MoEF: Hotspots in Indonesia Reach 99 in Last 24 Hours (Friday, December 19, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring in the last 24 hours showed 99 hotspots detected in Indonesia.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Friday (19/12/2025) at 11:36 AM WIB. Of the 99 detected hotspots, 3 points have a high hotspot confidence level, 95 points are on a medium scale, and 1 point is on a low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is 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 most detected hotspots were in East Java with 40 points. South Sumatra ranked second with 14 hotspots. West Kalimantan was in third position with 11 hotspots.

A total of 8 hotspots were detected in North Maluku, followed by Central Sulawesi with 6 hotspots, and South Sulawesi and Central Java each had 4 and 3 detected hotspots, 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 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 in monitoring forest and land fires for large areas.

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