KLHK: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 126 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, April 11, 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 126 hotspots in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 50 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Saturday (April 11, 2026) at 11:35 WIB. Of the 126 detected hotspots, 3 have a high confidence level, 121 are medium-scale, and 2 are low-scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The 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 possibility of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most detected hotspots are in North Maluku with 25 points. Southeast Sulawesi ranks second with 14 hotspots. Central Sulawesi is in third place with 13 hotspots.

13 hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi, Jambi follows with 10 hotspots, and East Kalimantan and Aceh have 8 and 5 detected hotspots respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points in an area with a higher surface temperature than the surrounding area, and do 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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