KLHK: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reached 68 in the Last 24 Hours (Wednesday, November 19, 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 68 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 65 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Wednesday (19/11/2025) at 11:53 AM WIB. Of the 68 detected hotspots, 3 points have a high level of hotspot confidence, 64 points are at a medium scale, and 1 point is at a low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is 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 particular area.

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The most detected hotspots were in Central Kalimantan, with 18 points. East Kalimantan ranked second with 6 hotspots. Papua was in third position with 5 hotspots.

As many as 5 hotspots were detected in Banten, followed by South Sulawesi with 4 hotspots, and East Nusa Tenggara and South Sumatra each having 4 and 3 hotspots detected.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area that has a higher surface temperature than 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 detected by remote sensing satellites is still the most effective in monitoring forest and land fires over a wide area.

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