MoEF: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 494 in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, September 19, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF), monitoring in the last 24 hours shows that 494 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 174 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Friday (September 19, 2025) at 11:07 AM WIB. Of the 494 detected hotspots, 2 points have a high confidence level, 451 points are at a medium scale, and 41 points are at a low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0-29, the medium scale from 30-79, and the high scale from 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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The highest number of hotspots was detected in East Nusa Tenggara, with 109 points. Southeast Sulawesi ranked second with 73 hotspots. South Sulawesi was in third place with 62 hotspots.

A total of 45 hotspots were detected in South Sumatra, followed by Central Sulawesi with 31 hotspots, and West Nusa Tenggara and East Java each having 22 and 20 hotspots detected.

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 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 a large area.

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