Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 341 in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, April 28, 2026)
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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 341 hotspots in Indonesia. This number is a decrease of 165 hotspots compared to the previous period.
The data is the result of imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellites accessed on Tuesday (April 28, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 341 detected hotspots, 3 have a high confidence level, 335 are medium-scale, and 3 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 a particular area.
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The most hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan with 63. North Maluku ranks second with 43 hotspots, and Central Sulawesi is third with 34 hotspots.
29 hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi, followed by South Sumatra with 26, while North Kalimantan and Riau have 21 and 18 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 satellite remote sensing hotspot data remains the most effective tool for monitoring forest and land fires across large areas.
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