Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 247 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in South Sulawesi (Tuesday, April 14, 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 247 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots is an increase of 21 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Tuesday (April 14, 2026) at 11:35 WIB. Of the 247 detected hotspots, 7 have a high hotspot confidence level, 233 are medium-scale, and 7 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 higher the possibility of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most detected hotspots are in South Sulawesi with 20 points. Jambi ranks second with 18 hotspots, and South Kalimantan is third with 18 hotspots.

17 hotspots were detected in East Java, Aceh follows with 16 hotspots, while Central Papua and Southeast Sulawesi each have 14 detected hotspots.

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 across large areas.

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