Ministry of Environment and Forestry Finds 644 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Nusa Tenggara (Sunday, August 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 644 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 447 points compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imaging accessed on Sunday (August 10, 2025) at 11:21 AM WIB. Of the 644 detected hotspots, 22 points have a high hotspot confidence level, 587 points are medium scale, and 35 points are low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. Low scale has a range of 0 - 29, medium scale 30 - 79, and high scale 80 - 100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of a forest and land fire occurring in a certain area.

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The most detected hotspots, totaling 220 points, are in East Nusa Tenggara. East Java ranks second with 71 hotspots. South Sumatra is in third position with 61 hotspots.

A total of 51 hotspots were detected in West Nusa Tenggara, followed by North Sumatra with 46 hotspots, and West Sumatra and Riau each having 25 detected hotspots.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area that have a higher surface temperature compared to their surroundings, 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 hotspot data from remote sensing satellite detection is still the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over a wide area.

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