KLHK Detects 818 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in Aceh (Wednesday, January 28, 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 818 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 108 compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Wednesday (January 28, 2026) at 11:14 AM Western Indonesian Time. Of the 818 hotspots detected, 31 points had a high hotspot confidence level, 761 points were medium scale, and 26 points were low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales. The low scale has a range of 0 - 29, the medium scale 30 - 79, and the high scale 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 Aceh, with 218 points. Central Sulawesi ranked second with the highest number of hotspots, at 93 points. East Kalimantan was in third place with 83 hotspots.

A total of 66 hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan, followed by Riau with 55 hotspots, and North Sumatra and West Sumatra each had 50 and 48 hotspots detected, respectively.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area that has a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and it is 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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