KLHK: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 311 in the Last 24 Hours (Wednesday, April 15, 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 311 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots has increased by 64 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Wednesday (April 15, 2026) at 11:35 WIB. Of the 311 detected hotspots, 2 have a high hotspot confidence level, 298 are medium scale, and 11 are low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 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 particular area.

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The most detected hotspots are in Central Papua with 68 points. North Maluku ranks second with 42 hotspots. Highland Papua is third with 21 hotspots.

21 hotspots were detected in Central Sulawesi, East Kalimantan follows with 20 hotspots, while West Kalimantan and South Kalimantan have 14 and 13 detected hotspots respectively.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and it 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 remote sensing satellite-detected hotspot data remains the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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