KLHK Detects 312 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in Aceh (Thursday, January 29, 2026)

Based on the forest and land fire monitoring system SiPongi of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring in the last 24 hours shows that 312 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 506 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imaging accessed on Thursday (29/1/2026) at 11:14 AM WIB. Of the 312 detected hotspots, 4 points had a high confidence level, 296 points were moderate, and 12 points were low.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0 - 29, the moderate scale from 30 - 79, and the high scale from 80 - 100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires occurring in a certain area.

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The most detected hotspots were in Aceh, with 112 points. North Maluku came in second with 35 hotspots. North Sumatra was in third place with 26 hotspots.

As many as 22 hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan, followed by South Papua with 19 hotspots, and Gorontalo and Central Sulawesi each had 12 and 11 detected hotspots.

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 from remote sensing satellites is still the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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