MoEF: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reached 104 in the Last 24 Hours (Monday, December 22, 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 showed that 104 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 48 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Monday (12/22/2025) at 11:36 AM WIB. Of the 104 detected hotspots, 2 points have a high hotspot confidence level, 101 points are on a medium scale, and 1 point is 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 certain area.

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The most detected hotspots were in North Maluku with 40 points. Central Sulawesi ranked second with 18 hotspots. Jambi was in third position with 8 hotspots.

A total of 8 hotspots were detected in Maluku, followed by South Sulawesi with 7 hotspots, and Southeast Sulawesi and East Kalimantan each having 6 and 4 detected hotspots, respectively.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area that has a higher surface temperature compared to its 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 large area.

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