KLHK: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 95 in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, March 26, 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 detected 95 hotspots in Indonesia. This number is a decrease of 834 hotspots compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellites accessed on Thursday (March 26, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 95 detected hotspots, 21 have a high confidence level, 69 are medium-scale, and 5 are low-scale.

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

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The most hotspots were detected in Riau with 25. Riau Islands ranks second with 22 hotspots, and West Kalimantan is third with 15 hotspots.

8 hotspots were detected in West Sumatra, followed by Bengkulu with 5, and Bangka Belitung Islands and North Sumatra each had 5 detected hotspots.

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

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