MoEF Discovered 278 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Kalimantan (Wednesday, 13 May 2026)
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Based on forest and land fire monitoring system SiPongi from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF), monitoring over the last 24 hours detected 278 hotspots across Indonesia. This figure decreased by 29 points compared to the prior period.
Data was obtained from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Wednesday (13/5/2026) at 11:21 WIB. Of 278 detected hotspots: 4 had high confidence level, 270 medium, 4 low confidence.
Hotspot confidence is split into 3 tiers: low (0-29), medium (30-79), high (80-100). Higher confidence indicates greater likelihood of forest/land fire occurrence in the area.
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Most hotspots were recorded in East Kalimantan (43 points), followed by Central Sulawesi (31), East Java (26), South Sumatra (26), North Maluku (22), Central Java (18), and West Nusa Tenggara (11).
A hotspot refers to a coordinate point with higher surface temperature than its surroundings; it does not equal the number of fire events. Clustered hotspots however indicate active forest/land fires. Satellite-detected hotspot data remains the most effective method for large-area fire monitoring.
(Read: Not Jakarta: This is Indonesia's Region with Worst Air Quality (Wed, 7 June 2023))
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