366 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, March 20, 2026)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring over the last 24 hours shows 366 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 121 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Friday (March 20, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 366 detected hotspots, 7 have a high hotspot confidence level, 307 are medium-scale, and 52 are low-scale.

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

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The most detected hotspots are in Riau, with 197 points. West Kalimantan ranks second with 32 hotspots, and the Riau Islands are third with 22 hotspots.

18 hotspots were detected in South Sumatra, followed by North Maluku with 17 hotspots, and Aceh and North Sumatra each had 9 detected hotspots.

Hotspots are coordinate points in an area that have a higher surface temperature than 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 satellite remote sensing hotspot data remains the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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