KLHK Detects 965 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Kalimantan (Thursday, October 16, 2025)

Based on the Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, monitoring over the last 24 hours shows that 965 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 155 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Thursday (16/10/2025) at 11:53 AM WIB. Of the 965 hotspots detected, 47 points had a high hotspot confidence level, 897 points had a medium scale, and 21 points had a low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0 - 29, the medium scale 30 - 79, and the high scale 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 hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, with 263 points. Southeast Sulawesi ranked second with the highest number of hotspots, with 118 points. Central Kalimantan was in third place with 97 hotspots.

A total of 49 hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara, followed by South Sumatra with 48 hotspots, and North Kalimantan and South Sulawesi each had 43 and 42 hotspots detected.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area that has a higher surface temperature compared to its surroundings, and 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 over a wide area.

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