KLHK Finds 90 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in Central Sulawesi (Wednesday, December 17, 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 90 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 26 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Wednesday (17/12/2025) at 11:36 AM WIB. Of the 90 detected hotspots, all 90 are of moderate scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. Low scale ranges from 0 - 29, moderate scale from 30 - 79, and 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 Central Sulawesi, with 15 points. East Java ranked second with 13 hotspots. Central Java was in third place with 12 hotspots.

As many as 9 hotspots were detected in North Maluku, followed by Central Kalimantan with 6 hotspots, and South Kalimantan and South Sulawesi each having 6 and 5 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in 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 large areas.

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