that 2,375 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 2,935 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Saturday (August 30, 2025) at 11:30 AM WIB. Of the 2,375 detected hotspots, 40 points have a high hotspot confidence level, 2,241 points are on a medium scale, and 94 points are on a low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0 - 29, the medium scale from 30 - 79, and the high scale from 80 - 100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires occurring in a certain area.

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The most detected hotspots were in West Kalimantan, with 1,467 points. Bangka Belitung Islands ranked second with 145 hotspots. East Nusa Tenggara was in third position with 126 hotspots.

As many as 71 hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, followed by South Sumatra with 69 hotspots, and Central Kalimantan and Jambi each had 69 and 64 hotspots detected, respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area that have a higher surface temperature compared to their surroundings, and do not represent 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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