KLHK: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 376 in the Last 24 Hours (Sunday, March 8, 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 376 hotspots in Indonesia. This number is an increase of 31 hotspots compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellites accessed on Sunday (March 8, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 376 detected hotspots, 7 have a high confidence level, 331 are medium-scale, and 38 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 Aceh, totaling 126. North Sumatra ranks second with 97 hotspots, followed by West Kalimantan in third place with 74 hotspots.

26 hotspots were detected in Riau, Southeast Sulawesi followed with 9 hotspots, while West Sumatra and Jambi had 8 and 7 detected hotspots respectively.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and 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 satellite remote sensing hotspot data remains the most effective way to monitor forest and land fires over large areas.

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