Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 453 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in West Kalimantan (Friday, January 30, 2026)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF), monitoring in the last 24 hours shows 453 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 141 compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Friday (January 30, 2026) at 11:14 AM Western Indonesian Time. Of the 453 detected hotspots, 10 points had a high hotspot confidence level, 432 points were medium scale, and 11 points were low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is 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 possibility of forest and land fires occurring in a certain area.

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Most detected hotspots were in West Kalimantan, with 186 points. Aceh ranked second with 57 hotspots. Central Kalimantan was in third place with 48 hotspots.

24 hotspots were detected in North Maluku, East Kalimantan followed with 19 hotspots, while East Java and Bangka Belitung Islands each had 15 and 13 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area that has a higher surface temperature compared to its surroundings, and not the number of forest and land fire incidents.

However, a large number of hotspots clustered 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 for large areas.

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