KLHK Detects 289 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Nusa Tenggara (Tuesday, October 28, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the last 24-hour monitoring shows 289 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 124 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Tuesday (October 28, 2025) at 11:53 AM WIB. Of the 289 detected hotspots, 10 points have a high hotspot confidence level, 271 points are medium scale, and 8 points are 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 likelihood of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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Most detected hotspots were in East Nusa Tenggara with 53 points. North Sumatra ranked second with 44 hotspots. South Sumatra was in third place with 33 hotspots.

As many as 29 hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan, followed by Aceh with 24 hotspots, and West Sumatra and South Sulawesi each having 18 and 14 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area that has a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and is 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 for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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