Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 699 in the Last 24 Hours (Monday, March 23, 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 detected 699 hotspots in Indonesia. This number is an increase of 298 hotspots compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellites, accessed on Monday (March 23, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 699 detected hotspots, 64 have a high confidence level, 602 are medium-scale, and 33 are low-scale.

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

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The most hotspots were detected in Riau, with 318. West Kalimantan ranks second with 155 hotspots, and the Riau Islands third with 70.

38 hotspots were detected in North Maluku, followed by Aceh with 25, Jambi with 17, and Central Sulawesi with 15.

Hotspots are coordinate points in an area with a higher surface temperature than the surrounding area, 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 remote sensing satellite-detected hotspot data remains the most effective tool for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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