KLHK Detects 201 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Kalimantan (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)

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 that 201 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 69 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Wednesday (14/1/2026) at 11:02 AM WIB. Of the 201 detected hotspots, 2 points have a high hotspot confidence level, 195 points are medium scale, and 4 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 forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most detected hotspots are in East Kalimantan with 28 points. Aceh ranks second with 25 hotspots. Central Sulawesi is in third place with 23 hotspots.

As many as 16 hotspots were detected in South Kalimantan, followed by West Sumatra with 16 hotspots, and Central Kalimantan and Bangka Belitung Islands each having 12 and 12 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 satellite detection is still the most effective in monitoring forest and land fires over a large area.

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