KLHK Detects 345 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in West Kalimantan (Saturday, March 7, 2026)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring over the last 24 hours shows that 345 hotspots have been detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots has increased by 53 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellites accessed on Saturday (March 7, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 345 detected hotspots, 5 have a high hotspot confidence level, 326 are medium scale, and 14 are low scale.

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

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The most detected hotspots are in West Kalimantan with 73 points. Aceh ranks second with 58 hotspots. Central Sulawesi is in third place with 49 hotspots.

39 hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi, followed by West Sulawesi with 28 hotspots, and North Maluku and North Sumatra each have 18 and 17 detected hotspots.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area that has a higher surface temperature than its 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 satellite remote sensing hotspot detection data remains the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires in large areas.

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