KLHK: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 2,924 in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, August 28, 2025)

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 2,924 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 1,313 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (August 28, 2025) at 11:30 AM WIB. Of the 2,924 detected hotspots, 121 points have a high hotspot confidence level, 2,714 points are on a medium scale, and 89 points are on a low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale has a range of 0 - 29, the medium scale 30 - 79, and the 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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Most detected hotspots are in West Kalimantan with 1,790 points. Bangka Belitung Islands ranks second with 261 hotspots. South Sumatra is in third place with 173 hotspots.

161 hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara, North Sumatra follows with 92 hotspots, while West Sumatra and West Nusa Tenggara each have 63 and 50 detected hotspots.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area that have a higher surface temperature compared to their surroundings, and 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 wide area.

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