Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 278 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Kalimantan (Wednesday, April 22, 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 278 hotspots have been detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots has decreased by 61 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellites accessed on Wednesday (April 22, 2026) at 11:35 WIB. Of the 278 detected hotspots, 5 have a high confidence level, 272 are medium scale, and 1 is low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0 - 29, medium scale from 30 - 79, and high scale from 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 East Kalimantan with 54 points. North Maluku ranks second with 34 hotspots. Central Sulawesi is in third place with 30 hotspots.

21 hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan, South Sulawesi follows with 20 hotspots, and Southeast Sulawesi and Central Kalimantan have 19 and 18 detected hotspots respectively.

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 for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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