KLHK Detects 156 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Kalimantan (Wednesday, September 10, 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 156 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 78 points compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Wednesday (September 10, 2025) at 11:36 AM WIB. Of the 156 detected hotspots, 4 points had a high hotspot confidence level, 149 points were on a medium scale, and 3 points were 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 a forest and land fire occurring in a particular area.

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The most detected hotspots were in East Kalimantan with 55 points. North Kalimantan was in second place with 31 hotspots. East Java was in third place with 15 hotspots.

A total of 11 hotspots were detected in Central Java, followed by Aceh with 9 hotspots, and Central Sulawesi and North Sumatra each having 9 and 8 detected hotspots respectively.

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 for monitoring forest and land fires over a large area.

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